Claire Danes Temple Grandin Share Animal Welfare Beliefs
Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, February 5th, 2010 in Actresses, Animal Issues.
Claire Danes is starring in the HBO movie Temple Grandin, the story of a woman with autism who went on to become a professor in science and develop a more humane system of transporting cattle to slaughter.
Danes got the chance to work with cattle in the film, an experience she found rewarding.
“The scariest scene was lying prostrate on the ground with all of them circling me,” Danes said, but added the cows were “very passive.”
“It was fascinating to learn about them and learn about the cattle industry at large.”
Although Danes isn’t vegetarian, she praises methods that put less stress on an animal that will eventually be slaughtered.
“It’s not a paradox to eat meat. You just have to treat the animals in a humane way and with respect while they’re alive.”
Grandin has won an award from animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and was quoted as saying, “I think using animals for food is an ethical thing to do, but we’ve got to do it right. We’ve got to give those animals a decent life and we’ve got to give them a painless death. We owe the animal respect.”
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