Residents Can Escape the Threat to Their Health and the Guilt of Eating Abused Birds Simply by Going Vegan
For Immediate Release:
November 9, 2012
Contact:
David Perle 202-483-7382
Tampa Bay Area, Fla. -- PETA's controversial "Turkey Terror" ad could be airing in tens of thousands of living rooms across the Tampa Bay area any day now. That's because the group is currently negotiating with local TV stations to air the ad several times a day in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving. The ad promises to give residents pause before they make the centerpiece of their holiday tables the corpse of a tortured bird.
In the ad, a shaky voice takes over a grocery-store intercom, saying, "Do exactly as I say and nobody gets hurt! Resist, and innocent creatures will be beaten … while countless people will be poisoned at random by food laced with deadly bacteria." The scene ends when the voice is revealed to belong to a "turkey," who says, "It's your choice, but if you know what's good for you, you'll meet my one simple demand: Go vegetarian!"
"We're encouraging all Tampa Bay–area residents to try a delicious Tofurky feast this Thanksgiving: all the flavor and texture of turkey but without the terror of factory farms and slaughterhouses," says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. "After all, why not give turkeys a reason to be thankful at Thanksgiving, too?"
Approximately 250 million turkeys are killed in the U.S. every year—more than 45 million for Thanksgiving dinners alone. In nature, turkeys are protective and loving parents as well as spirited explorers who can climb trees and run as fast as 18 miles per hour. But turkeys killed for food are crammed into filthy warehouses, where disease, smothering, and heart attacks are common. Turkeys are drugged and bred to grow such unnaturally large upper bodies that their legs often become crippled under the weight. A PETA undercover investigation of turkey factory farms documented that workers stomped on birds' heads, held birds' heads under water, and punched, threw, kicked, and bludgeoned live birds.
For more information, please visit PETA.org.