Opinion of a Minion (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
benefit from good fortune five years from now, apparently. But it’s not good enough to open one of your own veins. At least 10,000 buffalo have to die in order for a whole country to benefit. And that’s not all. 250,000 animals from rats, to chickens, to pigs and bigger get the chop for this [...]
Green Daily (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Has Martha Stewart jumped on the vegetarian bandwagon? Would you take cooking advice from Boy George? Are you watching out for BPA this shopping season? Today's Eco-Beat has the scoop on all the latest green news and tips. Martha Stewart Takes on Factory Farming Vegetarian Thanksgivings are red hot this year. With some help from "Food Inc." producer Robert Kenner and author Jonathan Safran...
The Buddhist Blog (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
PTI, November 24, 2009 Kathmandu, Nepal -- Despite appeals to halt the centuries-old custom of animal sacrifice, Gadhimai festival on Tuesday started in southern Nepal with millions of devotees flocking from various parts of the country and India. Thousands of buffaloes are waiting to be sacrificed at the Gadhimai Mela, the largest "animal slaughter" in the world. It is estimated that some...
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
At least 15 000 buffalo and "countless" goats and birds have been sacrificed in a temple in southern Nepal, a ritual which has been condemned by animal rights activists.
Beaut.ie - The Irish Beauty Blog (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Kat from bjooti.net, moi, and Emily from myfashionlife.com Writing about beauty can be quite a jammy occupation, it has to be said, especially when companies see fit to throw a few products my way, or better yet, whizz me off places. Lancome are the current leaders in the whisking-off-places race - during the summer I got [...]
The Life and Times of a Problem Child (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
There's a bit of my notion of the Sixties glamourised to a very potent dose of Brigitte Bardot and Michel Piccoli and a slew of pop songs I enjoy and some for easy listening. Ariane Moffatt: Réverbère Mélanie Pain: La...
The Intelligence Daily (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Thousands of Hindu devotees have flocked to a village in Nepal ahead of the planned sacrifice of more than 300,000 animals in a ceremony condemned by animal rights activists, including the French actress Brigitte Bardot.
BIG BLUE WAVE (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Just ew: KATHMANDU, Nepal—Thousands of Hindu devotees have flocked to a village in Nepal ahead of the planned sacrifice of more than 300,000 animals in a ceremony condemned by animal rights activists, including French actress Brigitte Bardot. Priests are preparing for the slaughter of more than 15,000 buffaloes and 300,000 birds , goats, and sheep during the event, which starts Tuesday and is...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Thousands of Hindu devotees have flocked to a village in Nepal ahead of the planned sacrifice of more than 300000 animals in a ceremony condemned by animal rights activists including the French actress Brigitte Bardot.
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
KATHMANDU - Thousands of Hindu devotees have flocked to a village in Nepal ahead of the planned sacrifice of more than 300,000 animals in a ceremony condemned by animal rights activists, including French actress Brigitte Bardot.Priests...
frogsmoke.com (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Where is canine freedom fighter Brigitte Bardot when you need her? Omnipresent in the USA and Japan, canine fashion is now striking France. Céline Boulud, 24, smelt the air of time and has just created BonchicBonchien, a brand of clothes and accessories for dogs. Now you can de-animalize your toutou by dressing it in T-shirts, skirts, [...]
Just Jared (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Check out these shots of the beautiful Bar Refaeli modeling Passionata’s Spring/Summer 2010 line. The 24-year-old Israeli model, who will serve as the new face and body for the brand, posed for these vintage-meets-right-now photos shot by NYC photographer Greg Kadel. Passionata said the photos, which put a “modern twist on the sixties,” were inspired by ’60s [...]
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Nepal's coalition government has turned a deaf ear to urgent pleas by celebrated French actress and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot to prevent the slaughter of thousands of birds and animals at a religious fair in the Terai plains next week.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Former film star Brigitte Bardot urges Nepal's president to stop a ritual slaughter of animals in an upcoming religious festival.
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The legendary French movie star turned animal rights campaigner Brigitte Bardot has written to Nepal's president urging him to stop a mass animal sacrifice from going ahead next week. A temple in Nepal will host what is thought to be the world's biggest ritual slaughter in which hundreds of thousands of buffaloes, goats and birds will be sacrificed to the Hindu goddess of power, Gadhimai.
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