Vegetarian Star

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is asking President Obama to do more than just pardon Cobbler and Gobbler–the two turkeys he is set to spare from the dinner table as every U.S. president does annually in tradition.

They’d like him to remove turkeys from America’s dinner plate entirely.

‘It makes light of the mass slaughter of some 46 million gentle, intelligent birds and portrays the United States’ president as being in some sort of business partnership with the turkey-killing industry,” said Ingrid Newkirk, president of PETA, in a statement to the Obama.

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Regardless of who you’re voting for today, you can’t disagree that it hasn’t been an interesting four years in the White House on Pennsylvania Street.

Especially for the First Dog.

Initially, some were opposed to Bo Obama‘s presence in the Oval Office because he is indeed a breed.

But as months and years went by and many cute photographs were shot (thankfully, for blogs and other websites–public domain photographs like this one), even the staunchest shelter mutt-only proponent softened his heart, knowing Bo made Sasha, Malia, Barack and Michelle happier humans, not to mention a country that enjoyed being updated on his life amid stories of a bad economy, health care worries and other woes.

Almost every President has kept pets at the White House, some more exotic and interesting than shelter or breed dogs. Just take a look at a few of the First Animals that have occupied some of the highest positions a pet can hold.

Clinton: Sox the Cat was commonly referred to as “Executive Cat.” Sox has issues with the First Dog Buddy, but it’s unknown if he exercised any veto powers on him.

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Americans may not be decided on who’s best to run the country yet, but they’re pretty sure who they’d rather have a burger with.

In a poll of 2094 Americans by chain restaurant Smashburger, 59% said they’d pick Barack Obama to dine with versus 41% for Mitt Romney.

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The request for Obama to stop eating meat in public apparently hasn’t been put on any recent Congress agenda, but activists are hoping the President will consider a ban on factory farmed meat.

Wendy Matthews of Farm Sanctuary has started a petition that urges Obama to promote nutrition education programs that emphasize grains, fruits and vegetables; reduce the use of antibiotics in livestock animals; improve waste disposal methods on farms and eliminating practices used where animals are intensely confined, such as debeaking and tail-docking.

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At least someone is following the advice to stop eating meat in public.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi dined with President Barack Obama and several other leaders in Washington, including House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev).

The Atlantic reports Pelosi ordered a “vegan sub with sprouts” from Taylor Gourmet, an Italian deli and market specializing in Philadelphia-style hoagies that happens to have a separate vegetarian menu with several sandwich options.

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The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is asking the White House to ban photo ops of President Obama, Vice President Biden and other Executive staff members eating meat dishes such as burgers and hot dogs.

Such products are linked to diseases like obesity and cancer and the group compares these photographs to advertisements promoting other unhealthy habits, such as smoking.

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Barack Obama invited a vegan food company to the signing of the JOBS act in Washington. The bill allows smaller companies to go public sooner

Samantha Abrams and her partner Ian Gaffney were honorable attendees at the event because of their success at crowd sourcing. Raising $15,000, Abrams and Gaffney designed packages for their products that were eco-friendly.

Emmy’s Organics makes vegan, gluten-free and raw goodies like macaroons, granola, chocolate sauce, fudge, pies and cake and almond milk.

A few interesting tidbits about the company’s products are below:

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President Barack Obama has been chided many times by Vegetarian Star for his numerous public appearances that involved burgers, steak and high-fat dairy products instead of healthier grains, fruits and vegetables.

Now, the President of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Dr. Neal Barnard, has written a piece for the Huffington Post which criticizes Obama’s recent trip to the UK to visit Prime Minister David Cameron, as the two shared a photo op over sausage.

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