Japan's baseball stadiums urged to drop octopus, save planet

0 Comments | AFP, March, 2008

TOKYO (AFP) — Animal rights activists on Tuesday urged Japanese baseball stadiums to give up their usual fare of hot dogs and fried octopus balls and go vegetarian to fight global warming.

Japan's baseball commissioners announced as the season opened last week that the national pastime would take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in particular by speeding up games.

But People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said it would be more effective for concession stands to serve exclusively vegetarian fare.

"By selling only vegetarian foods, your baseball league will become a leader in the fight against global warming," PETA said in a letter to Nippon Professional Baseball commissioner Yasuchika Negoro.

"Because vegetarians are less prone...