Nearly Naked PETA Member to Washington: Try to Relate to Who’s on Your Plate

Provocative Sidewalk Display Will Give Passersby Food for Thought When It Comes to Eating Animals

For Immediate Release:
October 31, 2013

Contact:
Sophia Charchuk 202-483-7382

Washington – Lying virtually naked and covered with barbecue sauce on a giant plate—complete with to-scale cutlery and a side salad—emblazoned with the words “Try to Relate to Who’s on Your Plate,” a sexy PETA supporter will undoubtedly turn heads in Washington on World Vegan Day, an annual international holiday that promotes and celebrates healthy, humane vegan meals every November 1. Her point? That animals raised and killed for food are capable of feeling joy, love, pain, and fear just as humans are.

When:   Friday, November 1, 12 noon 

Where:  The intersection of 14th Street S.W. and Jefferson Drive S.W., Washington

“PETA is challenging people to think about what ‘meat’ really is: the corpse of an abused animal who did not want to die,” says PETA Campaign Manager Katie Arth. “With all the delicious mock meats and faux dairy products available these days, there’s never been a better time to go vegan.”

In addition to damaging the environment and human health, eating animal products causes suffering on a massive scale. In today’s industrialized meat and dairy industries, chickens and turkeys often have their throats cut while they’re still conscious, piglets have their tails and testicles cut off without being given any painkillers, and calves are taken away from their mothers within 48 hours of birth. 

For more information about helping animals, visit PETA.org.