For Immediate Release:
21 November 2024
Contact:
Utkarsh Garg; UGarg@petaindia.org
Anushka Yadav; AYadav@petaindia.org
Kolkata – On Friday, ahead of International Meatless Day (25 November), a “bloodied” and “charred” People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India supporter will be “barbecued” on a charcoal grill in Kolkata. The shocking visual will send the message that all animals, including humans, are made of flesh, that we all share the capacity to feel pain and a variety of emotions, and that eating meat means eating the corpses of sentient beings who valued their lives and didn’t want to die.
When: Friday, 22 November 2024, 12 noon sharp
Where: Outside the South Gate of Victoria Memorial, Opposite PG Hospital, 1, Queens Way, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700071
“Just as most of us would never munch on a human, there’s no reason for anyone to chomp on a chicken,” says PETA India Campaigns Coordinator Utkarsh Garg. “PETA India is urging passers-by disturbed by the idea of a human barbecue to fuel up with fortifying and delicious vegan meals rather than the bodies of mutilated animals.”
Vegan meals spare animals immense suffering. In today’s meat, egg, and dairy industries, huge numbers of animals are raised in vast warehouses in severe confinement. Chickens’ throats are cut while they’re still conscious, cows and buffaloes are forcibly separated from their beloved calves, piglets are castrated without painkillers, and fish are cut open while they’re still alive. People who eat vegan reduce their risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, and cancer and help prevent future pandemics – SARS, bird flu, swine flu, Ebola, HIV, and, as is widely believed by experts, COVID-19 all stemmed from confining or killing animals for food. Moreover, raising animals for food is a leading cause of water pollution and land degradation, and a United Nations report concluded that a global shift towards vegan eating is necessary to combat the worst effects of climate catastrophe.
PETA India – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat” – opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETAIndia.com or follow the group on X, Facebook, or Instagram.
#
The post ‘Charred’ Human to Be ‘Barbecued’ for International Meatless Day appeared first on PETA India.