Mark Bekoff speech & Veg pledge

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Cows can be moody, sheep can remember faces, chickens are good problem solvers and fish feel pain.

Those are a few tidbits animal behaviorist and biologist Marc Bekoff used at Coffman Theater on Tuesday night to urge the audience to rethink eating meat.

Bekoff's speech kicked off Veg Week, an event held each year by the student group Compassionate Action for Animals.

Animal behavior is central to what animals feel, Bekoff said. By watching them interact with one another, he said, it should be obvious that, just like people, animals have friends, lovers and family bonds.

Bekoff said speaking out against animal cruelty is a noble cause.

"If you give up, the animals are screwed," Bekoff said. "As a collective effort, we're chiseling away at abuse."

...This is the third year Compassionate Action for Animals has had the event, which includes a variety of other meatless and animal conscious activities, such as a vegetarian potluck and special cooking demos planned for later this week.

More than 470 people have pledged to be vegetarian or vegan for the week, said Gil Schwartz, the group's campaign coordinator.

He estimated the number would increase to 600 after Tuesday's speech. Last year, the number of pledges was about the same, he said, but interest has almost doubled since the first event, in 2004.



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Veg Week encourages meatless diets - 04/10/06
www.mndaily.com/articles/2006/10/04/69241

[animo-aequoanimo 0]

Effectivement, c'est la semaine mondiale V

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Citation :

More than 470 people have pledged to be vegetarian or vegan for the week, said Gil Schwartz, the group's campaign coordinator.

He estimated the number would increase to 600 after Tuesday's speech.

Wowwwwwww ! Comme c'est encourageant !!!!!!!!!!!

[Ranëwen 0]

C'est super !