PETA Statement on All-Vegan Met Gala Menu

For Immediate Release:
August 3, 2021

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Moira Colley 202-483-7382

New York – Below, please find a statement from PETA President Ingrid Newkirk in response to the announcement that this year’s Met Gala will serve an all-vegan menu.

“Kindness to animals is as American as apple pie, so the new vegan menu is perfect for the gala’s ‘Americana’ theme, and it’s sure to set a trend for other fashion events to follow. PETA is celebrating the end of the Meat Gala and hopes to see attendees embrace Earth- and animal-friendly fashion, too—meaning no fur, leather, cashmere, wool, or feathers.”

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to wear”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.

 

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 Ingrid E. Newkirk

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