Awww, look at this. Then this. Lastly, this. Aren't they absolutely adorable? Don't you just want to hug them? Okay, well, maybe they're a little dirty... but if they were clean and/or you had access to a shower, wouldn't you want to hug them and let them know exactly how cute they are? You've got to love animals, from kittens to endangered species to adorable kittens and puppies; that includes the humble livestock populating our world's farms as well, like those cute critters aforementioned.
Unfortunately, as the way our world operates, those cuties that I showed you are destined for some sad fates. It isn't a future of rolling around in the dirt, chirping away with their avian buddies, or relaxes out in a nice pasture. No, the way us more intelligent folks (humans) will have it - since we're up at the top of the food chain and all - we'll probably have those lovely souls slaughtered for the meat consumption of our omnivorous stomachs.
The sad truth is that despite it being extremely cruel to innocent, defenseless animals, and being inexorably costly from an environmental standpoint, we - as humans - eat tonnes of meat. Okay, maybe this is drifting a bit toward wagging Voilà!'s finger at you, dear reader, to be more conscious of animals. But there's a point to all this, I assure! There are plenty of folks out there trying to save animals by choosing not to eat them. I'm a vegetarian for one, but their are plenty of respectable folks in the music scene that follow the same dietary path: Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie, Jón Þór Birgisson of Sigur Rós, half of Fanfarlo, and don't even get me started with Morrissey.
Well as it happens, there's another faithful vegetarian to add to the ever-growing list of musical masters who stave off meat: Christofer Drew, AKA, Nevershoutnever!. As it also happens, he's doing some great things to try to get the word out about how smart an idea vegetarianism is! Besides his personal self-promotion, Nevershoutnever! is now rockin' a contest with the animal advocacy group PETA2. The winners will get some Nevershoutnever! albums and original artwork! If you're just in it to learn a little more about Mr. Drew, well you can wander over to PETA2's interview of Nevershoutnever! back during SXSW. Or, of course, check out Nevershoutnever!'s Myspace.
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