Saturday, December 31, 2005

What’s in a Name?

"Deciding to make a statement every time he’s asked for or signs his name, a 19-year-old PETA staff member—formerly known as Chris Garnett—has legally changed his name to KentuckyFriedCruelty.com, the same name as PETA’s Web site that gives the lowdown on KFC’s refusal to eliminate the worst abuses of chickens raised and killed to fill its buckets. The former Dover Plains, New York, resident and current Street Team coordinator of peta2—PETA’s youth division—has the official state papers and driver’s license to prove it. His parents—who have been supportive since he went vegan at age 15—were a little shocked at first, but although they insist on still calling him Chris, they’ve accepted the change."

Thursday, December 22, 2005

PETA’S SEXY ‘SANTA’S HELPER’ LANDS IN EVANSVILLE TO GIVE AWAY TOFURKY

Ho ho ho:

A sexy 'Santa’s Helper' wearing a skimpy outfit and a jaunty red hat will hand out free Tofurky—a soy-based roast that includes savory stuffing—in Evansville as part of PETA’s national tour to promote a vegetarian holiday season. The sexy vegetarian hopes to reach people’s hearts through their stomachs and is urging consumers to stay true to the holiday spirit by spreading comfort and joy to turkeys too



Sunday, December 18, 2005

Complaints as christmas turkeys killed on TV

"Chef Gordon Ramsay's TV show is being investigated by watchdogs after showing scenes of turkeys being slaughtered.

Seven viewers complained after The F Word showed Ramsay carrying six turkeys into a slaughter van where they were strung up, stunned and killed."


Ironically, this chef is known for being vegetarian hostile, and his plan may backfire. People need to know where their food comes from, and maybe if they think about it, they'll consider becoming vegetarian.

Sunday, December 11, 2005

Donald Watson has died

Donald Watson, the man who founded the Vegan Society - and invented the word vegan - has died at his home in Keswick at the age of 95.

The Cumberland News - The man who invented the vegan