Hot Diggity! PETA Patriot to Celebrate the Fourth with Vegan Hot Dog Giveaway in Goodale Park
For Immediate Release:
July 2, 2025
Contact:
Alex Payne 202-483-7382
On the Fourth of July, a PETA supporter will hand out 100 free vegan hot dogs from Vida’s Plant-Based Butcher in Goodale Park to encourage passersby to give independence to all by opting for tasty meat-free frankfurters that no animal suffered and died for.
“Cows, pigs, and all other animals value freedom just as much as anyone else, and they don’t want or deserve to be ground up into carcinogenic franks,” says Amber Canavan, Vegan Campaign Project Manager. “PETA is encouraging everyone to tuck into a delicious veggie dog and leave animals off their plates this Fourth of July and beyond.”
Where: Goodale Park, 120 W. Goodale St., Columbus
When: Friday, July 4, 10 a.m.
Why: PETA points out that pigs are soothed by music, and cows mourn when a loved one dies or when they’re separated from each other. In the meat industry, pigs and cows are crammed into filthy sheds or kept on crowded feedlots and subjected to tail docking, castration, and other mutilations with no pain relief. Eventually, they’re forced onto transport trucks for a terrifying journey to a slaughterhouse, where workers slit their throats—often while they’re still conscious. PETA offers a list of the best vegan hot dog brands and a free vegan starter kit on its website for everyone ready to make the switch.
PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kitsfor people who need a lesson in kindness. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow PETA on X, Facebook, or Instagram.
