PETA Asia-Pacific's Biohazard Team to the Rescue

Written by PETA

Posted 05-22-2009

The swine flu epidemic has hit Asia—and so has PETA Asia-Pacific's intrepid team of biohazard-suited protesters. They gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Manila to point out the fact that factory farms are breeding grounds for deadly diseases such as swine flu and avian flu.

Thanks for the guard detail, boys! We'll take it from here.

[Heavy breathing] "Luke, I am your father. Stop eating meat, Luke."

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Written by Lianne Turner

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Recent Comments

Jesse commented:

May 27, 2009 2:12 PM

Tamra instead of asking Mel for proof way don't you got look up the information yourself instead of asking people you to spoon feed the information to you. I mean you do support your own phase "Stay openminded. Ask questions and demand answers!". So why not looking for a answer yourself i just hope you are a "downtoearth" enough to accept them. So just in case. No i am not a vegetarian i do like veggies. I know i need the meats for protein and omega3 that are needed to block omega6s which help pervent which help pervent inflammation and pain.
Trevor commented:

May 27, 2009 12:56 AM

Im in 5th grade and I know the basics of genetics and how any animal no matter how well it has been treated has a chance to carry the flu
Kat commented:

May 26, 2009 4:21 PM

mel are you vegetarian or vegan or anything? How strongly exactly DO you support animal rights? I know you'lll respond like a civilized person and won't take offense at this because I'm not targeting you. I understand what you mean people do overreact I might be vegetarian alias Vegetariansmakebetterlovers just thought I'd sound more formal if I use my real name even if I'm 13 Pyet I don't cdare about swine flu
Tom commented:

May 25, 2009 4:00 PM

Tamra instead of asking Mel to prove a negative "factory farming does not lend to an environment suitable for new viruses such as the "H1N1"." which is impossible why don't you give your data to prove the positive that Factory Farming does contribute to new flu strains and prove that H1N1 was a result of factory farms. That would be the logical thing to do.
pam commented:

May 25, 2009 11:04 AM

All strains of flu are named after their places of origin. Swine flu because it started in swine bird flu because it started in birds. Are you a virologist Mel? What are your sources? The current swine flu epidemic started on a mexican pig farm. "Plus only a group as naive as this would go out to a place that has the bug to protest." Swine flu is found in EVERY country that has pigs. That pretty much narrows it down to every country on the planet. "Third it does NOT matter if it's a factory farm or if they were range animals can and do have diseases that will pass down to humans." Yes it does matter. Diseases spread faster through groups housed closely together. Especially when sanitation is poor such as on factory farms. Factory farms house large numbers of animals in very small spaces and forces them to live in their own as well as each others waste. Pigs in the wild or on free range farms are less likely to contract and spread flu. Why? They are less likely to come in contact with an infected animal. Have you ever seen a herd in the wild Mel? I have. Sick animals are avoided by healthy animals. Swine flu is more intense than the more common seasonal flu. Why? It's a thing called immunity. Ever hear of that Mel? Humans have developed a reasonable immunity to the common flu but not to the swine flu. The reason for that is something else it appears you have not heard of exposure. Humans are exposed to the seasonal flu year after year swine flu once every 10 to 15 years. How can a person develop immunity to something they hardly encounter? I got this info from the WHO and the CDC. Where did you get your info?
Kate Chen commented:

May 25, 2009 5:05 AM

An intrepid person always act in a brave way. I appreciate PETA AsiaPacific's intrepid team of biohazardsuited protesters. Thank you for everything you done. I will be the intrepid person for protecting animal right as well as telling friends to go vegetarian.
erin commented:

May 23, 2009 6:08 PM

Mel Viruses are nonliving. They do mutate and factory farms provide an ideal environment for virus to manifest and mutate. The point is not that becoming a vegetarian will help one to avoid H1N1. However according to an abundance of research vegetarians have a lower risk of heart disease obesity and cancer.
mel commented:

May 23, 2009 2:08 PM

Tamra Sure I'll stay open minded and demand answers why can't I post facts here about genetic mutation of viruses happening in any level of living? Why can't I mention that even in cattle towns people do not suffer from illnesses and diseases that PETA claims happens? Why can't I say that there has to be a balance in life and that total slaughter of animals nor allowing all animals to live to be a ripe old age will never work? If you slaughter them all you have extinction if you let them all live you have even more crowded conditions that allow viruses such as H1N1 to thrive and mutate and reproduce? Why can't I say that even being a vegetarian does not protect you from viruses that are borne in meat in that some are spread through the feces of animals? That's one reason for the ecoli spinach outbreak a few years ago. Why can't I say that the H1N1 virus is a combination of three strands of virus swine flu and human and that there have only been a handful of deaths 9 reported in the US out of the thousands who were ill? 6000? Why can't I say that some of those who died already has compromised systems that anything including a cold could kill them? Or even still that age diet health could also affected that result? Yes I'll stay open minded now the question is will the columnist here and PETA members will?
Shari commented:

May 23, 2009 1:09 PM

Thank you Tamra you said everything I was thinking about to Mel. Since I am a eyewitness to factory farming abuse and torture just driving up to the pig "death camps" made most of us truck drivers physically sick.Dead and dying pigs sick with Swine Flu and half of the employee sick or quiting their jobs because of the unsanitary conditions that breed such illness and makes it spread even faster to the humans and public. I stop eating meat and became a VEGAN because of this. Texas is now up to 900 cases and is the highest in the U.S. And Tamra is right the Center of Disease Control states that you will have it for about 3 to 4 days before you start getting physically sick. And many are not getting tested they just think they are sick with a bad flu. Again thank you Tamra for speaking up. By the Mel I am not trying to be mean but I have a question. Since you stated that we can get sick eating veggies because of the soil because it is so toxic from the sick animals waste what does that tell you about the meat your eating? And the air borne illness that come from the sick animals that are forced into living in those bacterial infected conditions? Please understandif your going to eat meat you should be demanding the meat industry to start cleaning up their act.If for any reason do it for your own health. PETA wants the animals and the public to be safe and healthy and we know you can't have one without the other.
Pepsi One is Fun commented:

May 23, 2009 10:03 AM

Yeah Tamra while I agree that its dumb to have a counter argument on an animal rights site its alittle bit mind boggling to foddle though all the info consider PETA said meat is the major cause of global warming yet there are other tons of organizations out there stating that other things are the number one cause of global warming. I'm not arguing against the health benefits its just that when I read all the information on things that are causing anything my brain implodes. xD

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