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Living in New York City, Lea Michele sees horse-drawn carriages on a regular basis. And while some may feel it’s innocent entertainment or tradition, the actress took to Alicia Silverstone‘s blog, The Kind Life, to urge readers to take a stroll through city parks by foot instead–and possibly get the horses to a sanctuary.
“My biggest trouble these days are the poor horses in Central Park. Living in New York City, I see them sadly standing on the sides of busy streets with their heads right in the asses of the horse right in front of them! They walk in the rain, snow, and heat, pulling people all day long, rarely getting proper food, water or care.”
“If you live in New York, next time you’re walking down Central Park Blvd. and you see tourists considering going for a ride, suggest to them that they take a stroll through Strawberry Field instead–the horses cant go through there-or rent a bike…or now they even have people who ride bikes and have seats for people on the back! It’s so much more fun.”
Comments Off on Edward Norton Vegetarian “Stone” And Why Vegs Still Get Omega-3 Happy
To prepare for the role in Stone, where a convict is eligible for early release for covering up the murder of his parents with a fire, Edward Norton traveled to talk to those behind real bars for answers. Real prisoners provided so much insight, Norton said 60% of the lines in the movie were changed based on their answers. If you’re looking to stay out of trouble, for example, be a vegetarian.
“At one point one of these guys was talking about a fight, and how he just had to let it happen,” Norton told Frothygirlz. “He said, “I’m three months out from review, I can’t get a ticket, I can’t get anything. When you are short time, you have to be a vegetarian.”
“I said, “What?” and he said,” A vegetarian, you can’t have a beef with nobody.”
While veggie has taken a place as slang in the slammer, those avoiding meat may be happier in general than those who don’t, thus making it less likely they’ll be picking a “beef” with anyone and jeopardizing a lot of things, including early parole.
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Stewie, a 5-year old Maine Coone, has just made it into the Guinness Book of World Records as the World’s Longest Cat. At 48 1/2 inches, Stewie is just a tad over 4 feet, making him as tall as your average 10 year old boy and long enough to ride the exciting rides at the carnival.
Stewie’s owner, Robin Hendrickson of Reno, Nevada, says Stewie’s fame and presence make him the perfect candidate to teach children and others about caring for animals. For some children, it will at least scare them into being nice to kitties.
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“Whenever you see an item on sale in the produce department that your family enjoys, buy double of that. Bring it home, salt some water, put in the vegetable of choice, count to 30, take it out, cold-shock it, put it in a big plastic food storage bag and throw it in the freezer. You make your own homemade frozen veggies. They are even better than what you get in the store. You can tailor the cut or size when you are putting them away, and, especially if you’re shopping at farm stands, you’re never going to get that flavor of summertime corn unless you’re bringing it home and scraping it off the cob yourself.”
Moby has donated a few pieces of original artwork for an auction that benefits the Humane Society of the United States.
The art, which can be viewed at Townsend Records, is part of a series of 16 drawings the vegan musician completed around the time of his “Wait for Me,” album release and were originally on display at the Neu Museum in London in July 2009.
“I’ve never had a cat who meows and chatters as much as he does,” Fischer told PEOPLEPets.com at the La Femme International Film Festival Celebrity Gala. “He’s a very vocal cat.”
Kinsey, whose character on the show is an eccentric cat owning woman, says her cat, Otter, sounds like he is always on the prowl for a female. “He’s chatty, but it kind of scares me,” she said. “It sounds like maybe a cat in heat. That’s just him [being] happy.”
Any cat owner knows felines have a way of communicating with humans, but is it actual language they’re getting across or mere vocal utterances? Regardless of the answer to that question, a graduate student at Cornell University found domesticated cat noises seem to be successful in one area in particular–getting the human to respond as needed.
In a study described as one where “no cats were harmed in the experiment, although a few human eardrums were stretched,” Nicholas Nicastro compiled dozens of vocal samples from cats and played them for human volunteers who were asked to rate them for pleasantness and appeal and examined what acoustic features accompanied each sound.
There are more veggie burgers on the market than you can name, but it’s always nice to see one that breaks tradition in textured vegetable protein land by offering a flavorful difference.
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In a story that could have ended as tragic as the Charla Nash and the Old Navy Chimp one, a chimpanzee went on a rampage in Kansas City after breaking out of the home he was kept in as a pet.
Chimps. Should. Not. Be. Kept. As. Pets.
The 300 pound animal attacked police officer’s cars, smashing the windows. Although a tranquilizer was not able to stop him in his tracks, the owner’s coaxing made the “pet” turn around and go back in the house.
