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BBC plans David Attenborough celebration for 100th birthday (www.bbc.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Veserr@sh.itjust.works to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 9 points 3 weeks ago

Although Attenborough is not vegan or even vegetarian himself, he has frequently used his platform to promote plant-based diets.

In recent years, the broadcaster claims to have adopted a mostly vegetarian diet for environmental reasons and has cut red meat from his diet due to its environmental impact.

In a 2019 interview with Radio Times, he said he no longer has the ‘same appetite for meat’ – blaming the state of the planet.

However, he recognises his small consumption of poultry and fish is ‘middle-class hypocrisy’ and says it leaves his conscience feeling ‘troubled’.

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He recognises his own hypocracy but looks to have vastly reduced his meat consumption. Nobody's perfect, but he's hardly totally ignorant about it.