No-meat team
runs marathon for animal cause
[Philadelphia Daily News - comments at full story link]
No-meat team
runs marathon for animal cause
...
When Jennifer Clark went vegetarian,
her mother was afraid she would die.
Clark didn't die, or turn into a
98-pound weakling. Instead, she
became so fit that she's running in her third
Philadelphia Marathon
tomorrow.
Clark, 33, now a vegan, is one of 25
vegans and vegetarians from
Philadelphia and the suburbs running as an
unofficial team tomorrow
for the Humane League of Philadelphia. Vegetarians
eat no meat. Vegans
eat no animal products at all, including dairy and eggs.
Clark, an engineer who lives in Center City, said she's always been an
animal lover, but in college took a class in which she learned about
"factory
farming," the mass production of animals for slaughter that
she said takes
place in crowded, inhumane conditions.
...
Cooney said each team member
will use the marathon to raise money from
family and friends to help farm
animals.
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