Giant ‘Cicadas’ to Feast on Gruesome ‘Human Flesh’ in Pointed Message to Bug-Killing Insectarium
For Immediate Release:
April 30, 2024
Contact:
Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382
On the heels of an announcement that the Audubon Insectarium will serve cicadas in its cafe, a brood of giant PETA “cicadas” will emerge on Canal Street on Thursday to create a pop-up “humanitarium” featuring a disturbingly realistic spread of organic, free-range “human flesh” along with signs asking, “What if the tables were turned?” The eye-catching exhibition will remind viewers that insects are thinking, feeling beings who—like humans—don’t want to die.
When: Thursday, May 2, 10 a.m.
Where: Audubon Insectarium, 1 Canal St., New Orleans
“By killing and cooking insects while purporting to educate people about them, the Audubon Insectarium is being as hypocritical as the Audubon Zoo would be if it served burgers made of lions and tigers,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “Cicadas feel pain—just as humans do—and PETA encourages everyone to show them and all other sentient beings compassion by keeping animals off their plates, whether they have four legs, six legs, or none at all.”
PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone
and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness.
For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on X, Facebook, or Instagram.
