PETA Beauty Will Ask New Orleans Residents and Tourists to Leave 'the Other Meat'—Fish—off Their Plates and Go Vegan
For Immediate Release:
January 10, 2013
Contact:
Kaitlynn Kelly 202-483-7382
New Orleans -- Wearing little more than "fins," a sexy PETA member will dress as a topless mermaid on Friday to encourage New Orleans residents and tourists to make one more type of flesh off limits: fish. PETA's mermaid will appear in the French Quarter holding a sign that reads, "Sea Life, Not Seafood."
When: Friday, January 11, 12 noon
Where: Muriel's Jackson Square, 801 Chartres St., New Orleans
"Fish might not be cute and cuddly, but when it comes to feeling pain and having a will to live, they're just like all other animals," says PETA campaigner Matt Bruce.
Scientific studies show that fish are intelligent, sensitive animals who experience pain and fear when they are hooked or netted and pulled from the water. A recent issue of the journal Fish and Fisheries cited more than 500 research papers on fish intelligence that prove that fish are smart, can use tools, and have impressive long-term memories and sophisticated social structures.
For more information, please visit PETA.org orFishingHurts.com.