{"id":17371,"date":"2014-08-01T02:08:08","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T02:08:08","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-15T14:16:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:16:21","slug":"animal-activist-michelle-cho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=17371","title":{"rendered":"Animal Activist Michelle Cho"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michelle Cho is Vice President of the Los Angeles Office for The HSUS.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cho is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Los Angeles Office’s Animal Content in Entertainment (ACE), Membership Services, and Special Events departments, where her experience in production and media management will serve to bring the vital message of animal protection in front of an ever-evolving audience.<\/p>\n

Cho and her staff interact with compassionate and influential members of the entertainment community, members and supporters, animal advocates, and the public at large with the goal of cultivating opportunities to further The HSUS’s mission: to celebrate animals and confront cruelty.<\/p>\n

Before joining The HSUS in September 2013, Cho served as Associate Director of Communications at PETA\u2014where she spearheaded hundreds of high-profile campaigns with influential celebrities from the world of the arts, film, television, sports, and music\u2014leading to countless victories for animals who suffer on factory farms, in the fur trade, for cosmetics, and more. Cho considers herself the embodiment of the adage “be the change you wish to see in the world.”<\/p>\n

Cho graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a bachelor of arts degree in entertainment and media management.<\/strong> Born in DeKalb, Ill., Cho now resides in Studio City, Calif., and has plans to adopt a dog (or two!) in the very near future.<\/p>\n

This is the second time we’re interview the fabulous Michelle Cho. Here<\/a> is our first interview<\/a> with Michelle, while she was working with PETA (People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals).Wow! Almost 250,000 views!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nAs consumers, we have so much power over how animals are treated and viewed by society.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Michelle Cho<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

ASIANCE: For people who are interested in getting involved in animal rights or making a difference for animals, what do you suggest is the best way to get started?<\/h3>\n

Michelle:<\/b> The most effective thing people can do to combat the worst abuses that billions of animals face each year is by choosing a compassionate diet. By eating healthy, plant-based foods, we\u2019re not only saving pigs, cows, chickens, turkeys, and other animals from a miserable life and death, but we\u2019re also preserving our health and fighting environmental degradation. It\u2019s quite simple: by choosing meatless meals, you\u2019re saying \u201cyes\u201d to helping animals, \u201cyes\u201d to good health, and \u201cyes\u201d to saving our planet!<\/p>\n

Other ways to help include adopting homeless pets from animal shelters or rescue groups instead of buying from a pet shop, refusing to patronizing facilities that cruelly confine animals such as SeaWorld, and purchasing products that weren\u2019t tested on animals. <\/p>\n

As consumers, we have so much power over how animals are treated and viewed by society. When we refuse to purchase cruelly-derived products, we are demanding a more humane world for animals which results in a more humane economy. <\/p>\n

ASIANCE: How about becoming a vegetarian or vegan? <\/h3>\n

Michelle:<\/b> For an inveterate carnivore, labels like \u201cvegetarian\u201d and \u201cvegan\u201d can seem so daunting that they immediately shun the thought. However, there is no denying the global impact that our food choices make on all of earth\u2019s inhabitants. If you happen to fall into that category, don\u2019t get discouraged. The Meatless Monday campaign \u2013 now recognized and embraced by school districts and major corporations all over the country \u2013 is a great introduction to delicious, healthy, meat-free meals.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michelle Cho talks about cruelty free eating<\/strong>
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