Nude Activists Painted With Butcher's Diagrams Bare Their Skin in Columbia for Pro-Vegan Demonstration
For Immediate Release:
July 26, 2012
Contact:
Amanda Schinke 202-483-7382
Columbia, Mo. -- Two naked PETA members will give the lunchtime crowd in downtown Columbia some food for thought on Friday. The activists will wear nothing but paint markings that mimic a butcher's diagram of body parts and stand behind a poster that reads, "All Animals Have the Same Parts—Go Vegan," in an effort to show Missourians that 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. Of course, we all feel fear and pain, and none of us wants to die violently.
When: Friday, July 27, 12 noon
Where: Corner of Ninth and Cherry streets, Columbia, Mo.
"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. Factory farms deny animals everything that is natural and important to them, confining them to filthy, cramped cages, stalls, and sheds. Chickens, pigs, sheep, and cows routinely undergo debeaking, tail-docking, or castration—mostly without any pain relief.
For more information, please visit PETA.org.