PETA Tofu Pedicab Ads Urge Holidaymakers to Lighten Up

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For Immediate Release:
December 16, 2020

Contact:
Megan Wiltsie 202-483-7382

To reach King Street shoppers, diners, and those doing some things that they shouldn’t, like traveling, amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases, PETA has placed ads on downtown pedicabs encouraging people to help prevent future pandemics by trying tofu for the holidays and year-round.

“From tofu cheesecake to tofu potpie, PETA will help people taste-test tofu and other vegan goodies with free recipes, tips, mentors, and more,” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. “And while diseases thrive on filthy factory farms and in slaughterhouses, let’s remember that tofu never caused a pandemic.”

Not only is tofu cheaper than meat, it is also packed with protein, contains zero cholesterol, and can reduce one’s risk of suffering from heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and numerous other life-threatening health issues. COVID-19 is believed to have originated in a live-animal market in China, where live and dead animals are sold for food. Previous influenza viruses have originated in pigs and chickens—but never in vegan foods like tofu.

PETA has a holiday recipe guide along with a variety of delicious tofu-based recipes—such as General Tso’s Tofu and Buffalo Tofu-Scramble Breakfast Tacos—on its website. The group also offers a vegan starter kit filled with more recipes and tips.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat” and which opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview—also plans to run similar ads in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Savannah, Georgia; Chicago; New York City; and Honolulu as part of a nationwide campaign. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.