Vegetarian Star

Sam Neill has been starring in television advertisements for Australia’s Meat and Livestock industry. The ads promote red meat as a vital contributor to brain health and feature such taglines as “Meat – you’d be silly not to eat it”.

Jason Baker, director of PETA Asia-Pacific, has sent Neill a letter suggesting alternative mottos, such as “Meat: It’s What’s Rotting in Your Colon”.

“Seeing you pimp for an industry that is linked to the main killers of human beings as well as of animals is, well, sad,” Baker wrote.

Baker goes on to mention that people with higher IQs are more likely to go vegetarian.

Baker plays upon Neill being famous for his role in the 1993 science fiction thriller Jurassic Park.

“Won’t you agree that it’s time to evolve, choose a plant-based diet and leave Jurassic tastes in the dust (since the meat habit will cause the extinction of us all)?”

Here’s an example of the ads showing that feature Neill.

via thewest.com.au

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So we gave you John Salley’s PSA from the Takepart.com series where celebrities discuss the food safety issues featured in Robert Kenner’s Food Inc.

Take Part 2.

Vegetarian Alyssa Milano also has a clip where she urges consumers to practice food safety measures and “feed their minds” by becoming educated on food borne illnesses.

Of course, it’s hard to “know your food,” when it comes from dozens of different sources, starting with the animal.

“One hamburger contains meat from 50-100 cattle,” says Alyssa.

Fifty to 100 cattle? Yeah, pretty hard to learn and remember all their names. Safer to just eat a veggie burger.

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Several celebrities have recorded PSAs that deal with issues discussed in Food Inc., a movie where filmmaker Robert Kenner exposes the truths about our nation’s food supply, from the pitfalls of factory farming to safety of workers harvesting food in the fields.

NBA legend John Salley has recorded a clip titled “Animals As Food”, where he discusses the unpleasant realities of factory farmed meat.

“Believe it or not, most supermarket food does not grow on that pretty little farm you see on the package,” John says, as he makes a pitch for vegetarianism, citing the pollution caused from livestock gases.

For more information, visit takepart.com/foodinc.

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It’s about that time of year when it gets scorching hot in many places in the world, and we still haven’t reached August!

If you feel like you’re wearing an extra sweater, your dog feels like he’s in a snowsuit!

Although dogs do have sweat glands, they just aren’t made for cooling them off like ours are.

Here’s a little PSA Simon Cowell did awhile back about never leaving Fido or Fluffy in a parked car because the temperatures can rise so quickly.

“From be it from me to be critical,” Simon sarcastically says, “But I find it really abhorring that this year, thousands of dogs will die of heat stroke inside parked cars.”

It doesn’t matter if think you’re going to be a minute-you never know what delay could happen!

Take your four-legged friend with you when you leave the car and you both will get through the summer together.

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Have you ever taken a sip of cheesy potato soup only to find it has undisclosed bacon in it?

The Goode Family is an ABC comedy that features the politically correct, eco-loving vegan family, the Goodes.

Tonight the father, Gerald Goode,  is in for an unpleasant surprise when he finds out his “meatless” chili actually contains chicken in the episode, “A Goode Game of Chicken.”

He decides to confront a local celebrity chef named “Cranky” about the issue. In the meantime, the Goode vegan dog, Che, who secretly eats neighborhood animals, goes missing.

Above is a clip from “Be Yourself Moment.”

The Goode Family is on ABC tonight and every Fridays at 8:30/7:30c.

via tvguide.com

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Whatever happened to Bubbles the Chimp?

No, this isn’t a Child Stars of the 80s episode, it’s just a report on Michael Jackson’s beloved pet chimp, Bubbles.

Bubbles is living large at the Florida sanctuary, Center For Great Apes, getting the star treatment of cucumbers and banannas delivered to him daily as he schmoozes with 14 orangutans and 27 other chimps.

The Center For Great Apes was founded in 1993, by Patti Ragan, to provide “a permanent sanctuary for orangutans and chimpanzees who have been retired from the entertainment industry, from research, or who are no longer wanted as pets.”

Bubbles became a little aggressive as he grew older (you know how Hollywood divas are) and Michael was forced to give him up.

Sadly, many people like Jackson don’t realize chimps are wild animals and are not suitable for living among humans. Fortunately, the Bubbles story ended happily, unlike the one with Travis the chimp.

Watch the video to see Bubbles perform some sort of slicky slide maneuver around his cage.

via greendaily.com

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Comedian Carol Leifer, author of When You Lie About Your Age, The Terrorists Win, recently became vegan.

She lost 20 pounds in the process and says if you go vegan, both your clothes and animals will thank you.

Leifer also took a moment to show her humorous side, saying “I recently became vegan because I felt that as a Jewish lesbian, I wasn’t part of a small enough minority. So now I’m a Jewish lesbian vegan.”

For awhile she had some company, as Jewish, lesbian comedian Dana Goldberg was at one point a vegan. Now, Goldberg continues to remain vegetarian.

You can watch Leifer’s PSA for veganism at peta.org.

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Susie Feldman, along with husband Corey Feldman, was interviewed by theGreenGirls.com where she shared their secrets for greening both their home and work.

The Two Coreys reality TV star likens recycling to staying vegetarian by stating that because of what she knows about environmental issues, she can’t possibly look the other way.

“I almost feel I can’t throw trash away like I used to,” she says. “I feel guilty. I’m a vegetarian and I feel the same way. I could never just eat meat because of what I know. I can’t just throw away my bottles and cans in the trashcan because of what I know.”

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