Controversial Pro-Vegan Demonstration Mimicking Meat Packages Undeterred by Alderman's Complaints
For Immediate Release:
May 5, 2011
Contact:
Shakira Croce 202-483-7382
Milwaukee - Despite Alderman Donovan's unsuccessful attempts to censor the demonstration on the grounds that it would be too "shocking" for his constituents, PETA members—joined by Fall Out Boy drummer, Milwaukee native, and vegan Andy Hurley—will mimic typical meat packages in front of the Cargill Beef Solutions slaughterhouse on Friday, lying nearly naked on large trays and covered with clear plastic in front of signs reading, "All Meat Comes From a Corpse". Other PETA members will distribute leaflets to passersby. The activists aim to demonstrate that all animals—including humans—are made of flesh, blood, and bone; that animals have the same senses and range of emotions as humans do; and that when you eat meat, you are eating a corpse.
"We are challenging people to really think about what 'meat' is," says PETA Campaigns Manager Lindsay Rajt. "When you eat flesh, you're eating the corpse of an abused animal who did not want to die. We're encouraging kind consumers to try going vegan."
Chickens, fish, cows, and pigs feel pain and fear just as intensely as the animals who share our homes with us do, yet they are abused in ways that would be illegal if dogs and cats were the victims. On today's factory farms and slaughterhouses, chickens and turkeys have their throats cut while they're still conscious, piglets are castrated and have their tails cut off without being given any painkillers, and cows are hung upside down and are often skinned while they're still able to feel pain. On the decks of fishing boats, fish suffocate or are cut open while they're still alive.
Meat hurts consumers too. According to the American Dietetic Association, vegetarians are less prone to heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and obesity than meat-eaters are.
For more information, please visit PETA.org.