Nude Activists Painted With Butcher's Diagram Bare Skin in Tulsa
For Immediate Release:
July 31, 2012
Contact:
Shakira Croce 202-483-7382
Tulsa -- Stripping down to nothing but panties and paint markings that mimic a butcher's diagram of body parts, two PETA members will protest against the meat industry 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: Tuesday, July 31, 12 noon
Where: Corner of S. Boston Avenue and E. Fifth Street, Tulsa
"It's appalling to think about butchering, cooking, and eating a human being," says PETA campaigner Matt Bruce. "Animals aren't 'breasts' or 'thighs' or 'flanks.' They think, feel, and want to live, just as you and I do. The best way to prevent the kind of horrific animal abuse that takes place on factory farms and in slaughterhouses is simply to stop eating animals."
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 is encouraging 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, lamb, and cows routinely undergo debeaking, tail-docking, or castration—mostly without any pain relief.
For more information, please visit PETA.org.