Nude Activists Painted With Butcher's Diagram Bare Skin in Savannah to Protest Meat-Eating
For Immediate Release:
August 9, 2011
Contact:
Adam Miller 202-483-7382
Savannah, Ga. -- Wearing nothing but paint markings that mimic a butcher's diagram of body parts two PETA members will protest the meat industry behind a poster that reads, "All Animals Have the Same Parts—Go Vegan."
When: Wednesday, August 10, 12 noon
Where: Northeast corner Bull and E. Broughton Streets, Savannah
PETA's point? Factory-farmed animals are made of flesh, blood, and bone, just as humans are. They have the same bodily organs, the same five senses, and the same range of emotions. And, of course, we all feel fear and pain, and none of us wants to die violently.
Every year, billions of animals have their bodies chopped up, labeled as this cut or that, and wrapped in cellophane for the supermarket meat case. PETA is encouraging people to view animals as more than walking entrées, noting that animals raised for their flesh have personalities and feelings and form families and friendships when given the chance. Factory farms deny animals everything that is natural and important to them, confining them to filthy, cramped cages, stalls, and sheds, where only a steady diet of drugs keeps them alive long enough to be prodded to the slaughterhouse. Chickens, pigs, sheep, and cows routinely undergo debeaking, tail-docking, or castration—all without any pain relief.
"Animals aren't 'breasts' or 'thighs' or 'flanks,'" says PETA senior campaigner Virginia Fort. "They think, feel, and want to live, just as you and I do. By exposing my body, I hope to expose others to the benefits of a humane vegan diet."
For more information, please visit PETA.org.