Less than two weeks after his Academy Awards speech decrying mankind’s plummeting of the Earth’s resources and its treatment of cows in the dairy and meat industry, Oscar-winning actor, vegan, and activist Joaquin Phoenix is walking the walk. In a video shared on Thursday by animal rights nonprofit Farm Sanctuary, Phoenix is seen rescuing a mother cow and her newborn calf from a Pico Rivera slaughterhouse, and personally delivering them to another facility held by Farm Sanctuary. Phoenix dubbed the rescued cows Liberty (that’s the mama) and Indigo (her baby), and offered a statement to accompany the video. Watch below.
“I never thought I’d find friendship in a slaughterhouse, but meeting Anthony [Di Maria, president/CEO of the slaughterhouse] and opening my heart to his, I realize we might have more in common than we do differences,” Phoenix said. Di Maria said, as seen in the video, that whenever a cow on his...
“I never thought I’d find friendship in a slaughterhouse, but meeting Anthony [Di Maria, president/CEO of the slaughterhouse] and opening my heart to his, I realize we might have more in common than we do differences,” Phoenix said. Di Maria said, as seen in the video, that whenever a cow on his...
- 2/20/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
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