For immediate release:
Jul 20, 2021
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Moira Collie 202-483-7382
Angels – Below you will find PETA President Ingrid Newkirk’s statement in response to the new Freaks forever trailer:
“Moron tricks are cruel and vulgar, but if the talent is willing and self-inflicted, that is one thing – but quite another, when animals are exploited, persecuted and harmed: it is cruelty. IN Freaks forever The trailer shows how the Knoxville team provokes a snake and a bull to the point of attack, treats the tarantula as a game item, and forces a chained bear to eat honey from a tied member. Four months before its release, Freaks forever has already ventured to normalize the exploitation of animals and to legitimize the cruel exhibitors who donate animals for production. PETA urges producers to remove animal stunts from the film. “
PETA – whose motto, among other things, is that “animals do not belong to us, to be used for entertainment or abuse in other ways” – opposes racism, a worldview focused on human superiority. For more information please visit PETA.org or subscribe to the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram…