Oprah Named PETA’s 2008 Person Of The Year
Filed under: animals, film-tv, honors, television — Michael d'Estries @ 10:44 pm
December 19th 2008
Oprah Winfrey has been named the 2008 PETA “Person of the Year” for “using her fame and listening audience to help the less fortunate, including animals.”
The famous talk show host and philanthropist produced a number of shows this year that aligned with the animal rights organization’s values. From exposing the horrific abuses that occur in puppy mills, to nasty conditions for chickens, pigs, and veal calves on factory farms, and even a personal 21-day vegan diet to highlight a meat and dairy-free lifestyle. PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk said that Winfrey has used her “powerful voice to defend those without one.”
We congratulate Oprah and the work she’s done this year on behalf of animals and the environment. To read the full PETA highlight reel on Oprah’s award-winning year, jump here.
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She did bring about awareness like only she can. Kudos for the exposure.
I’m glad she won it. Although i’m sure she will receive flack for winning POTY from PETA simply because she did not stick with the vegan diet permanently.
But i still applaud the effort and as i said above the exposure she did bring to animal causes.
Oprah has been on an animal friendly trend and I hope she continues on this path again. I read somewhere that she had gained weight – maybe she’ll consider more vegan friendly food in a move towards a healthier and happier life.
Sometimes the cheap joke is the only one that makes any kind of logical sense:
http://www.bubsandbaxter.com/strips/006.html
Oprah should be awarded the Dog genocide award. She has been the cause for more deaths of dogs this past year than any person living on the planet.
The Sooner this evil person is off the air the better.
Maybe she did go vegan for however many days. Maybe she brought awareness to the factory farming industry and puppy mills. If only she could do meaningful, worthwhile shows all the time. Instead of giving audience members tons of expensive shite that they don’t need why doesn’t she put part of her 5 miilion per show to better use. FYI shortly after her vegan kick she did an episode on how to cook a turkey for Thanksgiving(my dad was watching the show, not me).