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CAFO: The Tragedy of Industrial Animal Factories

CAFO: The Tragedy of Industrial Animal Factories is meant to offer a behind the scenes look at the factory farms that sadly produce so much of America’s food, such as meat, poultry, fish and dairy. The book edited Daniel Imhoff is said to provide a behind the scenes look at these operations, illustrating the conditions with more than 400 photographs and over 30 essays written by experts in the food, sustainability and animal rights industry such as Wendell Berry, Wenonah Hauter, Fred Kirschenmann, Anna Lappé, Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser, and Matthew Scully.

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"The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson, aka. Daniel Bryan. Credit-ShawnSavior on Wikimedia Commons

Daniel Bryan, the vegan poster boy of the WWE, has defeated “The Miz” to win the title of WWE U.S. Champion

Bryan was temporarily removed from the WWE several months ago, and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wrote a letter to the Chairman and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, asking him to reinstate Bryan.

In the letter, the group emphasized that Bryan saves more than 100 animals a year by eating a vegan diet. If you think that’s impressive, you’ll be even happier to know that just by going vegetarian, it’s estimated you’ll save half of that number.

In the meantime, his opponent is still trying to save face.

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Moby Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary

Is summer officially over? Yeah, but when you’ve got a vegan rocker as hot as Moby, it can last as long as you want.

The musician will be playing a benefit concert for Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary on Saturday, September 25th, 2010. Doors open at 4:45 PM and the show starts at 5:30 PM.

Moby comes as part of the sanctuary’s acoustic concert series and will be supported by opening act Kelli Scarr.

Oh, yeah. And you will need food. How does grilled Field Roast veggie sausages, drinks and other goodies sound?

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit WoodstockSanctuary.org.

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Vegetarian and animal lover Pink took to Twitter to share some info about dog adoption, in celebration of Puppy Mill Awareness Day.

“Its”puppymill awareness day”and I just got back from the incredible event at La Brea Tar Pits. Chris DeRose is amazing.No more puppy mills!!”

“Puppy mills are awful, filthy, cruel places where dogs never see daylight, sleep in their own feces, and r bred over n over for pet stores.”

“Boycott pet stores people!!!!”

According to the ASPCA, puppy mills got started shortly after World War II, as a way to guarantee cash when widespread crop failures occurred in the midwest. Later in the 70s, puppy brokers on the East Coast in the U.S. convinced Amish farmers to breed dogs to be taken to pet stores and even conducted seminars to teach farmers how to operate breeding facilities.

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Inspired by Lady Gaga’s meat attire, Private Practice actress Kate Walsh showed up for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno dressed in fish attire. From rings of sushi to prawn on the feet, Walsh dressed head to toe in imitation pieces of seafood. For the non-fish eating vegetarians, Walsh also stuck a few pieces of edamame on her body. There were no overfished species on the outfit, however, as she told the crowd.

“These are all totally sustainable fish, by the way. There’s no bluefin on here.”

Bluefin may be a popular fish used in sushi, but it’s being fished to extinction. Some have suggested replacing bluefin with Almaco jack, also known as kahala. Kahala is a distant relative of bluefin, but without the reddish hue and reproduces constantly throughout the year without hormones or environmental manipulations.

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Former Miss Panama Patricia De Leon conducted a Q & A session with PETA on the atrocities of killing bulls in Spain for tradition. The Catalonia region has already outlawed bullfighting, but in other parts of the country, there is still more work to be done.

“We have so many beautiful traditions in our culture. Beautiful stuff. Why identify our culture by killing?” De Leon asks.

While most people are familiar with bullfighting, some may not have heard of the equally brutal “El Toro de la Vega,” footage of which can be viewed below.

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Prince Charles has opened his home to the London public to host a sustainable living fair, A Garden Party To Make A Difference. But quite a few rodents are into the organic fruits and vegetables he’s grown and are the source of annoyance to the staff at his residence.

According to MSNBC, a source told The Sun the eco-friendly loving rats are having a hard time practicing the art of not over-consuming. “The rats have become more of a problem. There seem to be more — and they are getting bigger. We’ve lost strawberries and our tomatoes got nibbled overnight. It’s all down to the rats.”

No animal lover wants to kill rats with poisonous material or painful traps, but no one wants their yard to be a farmers market for rodents either. What is a humane, eco-friendly way to evict these creatures from your property? Peanut Butter!

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Carrie Underwood "Women's Health" October 2010

Carrie Underwood is on the cover of Women’s Health magazine for its October 2010 issue, available on the stands now.

Inside Underwood reveals that although she’s extremely health conscious, her primary reason for eating vegetarian is her love of animals.

“I’m a vegetarian because I love animals. I grew up on a farm and they were all my pets! So the thought of me or someone else eating my pets kind of freaked me out at a young age.”

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