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Veg Gals Mary Tyler Moore, Bernadette Peters Hosting Broadway Barks

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, July 10th, 2009 in Actresses, Animal Issues.

Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters, both vegetarian women who love animals, will once again host the 11th annual Broadway Barks, a celebrity rich cat and dog adopt-a-thon benefiting New York city’s animal shelters and adoption agencies.

Twenty four-legged creatures will be up for adoption at the event this Saturday, July 11 between 3:30 and 6:30 PM at Schubert Alley in New York City.

If you think this is just another reason for celebrities to get their faces in the press, think again. This deal saves lives!

“According to recent statistics, we learned that we are making a difference,” said Mary Tyler Moore. “In 2002, the rate of euthanasia among shelter animals was at 74% of total intake. We are proud that as a result of our efforts, in 2008, the number of animals killed in NYC shelters has dropped to 39% of total intake. That means nearly 15,000 fewer animals have been euthanized in our city’s shelters compared to 2003.”

Visit Broadwaybarks.com for more information on this weekend’s event.

via Ecorazzi.com

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Charlize Theron Fights Pet Breedism

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, June 12th, 2009 in Actresses, Animal Issues.

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Singer-songwriter Nellie McKay told us last month during our interview with her that people need to forget the breeds and go for the mutts!

Charlize Theron agrees!

The actress recently donned a “Fight Breedism” T-shirt while walking along the beach with a cute, celebrity mutt alongside her.

Theron was modeling a new T-Shirt available through PETA, which can be purchased online.

The shirt educates as well as makes a fashion statement, including facts like 8 million cats and dogs taken to animal shelters, but less than half are ever adopted.

We don’t have to go into details about what happens to the ones that aren’t adopted, do we?

Get your shirt and spread the word that buying animals really does kill them.

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Oprah Features Chicago PAWS Shelter Dogs On Magazine Cover

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 in Animal Issues, TV Hosts.

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Cynics may claim Oprah Winfrey is doing damage control for her free Kentucky Fried Chicken for everyone stunt by featuring puppies for Chicago’s PAWS shelter on the June cover of her magazine.

But who cares? It gets the word out on adopting homeless four legged friends, doesn’t promote a kennel or breeder, and it’s history. That’s right, history, as this issue is one of the few that features another creature other than Oprah.

“That’s Sadie on O’s June cover, hugging my right shoulder, making her bid for a new life with me,” Oprah writes on Oprah.com. “Right before we shot the photo—at PAWS Chicago, the city’s largest no-kill humane shelter—she had licked my ear and whispered, “Please take me with you.””

Oprah is no stranger to doggie love, as she’s featured undercover footage of puppy mills on her show, urging viewers to adopt instead. She even dedicated an episode to her deceased cocker spaniel.

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Simon Cowell’s Got Puppy Love

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, May 15th, 2009 in Animal Issues, TV Hosts.

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King of mean American Idol judge Simon Cowell can no longer continue to play the Dr. Evil cause we know he’s just a big ol’ softie.

Simon recently gave an interview with PETA where he talked about everything doggy related-from buying purebreeds to adoption to animal care and cruelty. When the subject of past Idol contestant’s involvement in animal issues came up (like Carrie Underwood), Simon even joked that they’d have to put being good to animals on the audition questionnaire.

Here are a few tidbits:

We see a lot of dogs chained outside like bicycles, for life. What is your message to people who do that?

That’s disgraceful. The awful thing about what that person doesn’t realize is that in the dog’s mind, as he’s being chained up … that dog has put his trust in the person who’s chaining him. That dog would give up his life nine times out of 10 for the person who’s chaining him up. … For a dog, under those circumstances, just to be left alone, starving to death, lonely and thirsty, is about as low as a person can go. You’ve got to have a really warped, disgusting personality to want to do something like that. That really disgusts me.

Do you think it’s important to adopt a dog or cat rather than buying one from a pet store?

Well, I mean, if I was buying a dog, I wouldn’t buy it from a pet shop, I’d go to a rescue shelter. Or I’d go to a friend who couldn’t take care. … It’s not where the dog came from, it’s the dog. … I get really annoyed when people start telling me about the make and the model of their dog like [for] a car. … A dog is a dog, no matter what background they’ve got. … Often, the mutts, the strays have got more personality than a highly bred pedigree.

You can read Simon’s interview in its entirety here. In the meantime, check out the papparazi catching Simon in on the doggy love act.