When Babe was released in the US, it is reported that "activists around the country staked out movie theaters with flyers documenting the real-life abuses of pigs".Hudson, Laura Elaine (ed.) The Apocalyptic Animal of Late Capitalism, University of California 2008, p. 108 . Retrieved March 2, 2014 The film had a marked effect on the growth of vegetarianism, particularly among the young. It also promoted a more sympathetic view of the intellectual, emotional and social capacities of animals.Nobis, Nathan. "The Babe Vegetarians", in Bioethics at the Movies, Johns Hopkins University 2009 pp. 56–70. .Retrieved March 2, 2014 James Cromwell became an ethical vegetarian as a result of starring as Farmer Hoggett, saying: "I decided that to be able to talk about this [movie] with conviction, I needed to become a vegetarian."Smith, Scott, A Pig's Best Friend, Vegetarian Times, November 1998, p. 20. . In 1996, he went on to organize a vegetarian dinner for the Los Angeles homeless at a "Compassionate Christmas" eventVegetarian Times, March 1997 p. 24. . in order to reverse the barnyard view that "Christmas is carnage".
When Babe was released in the US, it is reported that "activists around the country staked out movie theaters with flyers documenting the real-life abuses of pigs".Hudson, Laura Elaine (ed.) The Apocalyptic Animal of Late Capitalism, University of California 2008, p 108 . Retrieved March 2, 2014 The film had a marked effect on the growth of vegetarianism, particularly among the young. It also promoted a more sympathetic view of the intellectual, emotional and social capacities of animals.Nobis, Nathan. "The Babe Vegetarians", in Bioethics at the Movies, Johns Hopkins University 2009 pp. 56–70. .Retrieved March 2, 2014 James Cromwell became an ethical vegetarian as a result of starring as Farmer Hoggett, saying: "I decided that to be able to talk about this [movie] with conviction, I needed to become a vegetarian."Smith, Scott, A Pig's Best Friend, Vegetarian Times, November 1998, p. 20. . In 1996, he went. on to organize a vegetarian dinner for the Los Angeles homeless at a "Compassionate Christmas" eventVegetarian Times, March 1997 p. 24. . in order to reverse the barnyard view that "Christmas is carnage".