Archive for November 2019
A Cruelty-Free Thanksgiving
The Economist has dubbed 2019 The Year of the Vegan — and this Thanksgiving season, the Greg Fund’s favorite partners are busy making it so. Saturday November 23 Poolesville MD: Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary hosts its annual Thanksgiving with the Turkeys, a vegan potluck that typically draws 1,000 people. Grass Valley CA: Animal Place hosts a Pigs, Pumpkin Spice & Cider autumn tour. Thanksgiving Day Thursday November 28Washington DC: I’ll have…
Read MoreBridget Moloney hasn’t died in vain
This horse was Bridget Moloney, who earned $389,748 in almost six years of racing at West Virginia’s Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort and other U.S. tracks. After her final race on September 25, 2019, she was “vanned off,” which usually means that a horse was seriously injured. And then, as revealed by PETA’s Campaign to End…
Read MoreWorld Vegan Day!
November 1 is World Vegan Day, leading into a weekend when many cultures conduct special rituals to honor departed souls. In recognition of these multiple traditions, highlighted here are two vegan programs sponsored in part by this Fund — programs that can be thought of as Greg in death continuing just as he did in life,…
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