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PETA Asks Football Broadcasters to Pass on the Turkey

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Now that he's moved over to Monday Night Football, NFL announcer John Madden won't be appearing in the broadcast booth at either of the two Thanksgiving Day NFL match-ups this year, and-thankfully-neither will his drumstick-and-cholesterol-laden turkey. PETA would love to see Madden's tradition of honoring the game's stars continue-but with a compassionate twist.

PETA has sent a delicious Tofurky® vegetarian feast to Madden, as well as Greg Gumbel, Phil Simms, and Armen Keteyian of CBS and Joe Buck, Chris Collinsworth, and Troy Aikman of Fox, asking them to give out the first annual "Tofurky Award" to the Player of the Game during their Thanksgiving week broadcasts. By replacing the corpse of a tortured and abused bird with a healthy, humane vegetarian centerpiece, Madden and the others can get cruelty to animals off the field and off their plates.

Tofurky Feast Roast Click here to read PETA's letter to Madden.

Click here for more information about how you can make your own holiday meal cruelty-free by celebrating a vegetarian Thanksgiving.

Click here to learn about a PETA undercover investigation that revealed shocking cruelty on a turkey farm in Minnesota.

Click here for a free vegetarian starter kit.