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Lexington, Ky. – On Tuesday, carrying solely nude-colored underwear, a PETA member will let himself be “trussed up” alongside large “turkey carcasses” on an enormous reducing board, giving passersby meals for thought of who they is perhaps that includes on this 12 months’s Thanksgiving desk. This attention-grabbing tableau is a part of PETA’s “ThanksVegan” tour, making stops in cities across the nation to encourage everybody to see the beautiful similarities between people and different animals, select vegan meals, and spare among the 46 million turkeys who’re slaughtered yearly for Thanksgiving alone.
When: Tuesday, November 15, 12 midday
The place: On the intersection of S. Broadway and W. Vine Avenue, Lexington
“Not solely are turkeys are constructed like people, with legs, eyes, and a beating coronary heart, they’re additionally mild people who love their households and really feel ache and concern,” says PETA Government Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA’s provocative show offers folks with the shock of realization they often must go for a scrumptious ‘ThanksVegan’ feast that leaves fellow Earthlings in peace.”
PETA—whose motto reads, partially, that “animals are usually not ours to eat”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview.
For extra info, please go to PETA.org or observe the group on Twitter, Fb, or Instagram.