by Jason on January 12, 2007
The anti-circus crowd gained an unlikely ally this week when Jackass costar Steve-O spoke out against circus cruelty. It seems that the guy with a big tattoo of himself on his back is a graduate of Ringling Brothers’ clown college, and he says he’s haunted by memories of how the animals were treated. Of course, this is the same guy who swallowed a live goldfish and puked it back up on film, so his credibility and judgement are a bit suspect, but hey, we vegans never met a pro-animal celebrity we didn’t like, right? Link.
by Jason on November 23, 2006
Dave Noisy notes that since dropping the “-McCartney” from the end of her name, Heather Mills has been throwing herself into her work, and all kinds of interesting projects are bubbling to the surface. The latest development is a vegan fast food chain, which Mills hopes to have open sometime next year. Assuming it’s actually going to happen, for a vegan chain to work, some level of celebrity would certainly help with the initial momentum. Frankly, I’d line up for opening day at a vegan chain if it was run by just about anybody, but does Heather Mills have enough name recognition for this to be a factor with the non-vegan crowd? Link.
