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Puppy Bowl and Keyboard Cat

Super Bowl season just wouldn’t be the same without Puppy Bowl!

The 10th annual event featuring four-legged stars performing victory dances on hind legs will take place on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET/PT on Animal Planet.

The event is meant to showcase some of the best pups from shelters across the country as well as give pet-friendly brands a time to shine in some of the advertising slots.

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Minnie Driver A Vegetarian For Animals She Likes

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, January 31st, 2014 in Actresses, Animal Issues, Flexitarian, Not So Vegetarian.

Minnie Driver

Minnie Driver has taken a rather personal approach to a flexitarian lifestyle.

Some people choose not to eat certain meats because of the impact on human health, the environment or the way the animals are treated before and during slaughter.

For Driver, it’s not about avoiding eating anything with a face, but eating that with a face she doesn’t like.

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“If you told me I could never sing again, I’d say that was horrible, but it’s not my life. If you told me I could never be around animals again, I would just die.”

Carrie Underwood, who posted photos of her recent volunteer experience at an animal shelter to her Instagram page.

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Alyssa Milano Helps Rescue Dogs From South Korea

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, January 14th, 2014 in Actresses, Animal Issues.

Alyssa Milano

Alyssa Milano has been a longtime vegetarian and animal lover, so it’s no surprise her kindness for 4-legged creatures extends well beyond the boundaries of the country she lives in.

The actress recently gave a warm welcome to some visitors from South Korea, and is helping a rescue dog call America its new home.

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Lea Michele Takes Up For New York Puppies In Mills

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, January 9th, 2014 in Actresses, Animal Issues.

Lea Michele

Glee star Lea Michele has written to New York governor Andrew Cuomo, asking that he pass legislation designed to regulate the puppy mill industry.

Bill A.740a / S.3753a would set forth standards for the breeders and determine what conditions could be considered legal and illegal.

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Best Vegetarian Stories Of 2013

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, December 31st, 2013 in Animal Issues, Female Singers, Film & TV, Food & Drink, Journalists, Politicians, Reality TV.

Monopoly Cat

You’ve already been given the worst. Now it’s time to take a look at some of the best in vegetarian news and gossip of 2013.

#5 Monopoly Replaces Iron With Cat
After years of conquering Boardwalk and Park Place, players of the popular Hasbro game now have an animal-friendly token option. A cat based on a real life rescue story replaced the longtime Iron. Do not pass go…without stopping by the shelter for your pet.

#4 Vegetarian Cory Booker Elected to U.S. Senate
New Jersey mayor Cory Booker was elected to the U.S. Senate. Booker has been a vegetarian for about two decades. Like all great politicians, he’s already gotten his sex scandal out of the way. After Tweets between him and a stripper, a vegan “gentlemen’s club” named a veggie burger after him.

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Tricks of the Trade Ashley Dupre

It’s time again for the best and worst in vegetarian gossip and news. Here are the top five most horrible moments that shame, insult and give a bad name to the veggie lifestyle.

#5. Ashley Dupre Says Don’t Date Vegan Men:
A former call girl for ex New York governor Elliot Spitzer says the worst man to date is a vegan one. “I don’t think I could trust a man who doesn’t eat red meat,” Dupre wrote in her book Tricks of the Trade. Like, trust that he won’t pay for her services afterwards? Yes, vegan men make bad lovers. What women really need are men that eat lots and lots of saturated fat and cholesterol filled meat that leads to impotence. Hey, at least it makes them less available to call girls.

#4 Cicely Tyson Eats Meat For Role:
A longtime vegetarian who likens feeding her body with good food to filling a car with the best fuel decides to eat meat while studying her character in A Trip to Bountiful. If living out the life of a role is required for good acting, better hope your neighbor isn’t auditioning for Hannibal.

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Moby has recorded a new PSA for Best Friends Animal Society to promote adoption of shelter cats and dogs.

The vegan musician and singer has had more than his fair share of top hits, but he still bills this as “the best music video ever made. Ever. In the history of ever. Ever.”

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