July 2011
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Bloody Band-Aids, Pizza Hut's New Topping
A Pizza Hut customer worries he contracted AIDS or Hepatitis from a bloody band-aid he found baked into his pizza.
After biting into a slice of Pizza Hut pizza last weak, Ken Weiczerza tasted something rubbery and dank. To his horror, the odd topping turned out to be a bloody used band-aid. The used bandage, and its juices, were actually baked into the pizza crust and Ken wants Pizza Hut to pay...
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Ripoff Reality TV Exterminators.
Animal Planet continues their downward spiral with yet another show with negative depictions of animals and what’s worse is that the show is a total ripoff.
The channel that gave the world Whale Wars, brings us a reality-comedy about two lovable doofs exterminating animals. Rat Busters follows Jimmy and Michael, two exterminators from Magic Exterminating in Queens. Animal Planet promotes...
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Subway's New Pulled Pork Sub.
After a major campaign to get Subway to carry Tofurky Deli Slices, the sandwich chain decided to go the complete opposite direction and dive headfirst into the BBQ market. Early reviews of Subway’s new pulled pork sub are not looking so good.
Esquire magazine’s meat-heavy food blog, Eat Like a Man, sampled the new pulled pork sub with gag inducing results. They said the new meat...
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Jewel New Oscar Mayer Spokesman.
The world’s largest processed meat company has signed folk/country singer and 90s superstar Jewel to be their new spokesman.
Jewel kicks off her new Oscar Mayer partnership with a big sweepstakes where you can enter to win a leather purse filled with processed meat. The perfect gift for someone that you hope dies of a heart attack. If this is any indication of how this new relationship is...
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14 Million Bees Escape on Highway.
A semi-truck accident on a Idaho highway resulted in thousands of bee stings, gallons of honey spilling everywhere, and the daring escape of millions of bees.
Just outside of Island Park, Idaho, a semi-truck carrying 400 bee hives crashed and tipped over, freeing 14 million bees and spilling hundreds of gallons of honey. Emergency personnel were stung numerous times before they...
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Chili's Serves Steak With Worms.
A Chili’s restaurant in the UAE has been fined after serving up a steak crawling with worms.
After being served a worm infested steak, a Chili’s customer complained to the local health department in the Sharjah Municipality of the United Arab Emirates. Health department officials inspected the restaurant and slapped Chili’s with a fine for an undisclosed amount. It’s all...
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Win Goodie Two Sleeves Gear!
Here’s your chance to win a sweet goodie pack from our friends over at Goodie Two Sleeves. These guys make great gear, all printed in the good ‘ol US of A. From t-shirts to hoodies all the way down to key chains and buttons, they have tons of great stuff and a lot of it has fun vegan and vegetarian messages.
Goodie Two Sleeves has teamed up with The Informed Vegan to give away two...
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Mice Becoming Immune to Poison.
Scientists in the journal of Current Biology are reporting that a mice are mutating to become immune to common household mouse poison.
The discovery came after a German bakery reported mice that would not die after ingesting poison. The mice were taken to a lab and discovered to be strange hybrids that were resistant to warfarin, the toxic substance in most mouse poisons. The resistance to...
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Mega-McDonalds Coming to London.
Your local hometown McDonalds will look miniture next to the Mega-McDonalds being built in London for the 2012 Olympics.
By far the largest of their 31,000 locations, the Mega-McDonalds will be a two-story 9,800 square foot monster with a 1,500 person seating capacity. The restaurant will be built outside of the London 2012 Olympic stadium and plans to serve 50,000 Big Mac, 180,000 portions of...
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Vegetarians Sue for Being Fed Meat.
An appeals court in New Jersey ruled that a group of vegetarian Hindus can sue an Indian restaurant for mistakenly serving them meat.
While dining at Mogul Express in Township N.J., a group of strict vegetarians ordered what they thought were meatless samosas. After a mix-up in the kitchen, the group of 16 were served samosas stuffed with meat. Their order was corrected free of charge but the...
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Restaurant Sells Foie Gras Donuts.
The Do or Dine restaurant in New York City has rolled out their newest and surely most controversial menu item, the $11 foie gras donut.
Each greasy donut is filled with a jelly mixture of fatty duck liver foie gras, an artery’s worst nightmare. A whole new level of gluttony has been brought into the world with this one. Not surprisingly however, the donuts seem to be getting more press...
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250 Dairy Farms Close in California.
Dairy farms all across California are closing down as milk production quickly becomes less profitable.
As of 2008, California was home to 1,905 dairy farms, 1.8 million dairy cows, and produced about 5 billion gallons of milk every year. In 2011, the sagging economy and the increasing cost of everything is about to put a major damper on all that.
The cost of operating a dairy in California...
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SeaWorld Opens 'Animal Hospital.'
A few weeks from now, SeaWorld will open the doors on its brand new animal “hospital” where the animal entertainment company will bring in sick or injured wild dolphins and whales for rehab. Sounds harmless, but many people are questioning if SeaWorld’s motivation is to collect animals for their live dolphin shows and controversial breeding programs.
SeaWolrd’s new...
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Florida's Illegal Kangaroo Boxing.
The Rocky Show Circus travels all over the state of Florida holding boxing bouts with adult kangaroos but the group has to do plenty of maneuvering to avoid activists and the law.
Videos of the Rocky Show Circus show kangaroo boxing matches that seem somewhat staged but it’s clear that the human is actually punching the kangaroo in the face. Surprisingly, authorities have not been able to...
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Gelatin to be Made From Humans.
Gelatin, derived from boiled bones, skin, and hooves of pigs and cows, may someday be made from humans.
Gelatin is found in most gummy candies and is one of the main ingredients in Jell-O. It is commonly used in cooking because it is flavorless and easily turns liquids into solids. Scientist have found a way to revolutionize the gelatin industry by cutting out the use of pigs and cows and...
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Tea Party Goes After The Manatees.
Since it turned out that Barack Obama was born in the USA, the Tea Party is in need of a new villain. A villain whose very existence is helping turn America into communist Russia. Someone pure evil and anti-American like…the manatees!
Citrus County Florida Tea Party is targeting the gentle manatee and working tirelessly to overturn boating restrictions over manatee habitat in King’s...
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26-Year Old Dies In Sausage Grinder.
The Occupational Health and Safety Association (OSHA) is investigating the Bar S sausage factory after a man fell to his death into a meat grinder.
Michael Raper, a 26-year old father of four, had just celebrated his birthday two days before he slipped and fell into an active meat grinder. The machine took both his legs and he later died of his injuries. Witnesses said his was fully conscious...
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UK Animal Testing on the Rise.
The BBC is reporting that the number of animal experiments performed in the UK rose by 3% in 2010 to reach a total of 3.7 million.
The increase by over 105,000 more tests in one year alone has been blamed on the growing popularity of genetically modified (GM) animals used in laboratories. Relatively new, GM animal farms produce animals with genetic defects that mimic those found in humans and...
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Animal Activists Firebomb McDonalds.
Animal rights campaigners from the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) have claimed responsibility for the firebombing of an empty McDonalds restaurant in Sweden.
The activists used a hammer to break two storefront windows and place 10 liters of gasoline inside. The gasoline was lit and caused an enormous explosive fire that casue “extensive damage” at around 5 o’ clock in the...
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Woman Faces Jail for Planting Garden.
A Michigan woman faces up to 93-days in jail for planting an organic garden in her front yard where the city believes grass should grow instead.
After the city of Oak Park, Michigan tore up Julie Bass’ lawn to repair a sewage line, she thought she would be adventurous and use the space to grow an organic vegetable garden. She saw the project as a win-win. The garden would help combat...
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Fish and Chips Fund Whale Industry.
One of the largest exporters of fish to the United States and the UK is feeling the pressure after more information about thier involvement in whale meat industry comes to the surface.
Based in Iceland, HB Grandhi exports fish all over the US and UK supplying to tens of thousands of fish and chip shops worldwide. A disturbingly large reach considering that their seemingly innocent sale of fish...
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Smash Mouth Eat Eggs For Charity.
An internet dare has turned into a full blown pledge drive and now it looks like 90s superstars Smash Mouth are going to have to eat 24 eggs in one sitting.
It started as an internet dare on Something Awful urging the band to eat two dozen eggs for $20. The matching dares came in and the total Smash Mouth stood to earn was up into the thousands. That’s when the band responded on twitter...
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KFC and Taco Bell Want Food Stamps.
After their success in Arizona, Michigan, and California, the fast food industry is now lobbying to change food stamp rules in Kentucky to allow food stamps to be used on fast food.
Yum! Brands, parent company of KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut, is trying to convince Kentucky politicians to change the rules and allow consumers to buy buckets of chicken and chalupas with their food stamps. Right...
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Tests Show Milk Contains 20 Different Drugs.
Using a state-of-the-art test, scientists revealed that a single glass of milk contains 20 different drugs including painkillers, hormones, anti-fungals, and antibiotics. The dosages are so tiny that they are said to be harmless but the idea of pouring pills on your morning cereal is not too exciting.
Medicine filled milk is an unfortunate sign of the times. Animals on factory farms are fed 35...
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Politicians Eat Bear Meat in Protest.
Upon hearing that brown bears would be brought in to populate the woods of northern Italy, anti-bear politicians got their hands on some bear meat for a protest banquet.
Members of the Conservative and racist Northern League organized a bear meat banquet as a way to bring attention to the proposed brown bear introduction. Their stunt came close to success but took a nose dive when law...
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Eating Fish Means Eating Plastic.
Scientists estimate that 1-in-10 fish in the Pacific have pieces of plastic inside their body due to highly polluted oceans.
Small fish, like anchovies and lanternfish, are ingesting large amounts of plastic debris that may appear like food. These small fish are sometimes consumed by humans directly or are eaten by larger fish like tuna (who are then consumed by humans). The plastic pieces are...
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Coca-Cola Beats and Kills 200 Pigeons.
Coca-cola is under fire after they hired workers to trap and beat over 200 pigeons to death at one of their bottling factories.
The soda giant hired five “hunters” to use nets to trap pigeons and beat them to death with sticks at a factory in New Delhi. Coke claims the death toll was “only two” yet a police investigation into the incident has already led to five arrests....
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Nike Re-signs Michael Vick.
After serving 19-months in prison on felony animal cruelty charges, Michael Vick has been re-signed for a Nike endorsement deal for an undisclosed amount.
Vick was dropped by Nike in 2007 after he was accused of felony animal cruelty in connection with his dogfighting operation. On his compound, referred to as “Bad Newz Kennels,” dozens of dogs were drowned, shot, and electrocuted...
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Grocery Stores Against Piglet Abuse.
After Mercy for Animals released their latest investigation into abuse of piglets in pork industry, Safeway, Costco, and Krogers announced they would suspend all pork purchasing from the offending producers.
An undercover investigator from Mercy for Animals caught employees at Iowa Select Farms committing abuses against sows and piglets in their care. Male piglets were thrown across the room,...
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New IMF Chief Lagarde Vegetarian.
Christine Lagarde, the new head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is not only one of most powerful people in the world she’s also a vegetarian.
Largarde is the former French Finance minister appointed to serve as the new chief of the IMF after the former chief was arrested for attempted rape. She is seen as one of the most powerful people on earth because of the IMF’s...
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June's Top Stories.
June was fun. My favoritie part was when I ate poop burgers with a shark while protesting the killing of a bear cub. Wait a sec, I think all my memories are blurring together. Oh now I remember.
Here are the most read stories from The Informed Vegan for the month of June:
5. Vegetarians Save Everyone Money.
Scientific proof that vegetarians help everyone in the world save money.
4. Does This...