Flesh of Nearly Naked Activist Will Be 'Grilled' to Mark National Barbecue Month
For Immediate Release:
May 24, 2012
Contact:
Shakira Croce 202-483-7382
San Antonio, Texas -- Hoping to inspire residents to realize that a corpse is a corpse—whether fish, fowl, or even Frank!—PETA protesters will "cook" a nearly naked PETA member on a grill in San Antonio tomorrow, less than one week before smoke from Memorial Day barbecues fills the air. PETA's point? That all animals are made of flesh, bone, and blood, just as humans are, and that eating meat entails eating the corpse of an animal who was an individual with feelings, a family, and a distinct personality. Also, May is National Barbecue Month, and where better to make a point about barbecue than in Texas?
When: Friday, May 25, 12 noon
Where: Southeast corner of Alamo Plaza and E. Crockett streets, San Antonio
"We are challenging Texans to think about what meat really is," says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. "Flesh is flesh, and animals feel pain and suffer just as humans do. What revolts people about the idea of eating other humans should also apply to the idea of eating other animals."
Chickens, fish, cows, and pigs feel pain and fear just as intensely as do the animals who share our homes with us, yet they are abused in ways that would be illegal if dogs and cats were the victims. On today's factory farms, chickens and turkeys have their throats cut while they're still conscious, piglets are castrated and have their tails cut off without being given any painkillers, and cows are hung upside down and are often skinned while they're still able to feel pain. On the decks of fishing boats, fish suffocate or are cut open while they're still alive.
According to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, vegetarians are less prone to heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and obesity than meat-eaters are.
For more information, please visit PETA.org.