Beauty in Full-Length Gown of Leaves Will Target Tourists
For Immediate Release:
April 12, 2013
Contact:
Sophia Charchuk 202-483-7382
New York -- Wearing a luxurious gown made entirely of lettuce leaves and holding signs that read, "Go Vegan. It's a Sign of the Times"—in English, French, German, Spanish, Arabic, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean—PETA "Lettuce Lady" Mary Lopresti will be in Times Square on Tuesday. Her point? That the best thing people can do for animals, the environment, and their own body is to go vegan.
When: Tuesday, April 16, 12 noon
Where: Times Square, 46th Street, between Broadway and Seventh Avenue, New York
"We're asking people of all nations to kick the meat habit and go vegan," says Lopresti. "With so many delicious alternatives to meat available, it's easier than ever to enjoy great food without causing animal suffering, fouling the environment, and making yourself sick."
Raising animals for food requires massive amounts of land, food, energy, and water. The byproducts of animal agriculture pollute the air and waterways. Also, raising animals for food is a leading cause of the greenhouse-gas emissions that contribute to climate change.
In addition to causing animal suffering on a massive scale, eating meat, eggs, and dairy products has been conclusively linked to heart disease, strokes, diabetes, cancer, and obesity. Also, vegans are, on average, fitter and trimmer than meat-eaters are. Moreover, if the millions of tons of nutritious plant-based foods that are fed to farmed animals every year were instead used to feed humans, world hunger would virtually cease to exist.
For more information, please visit PETA.org.