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Happy Birthday, Ricky Gervais!
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Gervais' cute namesake is a 20-year-old bull who has worked the sugar mill district in Sangli, India, his entire life and would have been sent to slaughter if Animal Rahat had not rescued him.
PETA Europe wanted to give Ricky an extra-special birthday present this year for being such a great sport for animals. As you may recall, the star launched into a hilarious "tirade" earlier this year against organizations that send animals to people in developing countries. Recognizing that impoverished people often lack the basic means to feed and care for the animals they receive, Ricky remarked, "There's nothing in it for the goat!"
Add to that the letter he sent to Gordon Brown asking for an end to the use of real bearskins for The Queen's Guards' caps and his teaming up with Pink to voice one of the characters in our Stolen for Fashion CGI video, and you have one compassionate comedian who deserves a great big "Thank you!"
Happy birthday, Ricky.
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Happy Birthday Ricky, you darling man.
What a wonderful gift to give to such a special person.
I wish you and the 'other' precious Ricky the very best of everything.
Posted by: samantha | June 24, 2009 07:33 PM
Happy Birthday, Ricky. You're just a great, great guy!
Posted by: lynda downie | June 24, 2009 10:41 PM
You are an inspiration, Ricky. Have a good one!
Posted by: NT | June 25, 2009 12:33 PM
Happy Birthday Ricky!!
I love you!!!
:-)
Posted by: Sandraa | June 25, 2009 05:09 PM
Happy Birthday! You are SUPER FUNNY! I love your humor - really love Extras and of course the Office and Ghost Town was great too! You are the perfect person to speak up for animals because you are the type of person people like to listen to and agree with - because you're cool. It is wonderful that you use your influence to help animals. Brilliant!
Posted by: lauren Kelly | June 26, 2009 03:42 PM
Happy Birthday Ricky, carry on helping PETA in fighting Animal Abuse.
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