Filed under: animals, books, film-tv, television — Michael d'Estries @ 5:36 pm
February 9th 2010
“Eating Animals” author Jonathan Safran Foer braved The Colbert Report last night and enlightened Stephen on the issues surrounding factory farming. As expected, Colbert put up a good fight — and even started eating a plate of bacon near the end of the interview. “Oh, you can really taste the suffering,” he cracked. Check out [...]
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Tagged: jonathan safran foer, stephen colbert
Filed under: animals, fashion — Michael d'Estries @ 4:31 pm
February 9th 2010
“I think animals are treated very poorly. When I see people wearing fur it makes me so sick. Especially when I see young singers doing it, that sickens me. When I rocked up to my first photo shoot they had feathers and fur there and everything…I had to make it so clear [...]
Filed under: animals, fashion, food & drink, movies — Elizah Leigh @ 2:04 pm
February 9th 2010
Stella McCartney, while instantly recognizable as the daughter of her music legend papa Paul, has carved out quite a niche for herself as not just a celebrated fashion designer but also a deeply dedicated champion of vegetarianism and animal rights.
The busy mother of three and wife of British publisher Alasdhair Willis has not surprisingly [...]
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Tagged: alasdhair willis, linda mccartney, paul-mccartney, raymond blanc, richard e. grant, robert kenner, stella mccartney, thandie newton, tom aikens, vivienne westwood
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Filed under: animals, film-tv, movies — Michael d'Estries @ 4:13 pm
February 8th 2010
In an effort to help protect whales and bring attention to conservation efforts, photographer Bryant Austin has created stunning life-size shots of the magnificent animals. His work is the result of taking hundreds of high resolution images of a whale and then piecing them together into one complete, life-size whole. From Treehugger:
Bryant Austin’s inspiration [...]
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Filed under: animals — Michael d'Estries @ 1:50 pm
February 8th 2010
Let’s be clear on one thing: Bruce Willis is not promoting the idea of killing wolves for sport. The world has Sarah Palin to turn to for that screwed up DIY. Instead, the 54-year-old actor is offering tips in the latest issue of “Men’s Journal” on survival skills, impressing women, etc.
One such tip is what [...]
Filed under: animals — Michael d'Estries @ 10:12 am
February 6th 2010
We now have video of the latest clash between the Sea Shepherd and the Japanese whalers.
From what I can tell, it appears that the Bob Barker stays on course, tailing the factory ship Nisshin Maru, while the Yushin Maru 3 changes course to intercept. At the last minute, its stern appears to fishtail into [...]
Filed under: animals, campaigns — Michael d'Estries @ 9:24 am
February 6th 2010
A second collision between the Sea Shepherd and the Japanese whaling fleet has occurred.
According to the latest news from the Sea Shepherd (which has been sparse the past few weeks), the MV Bob Barker was deliberately rammed at 12.09pm today by the Yushin Maru 3. No one was injured, but a small hole was torn [...]
Filed under: animals — Michael d'Estries @ 1:04 pm
February 5th 2010
We’re happy to report that Doc Ryan’s in Chicago has removed the ‘Lobster Zone’ claw game!
The bar came under pressure from animal rights organization PETA earlier this week over the game — which has players attempt to capture live lobsters with a claw. Snag one, and the unlucky crustacean is sent to its doom in [...]
Filed under: animals — Michael d'Estries @ 12:04 pm
February 5th 2010
In late 2008, the Humane Society of the United States filed a lawsuit against six of the nation’s largest retailers and fashion designers for engaging in false advertising and mislabeling of fur garments. Andrew Marc, Dillard’s, Lord & Taylor, Macy’s, Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue were all taken to task over their use of [...]
Filed under: animals — Daelyn Fortney @ 2:32 pm
February 4th 2010
Retired Hollywood actor Ken Wahl is joining the effort to find the twisted party who glued a cat to a highway in Minnesota on Dec. 18. Wahl, who is appalled by the cruelty and concerned that the perpetrator is dangerous, is offering the Golden Globe he won for his role in “Wiseguy.”
“Men who pick [...]
