VIDEO: Anna Weatherlake Says, ‘All Animals Have the Same Parts’
Anna Weatherlake, fiancée of Australian cricket star Peter Siddle, is best known for her popular animal- and eco-friendly blog, Earth by Anna.
Shortly after the glitz and glamour of the Allan Border Medal red carpet, the vegan cricket WAG stepped out of her ball gown and into … well, nothing! She’s getting ready to get hitched, but Anna has decided to bare all to help animals before her big day.
Posing nude, covered with marks that mimic a butcher’s diagram – complete with “round”, “rib”, and “breast” labels – Anna stars in a new PETA ad that proclaims, “All Animals Have the Same Parts: Go Vegan”.
In an exclusive video interview with PETA, she reveals why she decided to strip down for the cause: “[T]hese parts all come from someone, not something“, she says. “A ‘shoulder’ belongs to another sentient being, and people are sitting down to eat the shoulder of a lamb and the breast of a chicken. And people aren’t making that connection that that was actually a living being.”
She also explains her decision to follow a vegan lifestyle:
[A]nimals feel love, and they feel pain and sadness, just like we do. And so many animals suffer in so many different industries – not only in Australia but around the world, and I didn’t want to contribute to any more of that suffering. And that’s why I decided to give up animal products in my diet and in my life, as well.
The plant-based nutrition coach also describes the health issues – which include cancer, heart disease, obesity, and diabetes – linked to eating meat, eggs, and dairy products. “The advice I would give to people who are interested in trying a plant-based diet is just go for it”, she says. “You don’t know how good your body can feel until you’ve tried it.”
Anna joins a growing list of celebrities – including Peter Siddle, Ruby Rose, The Veronicas, 360, Missy Higgins, and Renee Somerfield – who have teamed up with PETA to speak out against cruelty to animals.
