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November 11, 2022
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Montgomery, Ala. – On the heels of Gov. Kay Ivey’s turkey “pardon” yesterday, PETA is encouraging everybody to comply with swimsuit in a can’t-be-missed message that simply went up close to turkey-serving eating places on Atlanta Freeway.
A part of PETA’s nationwide marketing campaign urging folks to have a good time “ThanksVegan” by leaving turkeys in peace, the billboard follows the information that 12 former staff at Plainville Farms, a self-described “humane” turkey provider, had been lately charged with greater than 140 counts of cruelty to animals after a PETA undercover investigation, making cruelty to animals one of many many causes, together with well being and the setting, why persons are going for tasty, animal-free fare this 12 months.
“Pardons ought to be for everybody who as soon as ate however has determined to cease consuming these light people, who really feel ache and concern and need to get pleasure from their turkey lives,” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. “PETA is encouraging everybody to take private duty to ‘pardon a Tom,’ and we’ve got free recipes to assist of us get began.”
Turkeys raised for meals are usually slaughtered once they’re between 14 and 18 weeks outdated, and greater than 45 million turkeys are killed every year for Thanksgiving alone. Employees dangle the younger birds the wrong way up, drag them by an electrified tub, slit their throats, and dump them into scalding-hot water in defeathering tanks—typically whereas they’re nonetheless aware. Along with stopping almost 200 animals a 12 months from enduring each day struggling and a terrifying demise, everybody who goes vegan shrinks their carbon footprint and slashes their danger of affected by coronary heart illness, diabetes, most cancers, and different illnesses.
PETA’s ThanksVegan information is filled with recipes, cooking ideas, lists of one of the best hearty meat-free roasts, and all the pieces else wanted to get pleasure from a scrumptious turkey-friendly vacation.
PETA’s billboard is situated at 6050 Atlanta Hwy., simply down the street from Jim ’N Nick’s, Wishbone Cafe, Martha’s Place Buffet and Catering, and a slew of different turkey-selling eating places and grocery shops.
PETA—whose motto reads, partially, that “animals usually are not ours to eat”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For extra info, please go to PETA.org or comply with the group on Twitter, Fb, or Instagram.