Vegan News 5.29.13

PCRM Wants Paula Deen Museum to Serve Vegan Food. “The headline-grabbing vegan propagandists at the Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine want to help Food Network favorite Paula Deen include exhibitions about diabetes and vegan-friendly foods at the museum being built in her honor in Georgia.”

Hottest-Selling Animal in Colombia’s Illegal Pet Trade: Sloths. “In the bustling streets of a Colombian village, colorful exotic birds, monkeys and sloths, all animals that were once wild, are being sold as pets, and business is booming. The wildlife trade is now the third-most-lucrative criminal enterprise in Colombia after drugs and weapons. An estimated 60,000 animals were trafficked last year alone, including a growing number of sloths.”

Wildlife officials capture largest black bear in Florida history. “The largest black bear ever captured in Florida has reportedly been relocated after being trapped near the Ocala National Forest. The 620-pound bear, which had been getting into trash at the national forest, was captured near Paisley on Monday, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokeswoman Joy Hill told The Daily Commercial.”

Photo credit: tamaki via Flickr