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Vegetarian and animal lover Pink took to Twitter to share some info about dog adoption, in celebration of Puppy Mill Awareness Day.
“Its”puppymill awareness day”and I just got back from the incredible event at La Brea Tar Pits. Chris DeRose is amazing.No more puppy mills!!”
“Puppy mills are awful, filthy, cruel places where dogs never see daylight, sleep in their own feces, and r bred over n over for pet stores.”
“Boycott pet stores people!!!!”
According to the ASPCA, puppy mills got started shortly after World War II, as a way to guarantee cash when widespread crop failures occurred in the midwest. Later in the 70s, puppy brokers on the East Coast in the U.S. convinced Amish farmers to breed dogs to be taken to pet stores and even conducted seminars to teach farmers how to operate breeding facilities.
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Brendan Brazier has an exclusive interview with VegNews on all the details of how actor Hugh Jackmangot in touch with him for some advice on training on a vegan diet and how Jackman agreed to write the foreward for the vegan triathlete and supplement creator’s latest edition of his book Thrive.
“In the past he had eaten a lot of chicken for his role, but he took a lot of Vega, too. It turned out I was going to New York City so he said “well why don’t you just come over,” so I went over to his place and we had a great chat and he told me how he was trying out veganism for environmental and health reasons and to set a good example for his kids. It’s not just for his own career anymore, which he wrote in the forward. He was listing the reasons why he was interested in Thrive, and he was concerned for the environment. That’s definitely something that he was aware of, and wanted to help instead of hurt.”
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Inspired by Lady Gaga’s meat attire, Private Practice actress Kate Walsh showed up for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno dressed in fish attire. From rings of sushi to prawn on the feet, Walsh dressed head to toe in imitation pieces of seafood. For the non-fish eating vegetarians, Walsh also stuck a few pieces of edamame on her body. There were no overfished species on the outfit, however, as she told the crowd.
“These are all totally sustainable fish, by the way. There’s no bluefin on here.”
Bluefin may be a popular fish used in sushi, but it’s being fished to extinction. Some have suggested replacing bluefin with Almaco jack, also known as kahala. Kahala is a distant relative of bluefin, but without the reddish hue and reproduces constantly throughout the year without hormones or environmental manipulations.
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“It’s kind of shocking to think that the FDA would allow over 1,500 cancer-causing carcinogens in our beauty and body care products. So I stay with a ‘keep it simple’ rule of thumb. I use a pure cacao (raw chocolate) oil on my body and hair, and [a] olive-oil-based salve on my face. Vegan biodegradable soap by Dr. Bronner.”
—Darryl Hannah,on putting products that are just as healthy on her body and she puts in. The Environmental Working Group’s Cosmetics Database allows you to search for products by brand or type and take a closer look at the ingredients. Warnings on some potentially problematic ingredients (like irritants, carcinogens) are given, as well as background information and scientific literature supporting the risks.
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Former Miss Panama Patricia De Leon conducted a Q & A session with PETA on the atrocities of killing bulls in Spain for tradition. The Catalonia region has already outlawed bullfighting, but in other parts of the country, there is still more work to be done.
“We have so many beautiful traditions in our culture. Beautiful stuff. Why identify our culture by killing?” De Leon asks.
While most people are familiar with bullfighting, some may not have heard of the equally brutal “El Toro de la Vega,” footage of which can be viewed below.
Tahina goes great as a veggie dip, sandwich spread or drizzled over falafel, but don’t confuse it with hummus, as Natkin says many people do. Hummus is created from chickpeas while tahina is crafted from sesame seeds.
Vegetarian and animal lover Pink took to Twitter to share some info about dog adoption, in celebration of Puppy Mill Awareness Day.
