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Vegan News Round-Up: Animals, Athletes And A Synonym For Festivals That Starts With An ‘A’

by Andrea Wachner

February 1, 2013 1:10 am

Filed under: Activism Animal Products Animal Rights Animal Testing & Vivisection California Companion Animals Events Farmed Animals Government, Law & Politics Los Angeles New York City Sports & Fitness UK

-Westwood, Los Angeles cat owners, keep your furry friend inside and alive!

-The faces of The Facebook mounted a campaign to save a ‘Gay Dog‘ from being put down by a Tennessee kill shelter. Gawker covered the story and the dog was rescued! Yay!

-Want to know your state’s animal-related laws and their penalties? The ASPCA has made it easy!

-The European Union is set to ban animal testing for cosmetics forever!

-Will 2013 be the year of ag-gag bills? Our old compatriot Susie Cagle thinks so.

-Arizona lawmaker seeks ban on awarding live animals as carnival prizes. And he’s a Republican!

-”Going Vegan in the NFL” has zero mention of ethics. Do any of these guys care about the leather they’re fumbling?

-Gross. Professional athletes are spraying deer antler velvet into their mouths to stimulate muscle growth. Ew, also.

-Dust off those passports and book your tickets: t he biggest vegan festival in the world is coming to London this October!

-Or, if you’re not up for international travels, here’s the NYC Vegetarian Food Festival lineup for 2013, and there’s more to come! How soon is March again?

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Food News Roundup!

by Roseann Marulli Rodriguez

October 27, 2011 11:40 am

Filed under: Books Brooklyn Celebrities Education & Schools Film, TV, & Video Food Government, Law & Politics Health & Nutrition Los Angeles Music New York City Recipes & Cooking Restaurants UK Vegan MoFo 2011
- A screening of Forks Over Knives convinced Ozzy Osbourne to go vegan in an effort to stay healthy. Maybe he can take cooking classes with this guy.
- Same thing happened to Russell Brand after seeing the film. Meanwhile, over at Smith, students were in an uproar over rumors that the school was going completely vegetarian and locavore. Like that’s a bad thing?
- Famous veggie Paul McCartney released his first vegetarian cookbook this week, The Meat-Free Monday Cookbook. And on the other side of the Channel, the French government has said Non! to vegetarian meals in schools. What the foudre?
- Chrissie Hynde’s Akron restaurant, VegiTerranean, might be closing, but the singer is set to open up a new vegan eatery in LA with Ellen and Portia.
- Don’t throw meatballs at vegan actress Lea Michele if you don’t want to get kicked off the set of Glee. Well, unless they’re these.
- I don’t know about you, but I don’t get out to Jersey much. Which is why I’m thrilled the Cinnamon Snail Truck is heading to Manhattan and Brooklyn starting in mid-November.
This is one of Supervegan’s posts for Vegan MoFo 2011.
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Food News Roundup!

by Roseann Marulli Rodriguez

October 13, 2011 4:20 pm

Filed under: Activism Brooklyn Celebrities Chicago Events Food New York State Restaurants UK Vegan MoFo 2011
- Paul McCartney just got married, again, and had a vegan wedding. Yay! But what exactly does it mean when they say that one cake was chocolate and the other one was vegan?!
- Champs Bakery had its own location, then it shared space with Kingsland Sandwich Shop. Now it’s a vegetarian diner. I was excited to try their grub and see how it compares with Chicago Diner’s—best diner food ever!—but now I’m left wondering why they bill themselves as vegan when they serve dairy cheese in addition to Daiya? Thanks to an intrepid SuperVegan reader for the tip, which I confirmed with a call to Champs.
- I’m not a sandwich person, so Subway isn’t really on my radar. But it’s pretty major when a national chain tweets about Vegetarian Awareness Month and asks for food feedback, isn’t it?
- There’s a new mock meat in town, about to make its debut at Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary’s ThanksLiving feast this weekend. It’s apparently gluten-free and pretty damned delicious. Look for my full report on Monday!
- Okay, this isn’t explicitly about food, but how much do I love Tobey Maguire for sending back a free car because it had leather seats? That’s what I call a true superhero!
This is one of Supervegan’s posts for Vegan MoFo 2011.
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Animal Action Roundup

by Roseann Marulli Rodriguez

July 8, 2008 6:55 am

Filed under: Activism Animal Rights Animal Testing & Vivisection Companion Animals Environmentalism Farmed Animals Government, Law & Politics UK
- Farm Sanctuary’s been out rescuing pigs from the floods in the Midwest. Help them out with a donation, or foster a pig in need. (If you’ve got room for Babe in your abode, call 607-583-2225 x223.)
- Get behind LOHV’s efforts to get a dog-tethering ban passed. Call your council peeps about Intro. 545 (visit the League of Humane Voters of NYC for their info), and pony up some dough here.
- Tell those involved with the Rabies Challenge Fund that fewer rabies vaccines is no reason to infect, experiment on and kill poor, innocent pups. Send your e-mails to founder and co-trustee Kris Christine, co-trustee Jean Dodds and researcher Ronald Schultz, D.V.M.
- Oh, and nothing specifically to act on here, just FYI: Tony Blair doesn’t think it’s necessary to give up bangers and mash to save the planet.
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Phoning in an SV Digest from Portland

by Jason Das

June 26, 2008 8:50 pm

Filed under: Animal Rights Apparel Celebrities Events India Oregon Travel UK Wildlife
- I’m in Portland, Oregon for a while. It really is the clean, quiet, inexpensive, leafy, bicycle-and-vegan-friendly town they say it is, dammit. Anyways, if you’re at the Let Live Conference this weekend, say hi! They’ve finally posted the conference schedule (PDF), so check that out.
- One highlight of the conference is Isa Chandra Moskowitz‘s “How To: Culinary Activism” on Sunday afternoon. Isa was just profiled in the Portland Mercury. “America’s Favorite Vegan Cookbook Writer Now Calls Portland Home.” Sob.
- The vegan minimall (home to Food Fight!, Herbivore, Sweetpea Bakery, Scapegoat Tattoo) is even nicer than any pictures I’ve seen led me to believe. And certain amongst our readers will be pleased to know that Herbivore’s got almost nothing brown for sale these days.
- Elsewhere, apes got legal rights in Spain, a country with no wild apes or apes in laboratories. But hey, it may be a start towards rights for apes elsewhere, or for other species in Spain.
- Ram Singh Munda, a single dad in Orissa, India, was arrested for adopting an orphan wild bear cub. Now he’s's in jail, his six-year-old daughter Dulki was sent to a state-run boarding school, and Rani the bear is in an isolation cell at the zoo, refusing to eat. People for Animals is campaigning for Munda’s release and has promised him a job at a wildlife rehabilitation center.
- Tennis fans: Wimbeldon keeps some hawks around who keep most of the pigeons away, but got in trouble recently for shooting some pigeons who were “creating a health risk around the players’ lawn and a restaurant”. Awful of course, but any worse than killing rats and mice and ants and roaches like nearly every institution does?
- What else … oh yeah, Oprah Winfrey’s not vegan anymore. She pledges “I will forever be a more cautious and conscious eater. That’s my commitment for now. To stay awakened.” I wonder how long it will be before she’s enlightened enough to eat that grilled sea bass she’s been missing.
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