Advertising Dollars Spent on Promoting vs. Avoiding Meat

Interesting post on pro-meat vs. anti-meat advertising in dollar terms from Vegansaurus.com

This is a chart of the amount of advertising companies that sell...:
This is a chart of the amount of advertising companies that sell meat products buy versus the amount of advertising anti-meat-industry organizations buy. It was put together by Harish of Counting Animals, using publicly available information (SEC filings, IRS filings, ad-to-sales ratios).

No More Dolphins at the Minnesota Zoo

The Minnesota Zoo has decided to no longer have a dolphin exhibit.  Switzerland has done the same on a national level.  I hope more zoos make this decision, since dolphins should not live in captivity, period.

http://www.startribune.com/local/south/151394175.html

Chronic Wasting Disease Spreads to Northern Wisconsin, Doubles in Prevalence in past 10 Years

Wisconsin's solution to controlling deer overpopulation and disease has always been to support more hunting - longer hunting seasons with more harvesting allowed.  However, that might be the problem.  I'm not a wildlife biologist, but I don't see any other wild animal which is native to Wisconsin as out of control as the deer population - which number in the hundreds of thousands of deer killed annually.  Might they actually consider fewer hunting permits issued?  Or is that too unpopular with the gun, ammo, and hunting industries?

Link:  http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/deer-with-chronic-wasting-disease-came-from-up-north-dnr-says-4i5adar-150464095.html

340-pound Defensive Lineman, Deuce Lutui, is Vegan

I don't know if this is a first or not, but I have read in the news today that Lutui, the Tongo-born professional athlete who plays football for the Seattle Seahawks, is vegan.

Link: http://blog.seahawks.com/2012/05/07/meet-deuce-lutui-vegan/

Vegan Cooking for Carnivores

A new book is out by Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi's personal chef, Roberto Martin, called Vegan Cooking for Carnivores.  If you love meat, but want to eat healthier or less dependent on animals, check out some of these recipes using meat substitutes.

Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1609412427/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=vegancom&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1609412427