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Michael Jackson “Earth Song” Features Seal Slaughter Scene

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 in Animal Issues, Environment-Eco-Green, Male Singers, Videos.

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We’ve touched on Michael Jackson’s “Earth Song” before, for which he won the Doris Day Music Award at the Genesis Awards in 1996.

The song was never released in the United States, but was a chart topper in the UK, even beating out famed hits like “Thriller” and “Beat It.”

The video depicts various scenes of basically humankind destroying the Earth-from pollution to war and famine to animal abuse.

Seal slaughter is an assault on both animals and the environment and Jackson features a short clip of one being clubbed by a hunter around minute 3:25.

Thanks to activism, Canadian Seal slaughters were down by 200,000 in this year’s hunt and history was made when the European Union voted to ban the trade of seal products.  In the past, Europe has been a target market for Canadian seal products.

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Michael Jackson: Confused About, But Friend Towards Animals

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, June 26th, 2009 in Animal Issues, Male Singers.

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Following his death from cardiac arrest yesterday at age 50, Michael Jackson’s life is being remembered in every detail, including his life with animals.

Jackson had been criticized for his treatment of animals on more than one occasion.

He rescued his famous chimpanzee companion, Bubbles, from a cancer research clinic. Eventually Bubbles had to be given to an animal trainer because it became aggressive as it grew older.

His Neverland Ranch was known for housing exotic animals like elephants, giraffes, and orangutans, that were neglected during his legal battles in the 90s and then sold to pay off debts.

But anyone who followed Michael knew he was a friend to animals. In 1996, he won the Doris Day Music Award at the Genesis Awards for his song, “Earth Song,” which recognizes celebrity pro animal messages.

Some of the lyrics to “Earth Song,” included, “What about animals, We’ve turned kingdoms to dust, What about elephants, Have we lost their trust?”

Like many, Michael was probably just unaware of the both the realities of raising wild animals as pets or the time and effort required to give them appropriate care and attention.

As Doris Lin on her animal rights blog said, “I’m sure Jackson would have said that he loved Bubbles and all of his zoo animals.”

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