For immediate release:
May 3, 2021
Contact:
Megan Wiltsie 202-483-7382
Billings, Missouri “In honor of the turkeys who died last Thursday when a truck with 500 birds crashed on a US-60, PETA plans to place a billboard near the crash site urging people to” see a man “and become vegan.
“Even the surviving turkeys in this accident were not spared – they were pushed into another truck and could be killed in the slaughterhouse,” says Daniel Katz, director of PETA campaigns. “The PETA ad should be a reminder that tender turkeys don’t want to shackle their legs and cut their throats any more than they want to die on the side of the road.”
An estimated 245 million turkeys are killed every year in the United States, despite the fact that they are caring parents, good pilots and intelligent explorers who can live up to 10 years in nature. Killed between 12 and 26 weeks of age, young birds are hung by their legs and dragged through an electrified bath – and are often still conscious when their throats are slit and thrown into scalding tanks for emptying.
PETA notes that there have been at least 23 accidents this year involving trucks transporting animals for food.
PETA, whose motto is in part that “the animals are not ours to eat” – opposes specisism, a worldview focused on human excellence. For more information please visit PETA.org or subscribe to the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram…