University of Michigan Animal Rights Group Hosts Exhibit Comparing Exploitation of Humans and Animals

Images of Torture, Mutilation, and Imprisonment Make the Point That All Exploited Species Suffer

For Immediate Release:
March 19, 2010

Contact:
Shakira Croce 757-622-7382  

Ann Arbor, Mich. -- Calves confined to veal crates on today's factory farms are like children who were once forced to work in coal mines. Battery-caged hens suffer in much the same way that sweatshop workers do. Sponsored by the University of Michigan student group Michigan Animal Rights Society (MARS), the Liberation Project--the brainchild of peta2, the world's largest youth animal rights organization--will be on display next week at the University of Michigan to invite debate from students on these and other comparisons.

Where:   The Diag, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
When:     Monday, March 22, through Thursday, March 25 (all day)

"Child labor, human slavery, and the oppression of women and immigrants were addressed only after forward-thinking people challenged the status quo," says peta2 Director Dan Shannon. "Today, nonhuman beings are tormented, denied justice, and slaughtered out of sheer prejudice--just as some human beings have been throughout history."

The exhibit consists of 12 panels with graphic photos juxtaposing past cruelty to women, children, and minorities with photos of animals in similar exploitative situations. With the exhibit, peta2 hopes to inspire students to break down the barriers between species and think about how one's own actions can either perpetuate or stop abuse and exploitation. Click here to view the online version of the exhibit.

MARS educates students about the cruelty endured by animals who are used for food, clothing, entertainment, and experiments. MARS has held campus animal experimenters' feet to the fire and even brought PETA researcher Dr. Alka Chandna to the university last fall to speak out against laboratory abuses.

For more information, please visit peta2.com.