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Interview – Natalie Portman “Eating Animals” Documentary Hits Theaters

Interview and Article by Ken Spector | June 29, 2018 HappyCow’s Ken Spector spoke with Acadamy Award winning actress, producer, director and animal rights activist Natalie Portman, who has been vegetarian since she was nine years old. In 2009, while attending Harvard University, she read a book by Jonathan Safran Foer called “Eating Animals”. She received an early copy of the book from Foer, who she had met at one of his…

July 2, 2018 (Last Updated: July 6, 2018) By Ken Spector

Animal Rights/ Animals/ Dining/ Events/ General/ Interview/ Interviews (non-celebrity)/ Products/ Resources/ Restaurants/ Reviews/ Travel/ vegan history/ Veganism/ Video

VegFest Colombia – Insider Tips And Highlights

Team HappyCow traveled to Colombia, checked out vegan restaurants and attended Veg Fest Colombia in Bogotá, Colombia on January 7-22, 2017. Ken interviewed Nadja Troeger, the founder and organizer of the 2 week event, and two local residents discussing highlights from the event and exclusive insider vegan tips. Veg Fest Colombia consisted of plant-based food and product booths, speeches, live music, hikes, city and fruit tours, and more! Below is…

February 16, 2017 By Ken Spector

Animal Rights/ General/ Humor

On Epigrams: Henry S. Salt, Sidney G. Trist, Mark Twain, & Oscar Wilde

“Brussels sprouts seem to make people bloodthirsty, and those who live on lentils and artichokes are always calling for the gore of the aristocracy and for the severed heads of kings. Your vegetarianism has given you a wise apathy — so at least you told me once — but in the political sphere a diet of green beans seems dangerous.” – Oscar Wilde …… Epigram noun 1. any witty, ingenious,…

November 15, 2016 By John Edmundson

Animal Rights/ General/ vegan history

Philip Wollen The Blazing Speech With Chinese Translation

Philip Wollen, Australian Philanthropist, Former VP of Citibank, Makes Blazing Animal Rights Speech – from here. 澳籍大慈善家，前花旗銀行副總裁，菲利普屋倫就動物權益發表激情演説 Translated by Agnes Tam King Lear, late at night on the cliffs asks the blind Earl of Gloucester “How do you see the world?” 深夜裏，懸崖上，李爾王問瞎眼的格羅斯特伯爵，「你是如何看世界的？」 And the blind man Gloucester replies “I see it feelingly”. 盲人格羅斯特回答道：「我用我的感受去看。」 Shouldn’t we all? 這不正正就是我們該做的嗎？ Animals must be off the menu because tonight they are screaming in terror in…

November 14, 2016 (Last Updated: November 16, 2016) By John Edmundson

Animal Rights/ General/ vegan history

The Cat by Henry S. Salt : The Mieaou Club : Harrison Weir

A bit of a ramble today! It may appeal to folk who are fond of a bit of animal related history! Henry S. Salt, standing up for cats – The Mieaou Club being reformed – Edith Carrington remembering Harrison Weir. Henry S. Salt & Edith Carrington were pioneers of vegetarianism (actually of veganism long before the word was invented) & of animal rights. Harrison Weir taught our great-grandparents to love…

November 4, 2016 By John Edmundson

Animal Companions/ Animals/ Humor/ Video

Dog’s Favorite Toy Comes To Life

We all imagined our favorite toys coming to life when we were younger, right? Jolene’s favorite toy is her Gumby doll, and never in her wildest dreams did she ever imagine that she’d look up one day to see a life-size Gumby walking towards her, ready to play. But that’s exactly what happened on this magical day…and Jolene’s reaction is absolutely priceless! What’s your dog’s favorite toy?…

October 31, 2016 By HappyCow

Animal Rights/ General/ vegan history/ vegetarian history

Oct Nov Days: The Animal Museum: Edwin Landseer

October 1 is World Vegetarian Day – it used to initiate the month of October as Vegetarian Awareness Month – ……but we can’t find much ‘buzz’ about it for 2016. October 1–7 used to be International Vegetarian Week (IVW) – especially in Europe – ……but some celebrated it in May this year. October 2 is World Farm Animals Day (WFAD). October 4 is The Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi. November 1 is World Vegan Day…

October 3, 2016 By John Edmundson

Animal Rights/ General/ vegan history

The Animal Museum: Los Angeles

Opening Saturday October 1 in Los Angeles. 421 Colyton Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 1-323-928-2652 New Website – http://theanimalmuseum.com/ Facebook Page – https://www.facebook.com/AnimalMuseum/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/animalmuseum Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/animalmuseum/ Pinterest – https://www.pinterest.com/animalmuseum/ Posted by The Animal Museum on Thursday, September 15, 2016 ABOUT THE ANIMAL MUSEUM OUR VISION Like you, we want a kinder, more compassionate world that celebrates animals as sentient beings who are deserving of our attention, understanding, and respect. We believe that the…

September 28, 2016 By John Edmundson

Animal Rights/ General/ vegan history

Superb Art For Animals

Ernest Bell Library item – From the cover of a 1994 issue of Arkangel magazine – Number 12 – online copies can be read – here. Artist unknown – please share with us if you know who drew this. No copyright was claimed. DIRECT ACTION – RALLIES-PICKETS FLIP 90 DEGREES SANCTUARIES – VEGANISM FLIP 90 DEGREES FUNDRAISING – HUNT SABOTAGE FLIP 90 DEGREES HEALING-HOMING – CAMPAIGNING …… HIGHER RESOLUTION ………

September 6, 2016 By John Edmundson

Animal Rights/ General/ vegan history/ vegetarian history

Adri Pieck: Tiny Art For Animals

Vegetarisme is eerbied voor het leven. Vegetarianism is reverence for life. An item in our Ernest Bell Library – A cinderella stamp – from the Netherlands by the artist Adrianua Jacoba (‘Adri’) Pieck (1894 – 1982). 38mm diameter – 3 color screen printing – hand cut. Circa 1920 / 1930 – unused In philately, a cinderella stamp is “virtually anything resembling a postage stamp, but not issued for postal purposes by…

August 8, 2016 (Last Updated: August 9, 2016) By John Edmundson

Animal Rights/ General/ vegan history/ vegetarian history

Popeye – Be Kind to “Aminals”

Popeye The Sailor — Be Kind to “Aminals” # 19 February 22, 1935 Popeye and Olive can’t ignore it when Bluto is passing by with his terribly overloaded cart. Bluto is whipping his horse and denying it water. Bluto fights them off for a while, but Popeye and Olive ultimately prevail. Floyd Buckley … Popeye Mae Questel … Olive Oyl Gus Wickie … Bluto More – here. …… Eat More Veggies Popeye…

May 31, 2016 (Last Updated: November 8, 2016) By John Edmundson

Animal Companions/ Animal Rights/ General

And Cats! By Jessey Wade

This blog post remembers the work of two of our favorite animal rights activists. Almost 90 years ago, they were structuring a ‘special society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Cats’, ……and the work continues today – http://www.cats.org.uk/ ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… The Cats’ Protection League – a group of likeminded people led by Jessey Wade who were devoted to promoting the interests of domestic cats. Jessey Wade – the first Chairman Ernest Bell –…

May 20, 2016 (Last Updated: November 3, 2016) By John Edmundson

Animal Rights/ General

Be Kind To All Living Creatures

A conscientious worker strikes neither a child nor an animal, no defenseless being; he would not be a coward. A worker who strikes his horse has lost working-class solidarity; he mistreats a worker like himself; he abuses the beast he has the duty to care and protect, and thus shows his own boss an example of abusive exploitation of the weak by the strong, from which he will suffer in…

May 17, 2016 By John Edmundson

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