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Chicago – Bears first-round draft choose Justin Fields is already nabbing an MVP award—that’s, from PETA, which has simply awarded the vegan rookie quarterback the title of Favourite Animal-Pleasant Athlete in its 2021 Libby Awards. “Libby” is brief for “liberation”—as in “animal liberation”—and the awards, from PETA’s youth division, acknowledge essentially the most highly effective gamers on the animal rights scene.
Fields went vegan in Might 2020 as a part of a 28-day detox—and was instantly impressed with the outcomes. “I simply preferred how I felt after that and I simply stored happening from there,” he defined whereas nonetheless at Ohio State College. “I really feel nice, my physique feels nice and I really feel sooner and stronger.” Now, he’s nonetheless having fun with the additional restoration enhance that he will get from consuming vegan: As he explains, “Science proves that being plant-based and consuming these issues heals your physique sooner and helps your physique get well.”
“Justin Fields resides proof that peak efficiency on the sector can begin with vegan meals within the kitchen,” says PETA Senior Director of Youth Applications Marta Holmberg. “PETA is celebrating this animal-friendly athlete for setting a compassionate instance for soccer followers in Chicago and past.”
Carolina Panthers star Robby Anderson was additionally within the working for Favourite Animal-Pleasant Athlete, in recognition of his work talking up for canines chained outdoors 24/7. The opposite two nominees have been vegan professional surfer Tia Blanco and vegan Boston Celtics heart Enes Kanter, each of whom—like everybody else who goes vegan—save the lives of practically 200 animals a yr, just by holding them off their plates.
PETA—whose motto reads, partly, that “animals usually are not ours to eat”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For extra info, please go to PETA.org or comply with the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.
