Pinto Bean, Dixon, and Tiny (Dog)
Dog adoption advocate Alicia Silverstone currently has three rescue dogs named Pinto Bean, Dixon, and Tiny. Like their mom and her previous rescues, they all follow a vegan diet. Silverstone has advocated the health benefits of a vegan-based diet for dogs for over 20 years, with her dogs as proof that it can work.
Animal Rights Advocate
For over 20 years, Alicia Silverstone has been an outspoken advocate for animal rights and pet adoption, as well as a vegan. She often works with and supports PETA, The Gentle Barn, and Farm Sanctuary.
Previous Rescue Dogs (Dog)
Alicia Silverstone has adopted many shelter dogs over the years, which include Lacy, Sweety, and Sampson. She adopted Sampson after saving him after being hit by a car while filming “Clueless” in 1995, which started her lifelong love of animal advocacy.
Butterfly (aka The Pig) (Dog)
Butterfly is a pitbull rescued by Alicia Silverstone who has since passed away. She was nicknamed “The Pig” for her voracious appetite.
Alicia Silverstone
Birthday
October 4, 1976 (47)
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Alicia Silverstone is an American actress. She was cast in her first film The Crush in 1993, earning her the 1994 MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance. Silverstone appeared in Aerosmith’s “Cryin'” music video in 1993, further solidifying her reputation as a teen idol. She starred in Clueless (1995) resulting in a multimillion-dollar deal with Columbia Pictures, and a role as Batgirl in Batman & Robin (1995).
Silverstone endorses PETA activities and has published two nutrition books, including The Kind Diet in 2009 which topped the New York Times bestseller list. She’s an environmental and animal rights activist who believes strongly in veganism. Silverstone married her boyfriend of eight years, Christopher Jarecki in 2005. The couple have one son, Bear Blu Jarecki, who was born May 5, 2011.
