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Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro is protesting Bioculture‘s plans to build a massive monkey breeding facility, where the company’s products will be sold to laboratories that use primates for testing.
According to peta.org, the plan is to capture the monkeys in Mauritius, hold them captive in Puerto Rico, and then sell them and their offspring to labs all over the world.
The Sin City actor wrote a letter to the governor of Puerto Rico, asking him to halt the construction plans for the facility.
“I am disappointed to learn from my friends at PETA that a company called Bioculture is proposing to build a large monkey facility in Guayama, where it plans to breed thousands of these intelligent animals and lock them in cages before sending them off to laboratories around the world to be used in painful, deadly experiments. Won’t you please use your influence as governor and stop this from happening on our beautiful island?”
It appears the mayor of Guayama has already encouraged its citizens to protest the captures.
“Even the mayor of Guayama, Glorimari Jaime, has expressed her concern: “If my people do civil disobedience against this [Bioculture] project, I will be there to support them.…I want you to know that I have never given a sign to endorse this project. Everything was done by the previous administration.” Please don’t allow Puerto Rico to be associated with a facility that profits from extreme animal abuse.”
Model Elle MacPherson was snapped coming from a school, more than likely after dropping her children off for the day.
Elle’s fashion sense consisted of sunglasses and this jacket with furry sleeves and collar.
Not all supermodels are vain, but we sure hope Elle’s a fake and she’s not wearing real fur.
Elle was criticized in the past for signing a deal with Blackglama, and was reportedly terrified of anti-fur activist so much she wanted Blackglama to cancel the shoot and not publicize the photographs.
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Britain’s Department of Health is sponsoring three months of The Simpsons on Britain’s Channel 4 to help teach people about healthy lifestyles.
Huh?
Homer Simpson eating donut after donut isn’t exactly the paradigm of healthy living, but health officials believe the family has enough “healthy” elements and mass appeal to teach a lesson everyone could be reminded of to control obesity.
“The Simpsons are a much-loved, close-knit family facing some of the everyday challenges that modern-day families go through,” said Gillian Merron, public health minister. “They provide a popular and engaging way to get the message to real-life families about simple ways of improving their diet and activity for a healthier lifestyle.”
“Bart’s sister, Lisa, is a vegetarian and is likely to consume the daily target of five portions of fruit and vegetables.”
Also, Bart usually gets his recommended 60 minutes of exercise daily, whether it’s through skateboarding or vigorously trying to free himself from Homer’s choke grasp.
The department recognizes that not all the Simpsons’ lifestyle patterns and behaviors are healthy and this is reflected in the slogan: “Supporting The Simpsons: Sometimes.”
At the beginning of each episode, viewers will see the traditional Simpson gathering on the couch like the picture above, with junk food in their hands. Then, the junk food will disappear and be replaced with wholesome nutritional food like fresh produce.
Hmm…Is this an opportunity for the cat and dog to try veg?
A fan recently asked Jane, a vegan, if she was thinking of bringing her dogs over to that side, too.
“Hey Jane, I was just wondering, since you own Chihuahuas and your a vegetarian, do you have your dogs eating “meat-free” dog food? There are such products for dogs and cats of owners that are vegans, but dogs and cats are naturally meat eaters, so I think its bad to their health to restrict meat from their diet. What do you think?”
A vegetarian Chihuahua?
Yo quiero comida sin carne!
Lots of pet owners, including celebrities like Alicia Silverstone, Shahid Kapoor, and Paul McCartney, have put their dogs and cats on vegetarian diets, with special attention being paid to cats since it’s essential to have food that contains taurine, found mainly in chicken.
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Mario Barth "Ink Not Mink" Ad
Mario Barth is the celebrity tattoo artist!
He hosts the annual Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth and decorates celebrities and regular people at his studio Starlight Tattoos.
He’s inked down the bodies of Jason Kidd, Fieldy of KoRn, Nikki Sixx, My Chemical Romance, rapper Jim Jones and Tommy Lee, who’s even had his own “Ink Not Mink” ad.
Shown here is Barth coming out to urge tattoo fanatics that while it’s okay to play with your own hide, it’s best to leave animals’ alone.
“Be comfortable in your own skin and let animals keep theirs,” the ad reads.
BTW, have you ever stopped to think if your tattoo is vegan?
Parts of the ink solution, such as color pigments can sometimes be derived from animals, and additional ingredients like glycerin may also be unveggie friendly.
George W. Bush recently gave a speech at Lubbock Christian University, where he confirmed what every vegan loves to hear: They are free to worship seitan.
Bush said Americans should be able to worship any religion they like and began naming a few before he said “vegan,” getting a roar of laughter from the audience.
“No one should say I’m more American than you by their faith,” Bush added. “I don’t know how to be president without faith,” he continued and then discussed how he was touched by people who often told him they were praying for him.
Bush’s niece, Lauren Bush, is a member of the vegetarian congregation.
Who knew George W. had such a great sense of humor?
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Christina Applegate visited Kansas City in the Power & Light district, in celebration of Lee Jeans’ National Denim Day, the company’s biggest all day fundraiser for breast cancer.
Applegate, a breast cancer survivor herself, helped unfurl a check with 10 other survivors she called her “sisters in boobs” for $4.5 million.
Kansas City is nicknamed “cowtown” and a reporter for kansascity.com asked the vegetarian Applegate if she could live in such a town that’s famous for barbecue and steaks.
“I don’t know. Probably. I’ve lived in a big city, I’ve lived in the mountains,” Applegate said.
Q: But you wouldn’t eat the cows.
A: I would love them and protect them.
Q:…So I guess we don’t appeal to you on those grounds (eating barbecue and steak).
A:Not necessarily on that front, but the people are very kind. And it looks like a nice little city. And I can play “Kansas City” on the guitar.
