Vegetarian Star

The young lady who was video taped throwing several puppies into a river to drown will not face any charges because police say she is too young to appear before a judge.

This decision has outraged members of PETA in Europe, along with the rumor that the puppies were rescued by a woman who found them shortly afterward.

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Every animal needs a “whisperer.” Ellen DeGeneres and Ginnifer Goodwin may not know all the inner workings of the turkey mind yet, but theses ladies do know enough about the animals to realize they’re incredible sentient beings who deserve their own Thanksgiving feast and not spread across the table as one.

Ellen is serving as the Adopt-A-Turkey ambassador for Farm Sanctuary’s annual drive that raises money to care for turkeys on the grounds and last year, Miss Goodwin had the privilege of serving as bird publicist.

Between the two turkey whisperers, who would you rather…

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Tim Love Jane Velez-Mitchell. Credit: Eatocracy

Chef Tim Love has anything but love for the vegetarian diet. Hoping to silence the veggie hoopla, he hopped onto CNN’s 5@5 to list the reasons why he thought cream of broccoli can’t compete with chicken fried steak. However, Jane Velez-Mitchell, host of HLN’s Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell jumped into the ring and fired back with five punches of her own as to why veg is the only way to go.

When Love said:

“Eating vegetarian may seem like the healthier option (and, probably, often is), but when it comes down to it, meat, in moderation, provides much needed protein, iron and amino acids. As long as you don’t go overboard and eat one of those 15-pound burgers you see on TV, you should be fine.”

Jane said:

“If huge amounts of protein were the key to perfect health, America would be the healthiest nation on earth because we eat a lot more meat than people in most other countries. But, we’re not the healthiest. Two thirds of us are overweight or obese and the crisis is accelerating. The drumbeat of protein is a selling tool – pure and simple – and we’ve all bought into it. Americans are getting more protein than they need.”

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Leonardo DiCaprio has kicked off International Fund for Animal Welfare’s Animal Action Week, which is meant to get children involved with getting educated about animal welfare issues. The IFAW’s Animal Action Week is an 18 year old tradition that runs through October 10th, 2010.

This year’s theme for Animal Action Week is “Born to be Wild,” and it highlights the issue of tigers becoming extinct in the wild due to human influenced destruction like poaching and loss of habitat.

Tigers are dangerously close to vanishing forever,” said Mr. DiCaprio, an IFAW Honorary Board Member. “If we don’t want our children to grow up in a world where tigers are extinct, the time for action is now.”

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Patricia De Leon PETA

Patricia De Leon‘s anti-bullfighting ad has finally been unveiled by PETA. It’s refreshing to see a beautiful red dress on rose petals in place of blood drops, what would normally be the decor in a bullfighting arena.  Earlier, we posted a Q & A session the model and former Miss Panama did with the animal rights group, where De Leon expressed distaste that bullfighting was celebrated in a culture with so many other beautiful, non-violent traditions.

Bullfighting is never a “fair” fight, as ultimately the bull can never be the winner. But there are other ways the matador can sabotage his opponent, causing more suffering to the animal before the fight.

According to PETA, the bulls are debilitated by being drugged and deprived of food and have heavy objects dropped on their backs. Some handlers engage in an illegal practice called “shaving,” where a few inches of the bull’s horns are sawed off, exposing nerves and further impairing the animal’s condition.

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Anthony Bourdain and Jonathan Safran Foer have taken a stab at the meat versus vegetarian debate before on Eric Ripert’s Turn and Burn. Now, the chef and author are together again for a debate posted at CBC Radio.

Foer’s primary reason for going vegetarian was because of the conditions of factory farms, citing they go against the values most people hold, whether they’re vegetarian or not.

Bourdain kept referencing to eating meat as a way to welcome other people and experiencing cultures outside your home. So while being vegetarian at home is okay, he’d prefer people not turn down meat dishes as guests.

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Russell Brand claims to be a sober man now, but a recent statement about the appropriateness of wearing leather from the vegetarian makes us question what was in his soymilk that morning.

According to Hollywood Life, Brand said, “It’s cruel to kill animals just to have a snack. I mean, sometimes [I wear leather], but those animals gave up their lives very gratefully.”

Unfortunately, some vegetarians may believe that buying leather is harmless since the animals are going to be killed in the meat industry anyway. However, some sources say that the leather industry is one on its own and even helps subsidize factory farming, giving it a financial boost it couldn’t accomplish on its own. How?

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"Carrie Underwood: A Biography"

A book detailing Carrie Underwood‘s rise to fame, Carrie Underwood: A Biography, has been published by Greenwood Publishing.

The author of the biography, Vernell Hackett, is of course impressed with Carrie’s country music stardom, but what touched her the most was her animal activism, especially given the fact she too is interested in helping animals.

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