War on High Prices! PETA’s ‘Commando Chicks’ to Fill Gas Tanks and Hand Out Vegan Chicken in Baltimore
For Immediate Release:
May 20, 2026
Contact:
Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382
With consumers feeling the pinch of high gas costs, PETA’s Commando Chicks are swooping in to help everyone save money, the planet, and the lives of chickens who are tormented and killed for meat. Dressed in feathered fatigues and combat boots, the radiant regiment will report for duty at the Carroll gas station on Patterson Avenue on Friday, where they’ll fill the first 100 drivers’ tanks with $10 of free gas and get passersby pumped about plant-powered eating by handing out delicious vegan chicken.
“While humans face high prices at the pump, chickens pay the highest price in the meat industry, where they spend their entire lives in filth and misery before they’re violently killed,” says PETA President Tracy Reiman. “PETA is encouraging people everywhere to fuel up on plants, which spares animals’ lives, costs less, and is better for the environment.”
Where: Carroll Independent Fuel, 4101 Patterson Ave., Baltimore
When: Friday, May 22, 12 noon
Why: Chickens dream when they sleep and worry about the future, just as humans do—but in the meat industry, chickens are confined by the tens of thousands to severely crowded, filthy sheds and bred to grow such unnaturally large upper bodies that their legs often become crippled under the weight. At slaughterhouses, mechanized blades slit their throats—often while they’re still conscious—and many are scalded to death in de-feathering tanks. Animal agriculture is also a major driver of the climate catastrophe, as the production of meat squanders valuable natural resources, including water and land.
Each person who goes vegan spares nearly 200 animals every year and dramatically shrinks their carbon footprint. Many vegan foods—including pasta, rice, tofu, and beans—cost significantly less than meat made from animals, so vegan food can feed far more people than the equivalent amount of meat. In addition to saving money at the grocery store, vegans are also less likely to suffer from cancer, heart disease, diabetes, strokes, and obesity, which can help prevent high medical bills in the future. PETA’s free vegan starter kit is filled with tips to help anyone looking to make the switch.
PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”—points out that when it comes to the ability to feel pain, hunger, and thirst, a chicken is a dog is a boy. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow PETA on X, Facebook, or Instagram.
