Liam Neeson angers PETA by eating wolf stew, they react with usual reserve
Theoretically everyone should be on PETA's side. After all, their main purpose is of ensuring supermodels don't punch rabbits in the face or stuff lipstick up puppies' bumholes is a valiant one. So why they then trivialise their work by issuing over-the-top vitriolic press statements every time a celebrity mentions that they may, at some point in the past, have accidentally looked up a picture of a burger online, is beyond most people's understanding.
Still, they do, and our job is to tell you when that happens. Because there's nothing that makes us angrier than when someone other than us insults a celebrity. It's shocking, it's unnecessary and quite frankly, it's just not fair.
Especially when that celebrity is Liam Neeson, and he's talking about eating wolf stew while preparing for his new film, The Grey. He's a big man. He needs to eat. Wolves.
"It was very gamey. But I'm Irish, so I'm used to odd stews. I can take it. Just throw a lot of carrots and onions in there and I'll call it dinner."
PETA's reply was, unsurprisingly, a tiny bit over the top. Just a tiny bit though, mind.
"Neeson’s stance on kindness to animals is sorely out of step with the rest of the world."
"Don’t just shy away. Run away from The Grey."
They then continued, this time explaining why the wolf carcasses used in the film, which were bought from a local trapper, were obtained in an unethical manner.
"Many animals caught in traps chew off their own limbs in order to escape,
These animals go on to die of gangrene or other secondary infections, sometimes leaving nursing puppies abandoned to fend for themselves.
Wolves are intelligent, family-oriented animals who mate for life and live in tightly bonded packs.
Breaking up a wolf family causes loneliness, separation-anxiety, depression and grief."
So you're saying that Liam was somehow indirectly involved in separating a child from its parent? YEAH SURE. I THINK WE ALL KNOW LIAM'S STANCE ON THAT KIND OF THING. HE'LL TEAR DOWN THE EIFFEL TOWER IF HE HAS TO.
*Incidentally we feel it's worth mentioning that we like Liam Neeson, as our last article seemed to confuse several of our readers who thought we were being rude about the Irish actor. We promise next time we'll make the jokes more obvious.
