Ecorazzi

Kevin Costner has joined forces with The Orange Dog founder Jan Folk in her efforts to save the massive amount of dogs who are being held in crowded animal shelters throughout California. Giving the pups a second chance at life, Folk flies the dogs from the states to Canada aboard a Global Exec Aviation [...]

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Anapka, the donkey who was savagely attached to a parasail and sent out over the Sea of Azov in Southern Russia, may be getting a new home with football (soccer for those in the U.S.) boss Harry Redknapp. The Spurs manager was so outraged by the video footage, he has offered a home to [...]

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When you announce that you’re a ‘vegan’, those who are unfamiliar with the term or even afraid to ask what it really means are prone to allowing their imaginations to get the best of them.  Hmmm. Could be a religious cult. Maybe some weird fetish? Nooo, now I know…it’s a gnarly disease.  Better not stare [...]

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As a wee child of the seventies, if you had the misfortune of experiencing the big screen terror-fest known as Jaws (or any of its three non-Steven Spielberg-affiliated sequels), your wide-eyed innocence and natural appreciation for all creatures great and small may have been forever shattered by your understandable fear of being torn apart limb [...]

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“It’s disappointing. She has spoken out against fur before. I don’t know why some people stop listening to their heart. I guess some people get greedy, but it’s sad.”
– Animal activist Pamela Anderson commenting on Janet Jackson’s return to hawking fur for Blackglama.

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Kristen Bell, who credits her love of dogs for the reason she has been a vegetarian since the age of 11, has launched a new project to benefit the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and the organization’s efforts to take care of rescued animals with special needs.
Bell is dedicating the project to her [...]

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Perhaps my favorite part of working for Ecorazzi is the opportunity to attend a slew of incredible green and animal events throughout the year. This past weekend, I headed to our nation’s capital to hang out with thousands of dedicated do-gooders at The Humane Society of the United States’ Taking Action for Animals conference.
An annual event [...]

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Now that DirecTV intends to air two more seasons of the twisty-turny FX casualty Damages, the resuscitation of one of television’s most gripping, critically acclaimed and award winning legal dramas is finally official.  Made all the more riveting by Glenn Close’s utterly convincing portrayal of the dark, power-game wielding Patty Hewes, it’s quite a departure [...]

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Last week a team from PETA unveiled a faux fur alternative to the bearskin caps worn by the Queen’s Guards at Buckingham Palace. After years of development and undergoing rigorous water repellency tests the plastic-fiber prototype, designed by Stella McCartney, was presented to several Ministry of Defence officials.
“Historically, England has a very high regard [...]

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