Captain Paul Watson recently sat down to talk about the food served to his crew.  The entire crew eats vegan while out at sea with meals served up by chef, Laura Dakin.  He has this to say about his choice: “I run my ship as a vegan vessel. It’s not for animal rights reasons but to set an example and to try and get people to think about the connection between what they eat and what we’re doing to the oceans, because it’s quite simple, really. I personally feel that it’s the most important cause on the planet; more important than anything else for the simple reason as this – if the oceans die then we all die. And we’ve removed 90% of the fish from the oceans.” Alright, I’m confused.  On one hand, he wants you to make the connection to what you are [...]

Here's what we've got our eyes on today... Seitan fails to impress on Top Chef - "why use seitan when you could have used the real thing" blogs afire today. Of course. Learning more than just a great recipe, Centro Latino serves up vegan tamales with a side of education. Awesome! Hey Pittsburgh vegans, here's a run down of veg friendly local restaurants in your area. Project Runway returns and Tim tells us about the behind-the-scenes vegan drama in past seasons. Skinny Bitch wants to eat with you.

The dog who won Britain's Ugliest Dog contest in 2005, Mugly, was found in a public park being attacked by a gang.  Apparently the passer-by saw the dog being hit with a stick, kicked and being punched.  And just for the record, the dog is about the size of a cat so it's a very small dog. The owner of the dog, Bev Nicholson, says that Mugly escaped from a ground floor window and that the passer-by recognized the dog from posters she saw around the neighborhood. Nicholson says: "They had pulled out a little tuft of hair he had on his neck...It was the only hair he had and they even managed to take off one of his eyebrows. I can't even work out how they would have done that.  He'd never gone missing before and you worry about letting him out because of what he looks [...]

Your Daily Vegan WTF moment is brought to us today by Boost Mobile, a division of Sprint Nextel.  Their advertisers seemed to think that a video containing cannibalism would be perfect for selling mobile phones. Let me ask you this - would this commercial be appropriate if two humans were featured in lieu of the pigs?  If you said no, ask yourself why you put pigs in a separate moral category than humans.  Both live, have families, fear, and can feel physical pain.  Both are intelligent.  If you said yes, and you have Sprint or Boost Mobile, you should ask yourself if you want to be associated with this type of ... company. And for those who would like to voice their opinion to Sprint Nextel themselves, click here to email them.

Here's another ill-informed person talking up some nonsense.  The writer over at ifitandhealthy.com calls veganism "nutritional masochism," and says that vegans living longer healthier lives is an "utter fallacy."  Sounds like another traditionalist who's been living under a rock since the turn of the century.  Maybe they didn't get to see the latest paper that was published by The American Dietetic Association stating that vegetarian and vegan diets are healthy: "It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the life-cycle including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood and adolescence and for athletes." It's the same old tireless rant from non-vegans about vegans attempting to eat an impossible diet that also tastes like [...]