Hoakin Phoenix akashanyira iyo yekuurayiwa muPico Rwizi, California. Muridzi weanobaya akaramba kuuraya mombe, isingatarisirwi iri pamberi peZAM. A vhidhiyo akaonekwa pomumbure, sezvo Phoenix anotora mhuka, iyo akatora Farm Sanctuary Farm utsanana Farm. Hoakin nezve chiitiko ichi akataura zvinotevera:
Ini handina kumbofunga kuti musoro weshamwari pane iyo yekuurayiwa, asi ndakasangana naAnthony (muridzi wekubaya) uye akaziva kuti isu takava nezvakawanda zvakafanana. Pasina mutsa wake werusununguko uye mhuru yake inganzi kufa kunotyisa. Isu tinoramba tichiponesa mhuka uye tinobhadhara mutero kuvanhu vanotibatsira.
Hoakin Phoenix is Vegan, ine "mukudzivirira mhuka" uye "vanhu vezvemhuka yetsika". Muna 2003, akatora chikamu mukugadzira guruva remafirimu "dzepasi" pane zvisina kufanira kwemhuka. Pabasa iri, akapiwa mubairo wevanhu.
Kutaura nekutaura neOkus kweOsward Ceremy, mutambi zvakare akadzivirira mabhureki emombe, achipomera vanhu chokwadi chekuti ivo vakave nekofi yavo nemukaka mumhuru.