Popeye The Sailor — Be Kind to “Aminals” # 19 February 22, 1935 Popeye and Olive can’t ignore it when Bluto is passing by with his terribly overloaded cart. Bluto is whipping his horse and denying it water. Bluto fights them off for a while, but Popeye and Olive ultimately prevail. Floyd Buckley … Popeye Mae Questel … [Read more…]
1970 Head Waiter: (Michael Palin) Fine. I’m the head waiter. This is a vegetarian restaurant only, we serve no animal flesh of any kind. We’re not only proud of that, we’re smug about it. So if you were to come in here asking me to rip open a small defenseless chicken, so you could chew … [Read more…]
……their cookery is exquisite, so diversified and nutritious that one does not miss animal food; and their own physical forms suffice to show that with them, at least, meat is not required for superior production of muscular fibre. They have no grapes — the drinks extracted from their fruits are innocent and refreshing. Their staple … [Read more…]
Advertising Card – Undated – Circa 1900 Ernest Bell Library item – — Dis, père, qu’est-ce que ces gens-là qu’on appelle des végétariens? — Ce sont ceux qui vivent de carottes. — Hey, dad, what are these people called vegetarians?— It is those who live on carrots. Size – 7.5 cm by 11.2 cm. Lithograph by … [Read more…]
This blog post remembers the work of two of our favorite animal rights activists. Almost 90 years ago, they were structuring a ‘special society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Cats’, ……and the work continues today – http://www.cats.org.uk/ ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… The Cats’ Protection League – a group of likeminded people led by Jessey Wade who were devoted … [Read more…]
Han Kang – an interview – subtitled Han Kang’s ‘The Vegetarian’ wins Man Booker fiction prize – Monday 16 May 2016 South Korean author Han Kang won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction this week with “The Vegetarian,” an unsettling novel in which a woman’s decision to stop eating meat has devastating consequences. “The Vegetarian” is … [Read more…]