For immediate release:
June 23, 2021
Contact:
Moira Collie 202-483-7382
Dearborn, Michigan. – By July 4th, PETA searched the country for the top 10 vegan dogs and a local restaurant. Unburger Grill won a spot on the list for its hot and spicy sausage, a flavorful vegetable link infused with grilled jalapeno feathers and seasoned with pico de gallo, sriracha, and a dairy-free creamy ranch.
“Hot & Spicy Sausage Unburger brings warmth without meat – and it tastes just as good as it is for animals,” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. “All PETA awards make it easy to declare our independence from meat on the 4th of July.”
According to the World Health Organization, processed meat, including hot dogs, causes cancer. Every person who goes vegan has a lower risk of cancer, heart disease, stroke, and diabetes; dramatically reduces the carbon footprint; and helps prevent future epidemics and pandemics. Swine flu, avian flu, and COVID-19 arose from keeping and killing animals for food.
For animals in the meat industry, workers cut off pig tails, cut off their teeth with pliers, and castrate males — all without any pain relief — and keep cows in tight, dirty pens without weather protection. In slaughterhouses, workers hang animals upside down, often while they are still conscious, and bleed to death.
Other winners on the PETA list include Nacho’s hot dog at The Vegetable Hunter in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Califas Dawg at Cali Dawg in San Jose, California; Eloth the dog at Cycle Dogs in Seattle; and Crispy Buffalo Dog at the Sealevel City vegan diner in Wilmington, North Carolina. Each diner will receive a framed certificate from PETA, which also offers a list of the best ready-to-heat vegan hot dogs available in grocery stores on its website.
PETA, whose motto is in part that “the animals are not ours to eat” – opposes arrogance, a worldview focused on human superiority. For more information please visit PETA.org or subscribe to the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram…