McCartney hooked vegetarianism on fishing trip

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McCartney hooked vegetarianism on fishing trip

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LONDON (AFP) — Pop legend Paul McCartney turned vegetarian

after going on a fishing trip, he reveals in a new

celebrity campaign for an animal rights group launched on

Wednesday.

 

The former Beatle, 65, poses next to the words: " I Am Paul

McCartney, And I Am A Vegetarian " in the advert for People

for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta).

 

" Many years ago, I was fishing, and as I was reeling in the

poor fish, I realised, 'I am killing him -- all for the

passing pleasure it brings me', " he said.

 

" Something inside me clicked. I realised as I watched him

fight for breath that his life was as important to him as

mine is to me. "

 

Sir Paul, who is pictured wearing a trilby and a T-shirt

with the words " Eat No " over a picture of a cow, said he

believed if the world rejected meat it could bring an end

to famine.

 

His late wife, Linda, who died of cancer in 1998, launched

a line of vegetarian food in Britain.

 

Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker, former " Baywatch " star

Pamela Anderson and Hollywood actress Alicia Silverstone

are among other celebrities posing for the vegetarianism

campaign.