Pro-Vegan Demonstration Mimics Meat Packages
For Immediate Release:
May 19, 2011
Contact:
Robbyn Brooks 202-483-7382
Houston -- Lying nearly naked on large trays and covered with clear plastic in front of signs reading, "If Slaughterhouses Had Glass Walls … Go Vegan!" and "Meat Is Murder," PETA members will mimic typical meat packages on Friday in front of Vic & Anthony's Steakhouse in Houston. Other PETA members will distribute to passersby leaflets and PETA's "Glass Walls" exposé of the meat industry narrated by Sir Paul McCartney. The activists aim to demonstrate that all animals—including humans—are made of flesh, blood, and bone; that animals have the same five senses and range of emotions as humans do; and that when you eat meat, you are eating a corpse. The packages will feature oversized price stickers that warn, "Billions of Animals Are Abused and Violently Killed Because You Eat Meat. Get Help! Visit GoVeg.com."
When: Friday, May 20, 12 noon
Where: In front of Vic & Anthony's Steakhouse, 1510 Texas Ave., Houston
"We are challenging people to really think about what 'meat' is," says PETA campaigner Adam Miller. "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, 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.
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 GoVeg.com.