I'm a happy guy, today. Actually, I'm a happy guy pretty much everyday. It's just my nature. OK, I guess that means that today, I'm really happy.
Want to know why? Well, it wasn't until I hit my 30's that I became a vegetarian, and soon thereafter a vegan. Yes, it's got my Italian mother in church even more often than usual (and that's a lot) praying to be forgiven for her failure (an Italian and no veal!?) and praying especially for her son to come home, both figuratively and literally, I might add.
I have to laugh at the use of the word "became." I don't think I anymore became a vegetarian, than I became an entrepreneur --- it was always in there, it just took some time to come out.
Just as I left TV news to start my company in 1999, I left meat behind just a year later. My path was always leading me to this place. I just hadn't arrived, yet.
OK --- now that I've got you just straning to know why I'm feeling so good today, here goes. Today, 50PlusPrime.com is happy to welcome People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), to our online space for baby boomers.
PETA's commitment to animal rights will expand to Prime Living, our articles center about boomer lifestyles, resources and services. PETAPrime.org bloggers will be regular contributors to Prime Living, publishing articles on the interrelationship between the humane treatment of animals, healthy eating and a clean environment.
“We are very excited about our new partnership with 50PlusPrime.com. It will be a great way to share the compassionate, humane and healthy ideas we feature every day on PETAPrime.org with a new audience," said Karen Taggart, Manager of Fundraising Innovations at the PETA Foundation.
As for me, I not only support PETA's work on behalf of the millions of animals who are abused and slaughtered for human consumption each year, I place my corporation firmly behind promoting PETA's mission. I'm thrilled that PETA will be publishing its content on our site, to further sensitize boomers to the ties between our health, animal cruelty and global warming."
From PETA's website:
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), with more than 2.0 million members and supporters, is the largest animal rights organization in the world. PETA focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: on factory farms, in laboratories, in the clothing trade, and in the entertainment industry. It also works on a variety of other issues, including the cruel killing of beavers, birds and other "pests," and the abuse of backyard dogs.
PETA works through public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns.
PETA and 50PlusPrime.com --- it was always in there, it just took some time to come out.
Tony Fama, a former TV news anchor and investigative reporter, is president and founder of Maria Madeline Project, Inc., parent company of 50 Plus Prime TV and www.50plusprime.com, a social networking site for baby boomers. Tony can be reached at tony.fama@50plusprime.com.
Dec 11, 2008 at 9:09 PM What a wonderful blog, This is such a great addition to an already extremely informative blog.... More people should know about PETA and the work that they do,
So Happy Guy, write on and teach us baby boomers the facts of life.
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