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Emily Deschanel
The Activist Makes No Bones About The Fact
That She's Totally For The Animals
By Melissa Maroff

they'll tell you her

real life is equally
dedicated to ani-
A tireless advo-
cate for Prop 2,
which seeks to
eliminate some of

California factory farms, Emily Emily k c h a n e l % friend Kevin

has been extra busy lately gett]ng Prop 2 which was kind of surprising," €mil
the word -out ln time for Election says. "I think it's really important for a11 o
Day- She started O u t collecting us involved in animal rights to worl
signatures (although she regrets together for all animals." Which is why shs
that her schedule didn't free her was excited when the yes Prop :
uQ 10 get more), and recently, ~ ~ ~ ~ e r started c i a l airing,
s recently.
a l o n g w i t h a c o u ~ l e o f c e l e b r i t ~ "It'soneofthemoreimportantpiece
friends* broughtthe 2 mes- of legislation. Ten billion animals are slaugh
sage to 'The Fur Ball at The tered in ,our country each year and liv'
Skirball', an event to benefit horribly; Prop 2 offers them a little bit o
Kitten Rescue- "A lot of the life before they die and an opportunity to
people there weren't aware of (corrt'd ott page 30)
Emily Deschanel d 1)
( c ~ n t ~ p. ~ h
- and ever since has lived her life
says Zooey (EK Faillire to lalmch. The Good
cruclty-free
Lessen the cruelty on some level," Emily products including without any animalderived Girl) is also close to becoming' a
points out. "Many animals are rnisWeatd, leather, dorm, wool, vegetarian. Aside from sharing a profes-
s i k suede and animal-tcsted
but not on such a scale and as a policy as not evcn marshmallo~vsor Altoids, cosmetics - sion and similar dicts, the sistcrs arcn't
on factory farms. If most people knew she explains contain gelatin that is derived which the only Dcschanels in thc "biz." It runs
what went on, they wouldn't eat meat. It's dccp in their blood. Their mother, Mary
something they don't want to know. You from cattlc bone. Jo Dcschanel. starred in Twill Peaks and
owe it to these animals to find out how "This is all cruelty w e can prevent," lheir father is Caleb Deschanel, the
thcy live, because it's other human beings Emily says. "1 know a lot of pcoplc who academy-award nominated cinematogra-
that are doing it to them. Don't turn your have gone vgctarian after finding out pher for The Passion of {he Christ. In
head away," she urgcs. what happens to the animals they eat. As fact, due to Emily bcing an animal-lover,
It was 17 years ago in the eighth grade far as nutrition, however, shc does admit her father put her in her first extra role at
and a classroom viaving of Baskin- that in spite of her vegan diet she 18 in a movic he shot, If Colrld Happen
Robbi ns heir John Robbins ' docurnentaq as sometimes tends to eat what she refers to ro Yov; she played a paint-throwing fur
"Diet for a New America" that inspired crap. ''You can follow a vegan diet and activist.
eat French fries all day and not necessarily Emily's lovc of acting brought hcr to
Emily to become a vegetarian. The
video's message of how the meat and be healthy -just like you can eat mcat and Boston University whcre she graduated
dairy industry contributes to toxic poison- not be hdthy," she says - "but for the with a Bachelor's in Thatre and onto a
ing, animal cruelty and environmental most part I have a healthy diet, with some host of 'llr roles including Cro.~sing
destruction made a profound impression. vegan chocolate here and there." Jordan. Providence and Lmu and Order
Shc followed it up with the book and two weren't Emily is grateful that her parents, ivho and film roles in Glory Road,Spiderman
years later was a full-fledged vegan, vegetarians, were completely sup- 2 and Cold Mormtain. She continues to
which \asher intent 'from the start. "It portive. My mom would evcn make mc devote limc whenevcr she can to theatre
was a progression. I w a s a trial vegan for
special meals," she recalls. She is also as a member of LA'S Interact Theatre
a month and thought this isn't hard," she proud to report that her amess sistcr Company. "It's a wonderful group of
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