Supporters of “American Idol” will no doubt recall Kristy Lee Cook, the fresh-faced young cowgirl from Selma, Ore., who rode her country style all the way to seventh place on season seven of the singing competition in 2008. The country in Cook – along with her photogenic – are what led to her role within the new Versus hunting and reality show “Goin’ Country”. Now PETA has Kristy Lee Cook in its sights. The controversial organization is waiting for Kristy Lee Cook’s full mea culpa.
Kristy Lee Cook has not blinked
According to Fox News, Kristy Lee Cook makes no apologies for her involvement with “Goin’ Country”. PETA criticized Cook for not joining “Idol” alums Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler and Simon Cowell in their animal rights campaign. Cook had her own words for PETA, in protection of her personal beliefs and those of responsible American hunters. “Given that hunters have done more for American wildlife conservation than any other group in history, I make no apology for being one,” Cook told Fox. “Indeed, I join the ranks of millions of American hunters who celebrate our outdoor heritage and who conserve millions of acres of wild lands. These same individuals support more than 600,000 jobs across the country and provide a critical voice to encourage more investment in American conservation”.
Kristy Lee Cook hunts, sings and goes organic
“Goin’ Country” depicts the daily life of Kristy Lee Cook, from the work of trying to make it in the music organization to life’s lighter moments. ”Kristy Lee Horse Heaven Foundation” is one of her greatest passions. Among her family’s recreational pursuits is hunting. During the program, Cook makes a point of showing that she handles hunting in a responsible fashion, focusing on conservation and healthy roles meat can play in one’s diet. ”If I don’t take the meat home to my family, then we give it to orphanages or homeless shelters,” said Cook.
Meat is brain food
Groups like PETA who criticize the practice of controlled hunting are no doubt oblivious to the evolutionary value of meat to humanity. Anthropologist Leslie Aiello told NPR that when humans became meat-eaters, major changes in evolution started to occur.Specifically, she told NPR that “What we think is that this dietary change around 2.3 million years ago was one of the major significant factors within the evolution of our own species”. The use of tools in hunting for and cutting up meat went hand in hand with brain development. Fat and calories from meat were instrumental in human brain growth as a result of influx of energy from something other than comparative mass quantities of vegetable. In theory, the more energy-efficient transaction gave brains what they needed to grow larger. Cooking, which came not long after meat eating began for humans, further aided in brain development through its social and division of labor aspects.
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