Paul McCartney will be honored tomorrow night in Los Angeles for his animal rights activism.

The former Beatle will be saluted at the Genesis Awards presented by the Humane Society of the United States at the Beverly Hilton hotel. The Genesis awards will honor McCartney for his long-standing commitment to animal advocacy and recent high-profile role in the campaign to end the annual Canadian seal hunt.
McCartney, who with his first wife, the late Linda McCartney, has been an avid animal rights advocate for over 20 years, will receive the first Gretchen Wyler Award. The award is named in honor of the founder of the annual Genesis Awards, which acknowledges public figures in the news and entertainment fields for their coverage of animal-protection issues.

Macca, who will accept the honor via satellite, said in a statement that, “It’s a great, great honor for me to be given this award… My personal involvement with animal issues came many years ago when Linda and I made the connection between the roast lamb we were having for lunch and the baby lambs playing in the fields outside our window. From that day to this, I’ve been committed to vegetarianism and the welfare of animals.”

He went on to say that, “Last year’s trip to Canada to see the seal pups was shocking, when I realized those beautiful animals would soon be clubbed to death. Unfortunately, the practice still goes on, but I think with enough support, one of these days we will stop it.”

McCartney was first saluted by the Humane Society in 1994 when he won the Doris Day Music Award for his 1993 song “Looking For Changes” which described the horrors of animal testing.
(source:The Rock Radio online)