who will u hug today?
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If you have noticed a puzzling rise in the amount of hugs going around you,
it is because today is the ‘Hug a Vegetarian Day’. As the name literally suggests, it is
the official day for hugging vegans and vegetarians or, if you are an herbivore yourself, for receiving them. It is an annual event happening on the last Friday of every
September, validated and supported by PETA.
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foodpanda.co.th, we have listed 10 of our beloved celebs -from curious philosophers
around 500 BC to the coolest icons of the red carpet- to surprise and inspire us.
Name: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi)
Occupation: Indian spiritual and political leader
Country: India
Not to our surprise, Mahatma Gandhi was born a vegetarian. Born into a
vegetarian family, lived in a vegetarian country, and belonged to a vegetarian faith.
Regardless of his hereditary, Gandhi was a vegetarian by choice. He believed the
only reason to be vegetarian was a moral one. As a Hindu, he envisioned the soul
of God within each being. He identified himself with all that lives, and felt compassion, pity and a brotherhood with all. Gandhi believed that humankind must
follow a path of non-violence, non-abundance, and merciful living, for life on this
planet to sustain itself.
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Name: Sir Paul McCartney
Occupation: Musician, Former member of The Beatles
Country: United Kingdom
The former Beatle-member introduced a line of frozen vegetarian meals
under his wife’s name, Linda McCartney, in 1991. Similarly, he has said the 1942
Disney film Bambi inspired him to take an interest in animal rights. “You look
through a lot of these great stories - Dumbo, his mum is quite badly treated […] A
lot of these classic stories, through their efforts, kids - as I once was - have grown
up feeling it’s a bad idea to be cruel to animals.”
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Name: Russell Brand
Occupation: Comedian, actor, radio host, author and activist
Country: United Kingdom
He was PETA’s choice for sexiest vegetarian celebrity in 2011. Even his exwife Katy Perry managed to stay away from meat while being married to him – he
must be a really persuasive veggie-addict! “Even as a junkie I stayed true [to vegetarianism] - ‘I shall have heroin, but I shan’t have a hamburger.’
Name: Natalie Portman
Occupation: Actress
Country: United States
Portman became vegetarian when she was eight years old. In 2009, she
went a step further and followed a vegan lifestyle. The actress refuses to wear
fur, feathers or leather. In 2007, she also launched her own vegan shoe line for
“Te Casan”.