A vegan since 1984, Phelps quit eating meat in response to the death of his dog Czar Norm Phelps, 75, died on December 31, 2014 at the Meritus Health Hospital in Hagerstown, Maryland. Phelps had battled myasthenia gravis, an auto-immune neuromuscular condition that causes severe fatigue and weakness, since 2002. A vegan since 1984, survived […]
Karen Davis, “defense attorney” for all turkeys, visits the White House
Both turkeys awaiting presidential “pardon” simply had the misfortune of having been born turkeys WASHINGTON D.C.––U.S. President Barack Obama will on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 “pardon” a pair of turkeys in commemoration of Thanksgiving––turkeys who had never been arrested, tried, convicted, or even been accused of committing any crime. United Poultry Concerns founder and president […]
Hoofin’ It: An open letter to Wayne Pacelle, from Joan Harrison, Ph.D.
An open letter to Wayne Pacelle, from Joan Harrison, Ph.D.: To: Wayne Pacelle Chief Executive Officer and President The Humane Society of the United States It is part of the mechanism of domination to forbid recognition of the suffering it produces, and there is a straight line of development between the gospel of happiness and the […]
How HSUS sponsorship of a meatfest in Denver overshadowed announcement of reforms by the world’s largest food producer
The Hoofin’ It culinary tour in Denver attracted fewer than 400 participants DENVER, WASHINGTON D.C.––Co-sponsored by the Humane Society of the U.S., The Hoofin’ It culinary tour in Denver attracted fewer than 400 participants during four days in August 2014. The controversy it stirred had by mid-September 2014 raged for more than four weeks, […]
Did Holocaust comparison cost vegan her RSPCA ruling council seat?
Petra Watson-Smith ousted LONDON––Vegan Society activist Peta Watson-Smith has lost her seat on the 25-member ruling council of the Royal SPCA of England and Wales, but fellow vegan and “radical” candidate Joseph Piccioni, a past ruling council member whom Watson-Smith nominated, was elected. The RSPCA on June 5, 2014 announced the winners in the six-way […]
Veg or Non-Veg? India at the Crossroads
by Mia MacDonald & Sangamithra Iyer Brighter Green, 2012. Free 46-page download: <http://www.brightergreen.org/files/india_bg_pp_2011.pdf> Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Brighter Green founder Mia MacDonald and associate Sangamithra Iyer ask, “Can India provide enough food for its people as well as support hundreds of millions of cows and buffalo and billions of chickens in increasingly industrialized conditions? And […]
Singapore vegans to invade Los Angeles
Actually invaded San Francisco SINGAPORE––VeganBurg, a vegan fast food chain already operating five restaurants in Singapore, expects to open a branch in Los Angeles in October 2014, marketing and communications manager Katrina Hossen recently told the Straits Times. Husband-and-wife duo Alex Tan and Tracy Lim founded VeganBurg […]
Vegan author & historian Rynn Berry, 68
Suffered cardiac arrest while jogging Rynn Berry, 68, died on January 9, 2014 at New York Methodist Hospital in New York City. An accomplished runner who completed the 1979 New York City Marathon and had competed in shorter events as far away as Brazil, Berry had suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed […]
Pat Derby founded the Performing Animal Welfare Society & ARK 2000 sanctuary
Performer turned sanctuarian Pat Derby, 69, founder of the Performing Animal Welfare Society, died from throat cancer on February 15, 2013 at her home on the ARK 2000 sanctuary she built near San Andreas, California. “Ed Stewart, her partner of 37 years, was by her side,” said the PAWS death announcement. Best seller Derby’s 1976 […]
The Beekeeper’s Bible, by Richard A. Jones & Sharon Sweeney-Lynch
Stewart Tabori & Chang (c/o Abrams, 115 West 18th St., New York, NY 10011), 2011. 412 pages, hardcover. $35.00. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Reputedly living on a diet of milk, honey, and locusts, commonly interpreted to mean locust beans rather than the insects, John the Baptist was for centuries regarded as a proto-vegetarian, beginning […]
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