Nude Activists Painted With Butcher's Diagram Bare Skin in Wichita to Protest Meat-Eating
For Immediate Release:
July 25, 2012
Contact:
Sophia Charchuk 202-483-7382
Wichita, Kansas -- Two PETA members will protest the meat industry by wearing nothing but paint markings that mimic a butcher's diagram of body parts and standing behind a poster that reads, "All Animals Have the Same Parts—Go Vegan." PETA's point? Factory-farmed animals are made of flesh, blood, and bone, just as humans are. They have the same bodily organs, the same five senses, and the same range of emotions. And, of course, we all feel fear and pain, and none of us wants to die violently.
When: Thursday, July 26, 12 noon
Where: Near the Whiskey Creek Steakhouse, on the corner of Second and N. Mosley streets, Wichita, Kan.
"Animals aren't 'breasts' or 'thighs' or 'flanks,'" says PETA campaigner Matt Bruce. "They think, feel, and want to live, just as you and I do. We hope to expose others to the benefits of a humane vegan diet."
Every year, billions of animals have their bodies chopped up, labeled as this or that cut, and wrapped in cellophane for the supermarket meat case. PETA encourages people to view animals as more than walking entrées, noting that animals raised for their flesh have personalities and feelings and form families and friendships when given the chance. Factory farms deny animals everything that is natural and important to them, confining them to filthy, cramped cages, stalls, and sheds—where only a steady diet of drugs keeps them alive long enough to be prodded into the slaughterhouse. Chickens, pigs, sheep, and cows routinely undergo de-beaking, tail-docking, or castration—mostly without any pain relief.
For more information, please visit PETA.org.