PETA's Sexy Pilgrims to Give Away Vegan Roasts to Promote a Meat-Free Holiday

Group Wants to Give Turkeys Something to Be Thankful for This Thanksgiving 

For Immediate Release:
November 19, 2012

Contact:
Kaitlynn Kelly 202-483-7382

Wilmington, Del. -- Two sexy "pilgrims" wearing high heels and anything-but-puritanical garb will hand out free Field Roast Celebration Roasts in downtown Wilmington on Tuesday as part of PETA's tour to promote a vegan Thanksgiving. The lovely duo hopes to reach people's hearts through their stomachs and is urging consumers to stay true to the holiday spirit this Thanksgiving by giving turkeys something to be thankful for.

When:   Tuesday, November 20, 12 noon

Where:  Rodney Square, at the intersection of 10^th and Market streets, Wilmington

Why have PETA's pilgrims traded in their muskets for a plateful of Field Roast? More than 250 million turkeys are killed in the U.S. every year—45 million for Thanksgiving dinners alone. Turkeys are protective and loving parents as well as spirited explorers who can climb trees and run as fast as 25 miles per hour. But most turkeys slated to be killed for food are crammed into filthy warehouses, where disease, smothering, and heart attacks are common. Turkeys are drugged and bred to grow such unnaturally large upper bodies that their legs often become crippled under the weight.

"Thanksgiving is murder on turkeys," says sexy pilgrim Ashley Byrne. "With fabulous faux fowl, you can celebrate without causing suffering—and give a bird something to be thankful for."

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