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Hi, I’m Lisa Edelstein for PETA. Vegetarianism is a really important part of what we need
to do to help the environment. The meat industry is really toxic to the environment. The cattle
industry, besides the fact that there are a lot of cruel things happening, the manure
is extremely toxic. We just need to pull back as a culture as much as we can. And finding
a way to do that for yourself in the most comfortable way is all I would ask. And that
requires a little bit of education. I have 2 dogs; they are both rescues. I am very much
in favor of rescuing animals rather than buying animals. When you buy from a pet store, a
lot of them, most of them, are getting from puppy mills. So it’s a really important
thing that you rescue animals. There are in the millions of animals that are put down
every year in shelters, not because they are evil people, but because they have no more
room. The best thing about being a vegetarian is that, I feel like what I put into my body
is what I want to have in my body. The relationship between what I eat and how I feel is a direct
link. I like to encourage people to be a vegetarian once a week, and then maybe twice a week.
Because that makes such an enormous impact for the whole world. It’s really valuable
for everyone. So, I’m just trying to push that campaign forward with my body apparently.
[chuckles] For more information about vegetarianism or how to help animals, please visit the PETA
website.