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Tony La Russa Supports Prop B In Commercial Ad (Video)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, October 13th, 2010 in Animal Issues, Athletes-Games-Sports, Videos.

Tony La Russa has stepped up to the plate to voice his support for Missouri’s Proposition B, which set standards for pet breeders and is meant to reduce some of the negative consequences of puppy mills.

No stranger to animal activism, vegetarian La Russa started an animal shelter after rescuing a cat in the San Francisco Bay area. He appears in a pro-Prop B commercial that was unveiled today.

“Thousands of dogs are crammed into small and filthy cages for their entire lives at these large scale puppy mills,” La Russa says. “No responsible pet owner would ever treat an animal like that.”

Prop B is endorsed by several animal welfare organizations, which appear in the ad, including La Russa’s own Animal Rescue Foundation, Humane Society of Missouri, Humane Society of the United States, Best Friends Animal Society, ASPCA and the Missouri Alliance for Animal Legislation.

View the ad featuring La Russa below.

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April 20, 2010: St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa during the game between the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals at AT&T Park in San Francisco CA. The Cardinals won the game 2-0.  Damon Tarver/Cal Sport Media.

Tony La Russa will appear on the Animal Planet series Housecat Housecall with Dr. Katrina Warren.

Dr. Warren tackles everyday issues involving cat behavior, socialization and health, featuring real life stories of cats and their humans, from the separation issues of owners growing up and going off to college to cats who relieve themselves in all the wrong places.

Dr. Warren worked with La Russa to help him identify and train cats for his animal assisted therapy program ran by an animal welfare organization founded by La Russa, Animal Rescue Foundation.

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Tony La Russa Married Wife Elaine For Dog And Cat

Written by Vegetarian Star on Sunday, November 15th, 2009 in Animal Issues, Athletes-Games-Sports.

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Tony La Russa and his wife Elaine founded the La Russa Animal Rescue Foundation, which provides vet services to abandoned animals.

La Russa, a vegetarian, loves animals so much, his wife joked that he married her to get to the dog.

“When we got married, he wasn’t as hard-core as I was,” Elaine said. “His mother had a fear of them. I often joke he married me because I came with a dog and cat. Now we have hundreds or thousands.”

The ARF began when La Russa picked up a stray cat at a baseball game.

There were no no-kill shelters in the area of Walnut Creek, California, so Tony started his own.

Almost 20 years later, that kitty and almost 20,000 animals that have been adopted have thanked Tony.

Tony uses his celebrity status to garner corporate sponsors and donations to maintain the 37,000 square foot facility.

To learn more about Tony’s Animal Rescue Foundation, visit arf.net.

via sfgate.com

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Both Prince Fielder and Tony LaRussa have big balls.

Big baseBALLS, that is.

LaRussa is the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team and co-founded the Animal Rescue Foundation with the wifey.

Prince Fielder became vegetarian after his wife gave him permission to be with a Skinny Bitch and he recently showed the world how meatless men do it by winning the All Star Home Derby competition and setting a record for the longest home run-over 500 feet!

So between the two vegetarian men, who would you rather…

Tony LaRussa #10 MLB-Home Run Derby

Who Would You Rather Do Veggie Burger Lunch With?

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Meatless Mouthful: Why Tony LaRussa Went Vegetarian

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, August 7th, 2009 in Athletes-Games-Sports, Meatless Mouthful.

SD Dirk on Wikimedia Commons

SD Dirk on Wikimedia Commons

“Back in 1977, when I was a player-coach, I came back from a road trip, and my wife was watching a PBS documentary on how veal comes to the table. As soon as I walked in the door, she said, “We will never eat veal again.” So that started it. Very soon after, all red meat disappeared from our plates, and the chicken and turkey, and then fish. Within a year to a year and a half, we were totally vegetarian.”

—-Major league baseball manager Tony La Russa, in an interview with Vegetarian Times in the September ’09 print issue. Tony and his wife, Elaine, founded the Animal Rescue Foundation, a nonprofit that provides services for abadoned animals, such as vet assistance and adoption.

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