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Tom Scholz Receives PETA Compassionate Action Award

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 in Animal Issues, Food & Drink, Male Musicians, Male Singers.

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Tom Scholz is not only one of the most famous legendary rocker and rollers.

He’s also one of the original founding members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

The musician most known for his work with the band Boston recently received the Compassionate Action Award from the animal rights organization.

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“Forbes” Interviews PETA President Ingrid Newkirk

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, April 29th, 2013 in Animal Issues, Food & Drink.

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PETA’s president Ingrid Newkirk has a lot on her mind these days.

The recent horse meat scandal, hunting and faux meat are just a few of the issues she discussed with Forbes contributor Michael Charles Tobias.

Newkirk is not just informed and passionate about these animal welfare and food safety concerns.

The Forbes interview demonstrates she can also be quite quirky about them to prove a point.

Such was the case when asked to comment on horse meat making it into the food supply in Britain and other places.

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Meatless Mouthful–Newkirk Says Food Waste Reason To Go Vegan

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, September 13th, 2012 in Animal Issues, Food & Drink, Meatless Mouthful.

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“Americans toss out nearly every other bite of food. We squander up to 40 percent of the nation’s food supply each year — throwing away, on average, 20 pounds per person per month — while making excuses for our wastefulness. This is shameful enough. Now consider the nightmare that billions of animals — who feel anxiety, fear and pain every bit as profoundly as we do — endure on factory farms, in transit to slaughter and at the slaughterhouse itself. Nowadays, they are confined to cages and crates, their babies are taken away from them and they are kicked and prodded and deprived of everything that makes their lives worth living just so that we can take their milk or kill them for their flesh. And then we toss half of it all into the trash. This may be one of the most compelling reasons yet to go vegan.”

Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder of  People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals on a report released by the Natural Resources Defense Council on food waste.

Photo: David Shankbone/Creative Commons

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Knut The Polar Bear Marks Last Profitable Days Of Zoos?

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 in Animal Issues, Business.

Knut the polar bear made the Berlin zoo in Germany one profitable enterprise. The heart-warming story of a cub rejected by his mother and tormented by his sisters turned into one of 3.5 million visitors and over 30 million dollars between the years of 2007-2009 when Knut was growing up.

According to an article at MSN, those years were the only years the Berlin zoo actually made money.

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Michelle Obama Receives Faux Leather Jacket Gift

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, May 24th, 2011 in Fashion.

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Michelle Obama has been recognized for her great sense of style she since moved in the big white house on Pennsylvania Ave. in the U.S. Her fashion sense is also compassionate, as she’s pledged never to wear real fur. Now, PETA is asking the First Lady to take an additional step in dressing cruelty-free by shunning leather. To show her what she could be missing, the group sent her a complimentary faux leather jacket found on Asos.com.
Faux Leather Jacket

PETA’s President Ingrid Newkirk personally wrote a letter to Michelle after the jacket was chosen.

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Steve Wynn Will Includes Animals But Not Like Ingrid Newkirk

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, November 9th, 2010 in Animal Issues, Business.

We’ve already discovered that Steve Wynn has changed his will to include donations to the Humane Society if he should go to that big casino in the sky anytime soon.

Wynn insists he’s nowhere near that point, but still wanted to show his concern for animals.

He told Las Vegas Weekly:

“I’ve become an animal rights activist. I’m taken care of myself for the rest of my life. So I decided to change my will the last few days in case I croak. I’m not about to, and I’m not planning on that for a long time. But I’ve changed my will to show my concern for animal rights.”

Wynn explained that conditions found in factory farms were some of the motivators to change his diet and will.

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Lady Gaga Is Invited To Vegan Dinner By PETA President

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, September 28th, 2010 in Female Musicians, Female Singers, Food & Drink, Recipes.

PETA’s president and co-founder, Ingrid Newkirk, would like to treat Lady Gaga to a full course vegan meal.

At the group’s 30th anniversary gala, Newkirk revealed she sent Gaga a little letter due to the singer’s recent escapades in outfits fashioned from raw meat.

“I’ve written to her privately and suggested that maybe we have a vegan dinner privately somewhere,” Newkirk said.

A special event may have varying levels of dress requirements, but we do hope Lady Gaga realizes her meat dress worn to the MTV Video Music Awards is a little inappropriate and would get her turned away faster than a polka dot pants wearing shirtless gent at a black tie party.

As a vegetarian or vegan, you’re probably already an expert at hosting meatless dinner parties, but if you’re going to be on the guest end of things, you can politely email tips for hosting a vegetarian friendly dinner to your host.

The basics of ensuring the guests feel welcomed, of course, is remembering what each type of diet means.

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Lady Gaga Vogue Hommes Japan

Lady Gaga Vogue Hommes Japan

Lady Gaga‘s latest publicity stunt is to get down and dirty with raw meat on the cover on September’s Vogue Hommes Japan.

Ingrid Newkirk, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, has to say.

“Oh, Lady Gaga’s job is to do outlandish things, and this certainly qualifies as outlandish because meat is something you want to avoid putting on or in your body.”

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