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Paul McCartney Joins PETA

April 29th, 2008 David King - King's Outdoor World

More exciting good news for you PETA supporters. Sir Paul McCartney, formerly of the legendary band The Beatles, is one of the latest stars of the entertainment world to join forces with anti-hunting group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

McCartney appears in a PETA print advertisement, wearing one of the organization’s pro-vegetarian t-shirts. PETA also featured an interview with McCartney on its website.

The text of the ad relates the moment when McCartney first became a vegetarian. He says that he realized it when he was fishing and the fish on his line was dying and struggling for breath.

In More news from the PETA front that should make us all proud….

Sandusky and Cleveland, Ohio-area television networks and cable stations have refused to broadcast a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) advertisement featuring the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).

The commercial shows a KKK member attending an American Kennel Club (AKC) meeting. A PETA official says it is meant to show similarities between the two organizations and that “the AKC is a shameless promotion of pure bloodlines and against mixed breeding.”

According to the PETA official, the advertisement in question has run in other areas, including on stations in the New York City area during the Westminster Dog Show.

Did the PETA official really say that it was meant to show the similarities between the two organizations…I have nothing more to say.

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