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July 27, 2023
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Bloomington, In poor health. – To memorialize the cows who had been killed on Tuesday when the truck carrying them crashed on I-74 close to the Major Avenue exit, PETA plans to put a sky-high message close to the positioning, reminding everybody that the crash victims had been people. Already this yr, there have been greater than 30 animal-transport truck crashes.
“Cows died in terror and agony due to this crash, and the traumatized survivors had been rounded up and sure hauled off so their throats could possibly be slit and their our bodies carved up for meals,” says PETA Govt Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA urges everybody to see cows because the delicate beings they’re and go vegan.”
At slaughterhouses, staff shoot cows within the head with a captive-bolt gun, grasp them up by one leg, and reduce their throat—typically whereas they’re nonetheless aware. Every one that goes vegan saves practically 200 animals yearly; reduces their very own danger of affected by most cancers, coronary heart illness, strokes, diabetes, and weight problems; and dramatically shrinks their carbon footprint. PETA’s free vegan starter package may help these trying to make the swap.
PETA—whose motto reads, partly, that “animals will not be ours to eat”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For extra info, please go to PETA.org, take heed to The PETA Podcast, or comply with the group on Twitter, Fb, or Instagram.
