Pro-Vegan
Demonstration at Butcher Shop Mimics Meat Packages
For Immediate Release:
July 19. 2011
Contact:
Robbyn Brooks 202-483-7382
Thunder Bay, ON -- 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 Wednesday in front of Bay Quality Meats in Thunder
Bay. Other PETA members will distribute leaflets to passersby, and PETA's
"Glass Walls" exposé of the meat industry narrated by Sir Paul
McCartney will be played on a body screen. 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: Wednesday, July 20, 12 noon
Where: Bay Quality Meats, 282 Bay St., Thunder Bay
"We
are challenging people to really think about what meat is," says PETA
campaigner Emily Lavender. "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 do the animals who share our homes with us, 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 Dietitians of Canada, a vegan diet
reduces the risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and certain types of
cancer.
For more information,
please visit GoVeg.com.