Mandy: Kristy Lee Cook gets on the bad side of PETA

Supporters of the well-known show “American Idol,” there’s news concerning top-10 finisher and country girl Kristy Lee Cook from season seven. It was probably that country style that led Cook into her starring role on the new Versus cable reality and hunting program “Goin’ Country”. Now PETA has Kristy Lee Cook in its sights. The controversial organization is waiting for Kristy Lee Cook’s full mea culpa.

Kristy Lee Cook has not blinked

In a public statement, Kristy Lee Cook didn’t mince words when it comes to her “Goin’ Country” roots. PETA made a public statement lambasting Cook for not following the path of “Idol” alums Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler and Simon Cowell, who have all participated in public animal rights advertising for PETA. Far from being against animal rights, Cook shot back at PETA, defending both herself and responsible hunters in America. “Given that hunters have done more for American wildlife conservation than any other group in history, I make no apology for being one,” Cook told Fox. ”Indeed, I join the ranks of millions of American hunters who celebrate our outdoor heritage and who conserve millions of acres of wild lands. These exact same people support more than 600,000 jobs across the country and provide a critical voice to encourage more investment in American conservation”.

Cook has her own animal charity

“Goin’ Country” depicts the daily life of Kristy Lee Cook, from the work of trying to make it within the music enterprise to life’s lighter moments. Much of her time is devoted to her animal charity, the “Kristy Lee Horse Heaven Foundation”. Among her family’s recreational pursuits is hunting. During the program, Cook makes a point of showing that she handles hunting in a responsible fashion, focusing on conservation and healthy roles meat can play in one’s diet. ”If I do not take the meat home to my family, then we give it to orphanages or homeless shelters,” Cook assured the public.

Getting meat smart

Meat is valuable to human evolution, something that PETA and other hunting-critical groups tend to ignore. Leslie Aiello, an anthropologist, told NPR lately the time when humans started to eat meat fostered in major changes.”What we think is that this dietary change around 2.3 million years ago was one of the major significant factors in the evolution of our own species,” Aiello said. Using tools was a big part of the brain development that went on when meat eating started for humans. Fat and calories from meat were instrumental in human brain growth due to the influx of energy from something other than comparative mass quantities of vegetable. The theory is that meat gave the brain a more efficient supply of energy – that could possibly be effortlessly processed – thus making it easier for the brain to grow. The invention of cooking also contributed to brain development, as the social aspect of cooking required that bands of humans organize their ! labor efforts.

Mandy

Monday, August 9, 2010

Kristy Lee Cook gets on the bad side of PETA

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