SARAH PALIN, the Alaska governor and Republican nominee for vice president, lists moose stew and moose burgers among her favorite foods. Republican leaders point to her ability to field dress a moose as a qualification for office.
Just like that, moose meat has become a political issue and a national punch line.
Here in Alaska, residents are less annoyed than one might imagine at having a freezer staple treated as just another piece of Arctic kitsch. For one thing, many Alaskans don’t care what bloggers or late-night television joke writers think.
Alaskans themselves enjoy making fun of their relationship with moose. This is a state where people varnish pieces of moose excrement and sell them as earrings.
Grumpy From Birth But Vegan Since 1976
Welcome to Grumpy Vegan
- Kim Stallwood is an independent scholar and author on animal rights. His forthcoming book, Animal Dharma, explores what it means to care deeply about animals. Starting in 1976, he has held leadership positions with some of the world’s foremost organisations in the UK and US, including CIWF, BUAV, PETA, The Animals’ Agenda, Animals and Society Institute and Minding Animals International. A vegetarian since 1974 when as a student he worked in a chicken slaughterhouse. A vegan since 1976. His evil twin is the Grumpy Vegan.
