Stamps depicting the most famous vegetarians in history who, thanks to the choice to eliminate meat from their diets, have made a valuable contribution to the protection of the environment and animals: this is the new initiative of PETA (People for the Ethical treatment of animals ), which contains apparently very different characters in this original collection.
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Some stamps which portray the most famous Vegetarians of history which, thanks to the choice to eliminate the meat from their diets, they have made a valuable contribution toenvironmental Protection and to the animals: is the new initiative of PETA (People for the Ethical treatment of animals), which contains in this original collection characters who are apparently very different from each other.
The stamps are limited edition and will be on sale for a short time in the store PETACatalog.com less than dollars 20. By filling out the form on this page, however, it is possible to try to win one of the sheets containing all the stamps. If you are passionate about philately and convinced animal rights activists, it doesn't hurt to try!
The portrayed characters knew give up meat and they did it for reasons ranging from health tolove for animals. Here are the words of some of them about why they chose to be vegetarians:
Ellen DeGeneres (actress and TV host): “I have decided to become vegan because I inquired about intensive breeding and cruelty to animals, suddenly realizing that what I was putting on my table were living beings and they had feelings. I couldn't help but think about all this ”.
Pythagoras (philosopher): Preached and promoted the vegetarianism many centuries before it became so widespread: “As long as humans kill animals, they will also kill each other. Indeed, those who sow death cannot hope to reap joy and love ”.
Cesar Chávez (American activist): “I became a vegetarian when I realized that animals felt fear, cold, hunger and unhappiness just like us humans. It was my dog that led me to question the right of human beings to eat other living beings ”.
Sir Paul McCartney (singer): “If anyone really wants to save the planet, all they have to do is stop eating meat. This is the single most important thing you can do. Vegetarianism takes care of 3 things in one fell swoop: ecology, hunger and cruelty ".
Lev Tolstoy (writer): “A human being can be healthy even without killing animals for food. Therefore, if he eats meat, he does it just to satisfy his appetite. And doing so is truly immoral ".
Leonardo da Vinci (scientist): “If you are, how do you define yourself, the king of animals why don't you help them so that they may be able to give you their puppies not only to gratify your palate, for the sake of which you are turning yourself into the grave of animals? You better call yourself the king of beasts, since you are the greatest of all! ”.
Natalie Portman (actress): “Eating is for me the way to proclaim my beliefs 3 times a day. This is why many religions have rules regarding food. Three times a day I remind myself that I have the value of life and that I don't want to cause suffering or kill other living beings. That's why I eat this way ".
Morrissey (singer): “I think animals look to humans for protection, while humans take them to the slaughterhouse. For me it's like taking the children to the slaughterhouse. I don't see any difference ”.
In the stamps you can also find characters such as Pamela Anderson, Woody Harrelson, Bryan Adams o Johnny appleseed, American environmentalist of the late 700s. A sign that vegetarianism exists and has been recognized as a valid and viable choice for a long time, and it is not just a trend in recent years.
Eleonora Cresci
