Vegetarian Star

Bob Barker has made ongoing efforts to end the suffering of the caged bears on display at various tourist attractions in Cherokee, North Carolina, including meeting with Principal Chief Michell Hicks of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation.

Now he’s taking his stance on Larry King’s CNN blog in hopes of reaching an even bigger audience.

“The good people of Cherokee welcomed me warmly, and many told me they agreed that the bears are kept in deplorable conditions. Bears are very intelligent, active and curious animals. They need room to roam, natural surroundings to investigate and opportunities to forage, climb and dig dens.”

“Earlier in my career, I hosted a show called Truth or Consequences. I closed the show by saying, “… hoping all your consequences are happy ones!” I hope with all my heart that Chief Hicks and the tribal council will make the consequences for the Cherokee bears happy ones. Until then, my heart and my conscience won’t allow me to do anything but ask people to stay away from Cherokee and voice their support for allowing the bears to retire to a sanctuary.”

Read Bob’s entire blog at larrykinglive.blogs.cnn.com.

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Jared Leto isn’t the only one who can save a spider from the death penalty.

Fall Out Boy was hanging out in South Korea when a spider was spied in one of their rooms.

After contemplating what to do with it, including placing it in Cobra Starship’s dressing room, the great veg man Patrick Stump caught the spider and returned it to its proper environment.

Apparently, there are vegetarian spiders who pass on the ants and go for the greens instead.

Learn something new everyday!

Watch the clip above to see Patrick and the boys in action. The hardcore spider action starts around minute 3:30.

via peta2.com

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Shanna Moakler, ex-wife of Travis Barker and a longtime vegetarian, recently took her family to a Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus show.

However, she now regrets that decision after watching video footage on how animals are treated by handlers.

“My family and I attended the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus a couple weeks ago, and I believed—as I know many do—that the circus would treat its animals humanely. I was so deeply saddened when I saw PETA’s video showing the horrific abuse the elephants suffered at the hands of Ringling trainers. I took for granted that people were doing the right thing. I hope everyone watches the video at PETA.org. With this new knowledge, we can draw attention to this issue, make changes, and ensure that animals big and small are properly cared for. No amount of entertainment is worth allowing the torture of other living beings. We will never attend another Ringling Bros. show.”

If you’re interested in viewing the video Shanna watched, you can watch it here.

via peta.org

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A memorable bit of news has been brought to our attention.

The late actor Heath Ledger directed the recently released music video for Modest Mouse’s song “King Rat.”

The animated video turns the tables and shows whales hunting humans.

If you download the video over iTunes, the proceeds go to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

What do you think? Is the whale at the helm Paul Watson reincarnated?

via treehugger.com

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Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, author of several books dealing with animal issues, including The Face on Your Plate, sat down with the bloggers at Supervegan.com for a chat about factory farming, animals, and his latest book.

A few excerpts:

SV: Since most people will never have the opportunity to see a slaughterhouse or an animal agriculture facility, how can we open their eyes to the horrors of the industry and that it’s within their power to change it by going vegan? Is that the goal of the book?

JMM: Yes, that is the goal of the book. I am hoping that the people who read it will become convinced that I am telling the truth and will save themselves the horror of seeing the animals suffer and simply go vegan. It really is the only logical conclusion to the information now freely available to everyone.

SV: The next chapter, “The Fishy Business of Aquaculture,” is a more comprehensive look at the world of fish farming than I’ve seen, and many of the facts were new to me, such as that we share 85% of our genes with zebra fish and that salmon are starved for seven to 10 days before slaughter.

JMM: I knew nothing of this before I began to investigate. It was frustrating; I was never able to visit a salmon farm, for example. The people who raise fish on farms do not want us, the public, to see how these fish live. That is because we would be appalled and sickened if we could. Your summary is excellent. I devoted an entire chapter because it is such a little-known phenomenon. And because I feel that too many people think fish have no feelings, and so can be eaten without thought. They are wrong, and I was delighted to read the science that demonstrates how complex fish really are. They deserve better press.

Read the entire interview with Masson at supervegan.com.

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“First let me say that two of my four parents have actually gone vegan, which I think is shocking and out of character for traditional southern parents. But they saw the impact it had on my life and it just sort of happened.”

“For the most part I only talk about veganism when I’m invited to because I believe that it’s such a strong personal choice. I feel like it’s more effective to introduce people to this lifestyle when they can set the pace about what they want to learn. So I wait until people ask me questions.”

—actress Ginnifer Goodwin, in an exclusive interview with Ecorazzi.com during the Humane Society’s Taking Action For Animals event this month.

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Film star Jenna Jameson has just finished shooting an ad for PETA, slamming McDonald’s for the way it treats and kills chickens.

The 30 second clip will debut sometime in the fall, but here’s a sneak preview of how Jenna educates the public as part of PETA’s McCruelty campaign.

“If you ask chickens, there’s no such thing as a ‘Happy Meal.’ Chickens killed for McNuggets are dumped onto conveyer belts. Their fragile legs are slammed into metal shackles. … Spinning blades meant to cut their throats often tear through their wings or bodies instead. Many birds survive this terrifying, painful process, only to be scalded to death in defeathering tanks. There’s a less cruel method of slaughter that renders chickens unconscious, but McDonald’s chooses to allow birds to be mutilated and scalded instead.”

The actress has worked with the animal rights group in the past, posing for an ad advocating spaying and neutering pets.

via peta.org

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If you’re in the New York or Los Angeles area, you have the opportunity to see the breathtaking documentary, The Cove this weekend.

The Cove covers the annual killing of over 2,500 dolphins in a cove at Japan’s Taiji, Wakayama.

Directed by former National Geographic photographer Louis Psihoyos, the documentary was filmed secretly in 2007 using underwater microphones and hidden cameras disguised as ocean rocks.

It all started when former dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry, who captured dolphins in the same cove during the 1960s for the movie Flipper, started to realize that dolphins were intelligent creatures that weren’t being served justly when held in captivity.

Eventually, O’Barry joined forces with Psihoyos and the Oceanic Preservation Society to travel to Japan and expose the bloody industry of dolphin meat.

Visit the official website of The Cove and learn more about what you can do to help dolphins, both in captivity and those being slaughtered for meat.

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