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28 Celebrities That Are Vegetarian or Vegan

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Apr. 29, 2016 11:00AM EST Food

Watch PETA's (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) exclusive “veggie testimonials” and find out what your favorite stars have to say about the benefits of a meat-free lifestyle.

Why did this extraordinary group of talented individuals make the choice?

1. Paul McCartney

Posing in PETA’s “Eat No Animal” shirt, Paul McCartney describes the first time it hit him that animals value their lives just as much as humans do.

2. Alicia Silverstone

Sexy Hollywood star Alicia Silverstone bares all in PETA’s first-ever naked veggie testimonial.

3. Casey Affleck

Casey Affleck takes aim at the meat industry by exposing its shameful abuse of animals in his vegetarian testimonial.

4. Georges Laraque

NHL star Georges Laraque may be one of the most feared enforcers in the league, but he has a huge soft spot for animals―and he is vegan!

5. Mike White

Find out how writer, director, actor and producer Mike White’s dog influenced his decision to stop eating animals.

6. Carol Leifer

After finding out how animals are treated by the factory-farming industry, comedian and writer Carol Leifer stopped eating them, lost 20 pounds and has never felt better.

7. Geezer Butler

Find out what made legendary Black Sabbath and Heaven and Hell bassist Geezer Butler stop eating meat as a child.

8. Owain Yeoman

After finding out how animals raised for food are treated, the Mentalist star dropped the flesh from his diet and has never felt better or looked better.

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9. Masta Killa

The Wu-Tang Clan’s Masta Killa stars in a PETA “veggie testimonial.” Find out why the MC is raising his son, Eternal, as a vegetarian too.

10. Daniela Sea

After learning what happens to animals raised and killed for food, The L Word’s Daniela Sea made the decision to stop eating animals because they are not ours to torture and dominate.

11. Joan Jett

Joan Jett’s love for animals led her to give meat the boot. She later discovered the health and environmental benefits as well! Watch her “veggie testimonial” and consider kicking the meat habit.

12. Bryan Adams

Singer, songwriter and photographer extraordinaire Bryan Adams is taking a stand against cruelty to animals by not eating them.

13. John Salley

Basketball legend John Salley tells fans why being vegetarian is the “best damn way to eat—period” and how losing the meat helped improve his game.

14. Sadie Frost

Fashion designer, style icon and vegetarian since birth, Sadie Frost is giving her four children the “very best start in life” by raising them on a meat-free diet.

15. Forest Whitaker

Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker recorded this testimonial with his daughter, True, to tell fans about being a vegetarian.

16. John Norris

MTV’s John Norris shares with the world exactly why he went vegetarian in his veggie testimonial for PETA.

17. James Cromwell

James Cromwell knows animals deserve respect, not torture. In his testimonial, he shares why he chooses vegetarianism when he sits down to eat.

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18. Jorja Fox

In her testimonial, Jorja Fox encourages fans to investigate vegetarianism to help reduce the number of animals who are put to death every year.

19. Peter Dinklage

In Peter Dinklage’s vegetarian testimonial, he asks fans to join him in making kind choices by not hurting animals or asking others to hurt animals for them.

20. Kevin Nealon

Kevin Nealon’s tongue-in-cheek vegetarian testimonial takes a good-humored jab at meat-eaters while addressing the cruelty and negative health effects of meat.

21. Kevin Eubanks

Inspired by traditional sketch comedy, Kevin Eubanks dons a strawberry costume in his humorous vegetarian testimonial.

22. Joss Stone

Singer/songwriter Joss Stone is known for her powerful, soulful voice. Her testimonial introduces the world to her vegetarian side.

23. J.D. Fortune

Former INXS lead singer, J.D. Fortune, wants everyone to love animals and not eat them, just as he does.

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24. Phil Collen

Being a rock star takes a lot of energy! Phil Collen talks about the benefits a vegetarian diet has had on his health and encourages others to give it a try.

25. Mac Danzig

Ultimate Fighter Mac Danzig doesn’t need to feed on animals to fuel his fight. He tells his fans why he’s vegan in his testimonial.

26. Maureen Shea

Boxer Maureen Shea shares her secret to having the physical edge over her opponents—she’s a vegetarian.

27. Chris Adler

Lamb of God’s Chris Adler went vegetarian after learning what happens to animals in factory farms.

28. Brian Fair

Brian was inspired to go vegetarian by The Smiths’ Meat Is Murder and wanted the opportunity to help inspire others.

Why not go vegan and start saving lives today? Improve your health, help the environment and do your part to reduce cruelty to animals and animal suffering by giving up meat!

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Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest last month jumped to the highest level since records began in 2015, according to government data.

A total of 563 square kilometers (217.38 square miles) of the world's largest rainforest was destroyed in November, 103% more than in the same month last year, according to Brazil's space research agency.

From January to November this year an area almost the size of the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico was destroyed — an 83% overall increase in destruction when compared with the same period last year.

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