About KD Angle-Traegner

Armchairs, Vegans, and Carbon Footprints

"I truly believe that anyone who supports the cruelty and/or death of these animals is either in denial or just chooses to ignore their own unethical behavior." "The animal industries want everyone to believe that vegans want to digress into primitive technology. This simply is not the case. Indeed animal agriculture will keep us in yesterdays inefficient and unhealthy doomed practices." "A very wise gentleman, Pythagoras, had this to say: 'The earth affords a lavish supply of riches, of innocent foods, and offers you banquets that involve no bloodshed or slaughter; only beasts satisfy their hunger with flesh, and not even all of those, because horses, cattle, and sheep live on grass. As long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.'" "There is no way of consuming any animal product if you want [...]

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Vegan Chic Reveals a Newly Updated, Faster Web Site

Vegan Chic, an online vegan boutique offering 100% vegan footwear, handbags and accessories for men, women and children, has recently revealed a new web site design making shopping more convenient and enjoyable for consumers looking to add fashionable, animal-friendly products to their wardrobe. Vegan Chic is dedicated to providing an extensive line of stylish and practical shoes and accessories that are always 100% cruelty-free guaranteed. Vegan Chic has a mission to help consumers “look fierce without being cruel.” Their core belief is that consumers can be vegan while still being fashionable and glamorous. Vegan Chic has provided excellent, quality products for years and their newly designed site now makes shopping with them even easier and pleasurable. Vegan Chic’s site boasts a cleaner, more modern design for added visual appeal. The site moves faster and the feel is more lightweight, making it easier for consumers to browse and shop for their [...]

PETA influences chef to take the Vegetarian plunge?

I find it hard to imagine, however, the recent controversial PETA billboard in Florida seems to have spurred one chef to take the vegetarian plunge. The billboard shows an obese woman in a bikini (from rear view no less!) with the saying "Save the Whales, Lose the Blubber: Go Vegetarian." Your Daily Vegan choose not to cover what is now known as the "billboard scandal" because we didn't want to give PETA any more attention than the billboard was creating. If you so choose, you can read about it here, or here, or here, or even here. You get my point. But maybe the most intriguing thing you should read about the billboard is right here. It's hearing what it's all about from "the horse's mouth", so to speak. Anyway back to this chef fellow, Robert St. John. According to the article, St. John is a "chef, author, restaurateur and [...]

SPCA's CEO leaves dog in hot car

The CEO for anti-animal cruelty group, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Richmond SPCA), Robin Starr has admitted to leaving her 16-year old blind and deaf dog in a hot car for four hours. The dog, Louie, later died of kidney failure. Starr reports that she didn't realize that Louie was in the car until noon. Her husband, Ed, told the Richmond Times-Dispatch that he had put the dog in her car as his wife was getting ready for work on August 19th, as she often took him with her to work. According to the National Weather Service, the temperature had reached 91 degrees by noon on August 19th. The (Richmond) SPCA has come forward to say that they still support Starr, who has been the CEO since 1997. She does not plan to retire. It is not clear at this time if charges will be sought in [...]