‘Hell on Wheels’ Is Coming: Squawking Chicken Truck to Ruffle Feathers Outside Local Fresno Restaurants
For Immediate Release:
April 11, 2023
Contact:
David Perle 202-483-7382
On Thursday, local diners just might think twice about chowing down on fried chicken after they see—and hear—“Hell on Wheels,” PETA’s new guerilla-marketing campaign featuring a life-size chicken transport truck covered with images of real chickens crammed into crates on their way to a slaughterhouse, complete with actual recorded sounds of the birds’ cries and a subliminal message every 10 seconds suggesting that people go vegan. It will debut by circling The Chicken Shack before driving past Chicken King, Angry Chickz, Spicy Birdz, Al’s Hot Chicken, Chick-fil-A, and other eateries as part of the group’s national tour.
When: Thursday, April 13, 12 noon
Where: Outside The Chicken Shack, 1108 Fulton St., Fresno
“Opting for a tasty vegan option instead of dead-chicken salad or wings means that a bird won’t endure a hideously frightening trip to the slaughterhouse and a violent death,” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. “Through ‘Hell on Wheels,’ PETA is asking everyone to spare chickens this cruelty by making kind choices at the dinner table and the drive-thru.”
PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETA.org, listen to The PETA Podcast, or follow the group onTwitter, Facebook, or Instagram.
