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For immediate release:
October 6, 2021
Contact:
Brooke Rossi 202-483-7382
Brandon, Manitoba – PETA offers thanksVegan Brandon has food for thought, covering city bus stop benches with images of turkeys proclaiming “I am I, not MEAT” to encourage everyone to enjoy a bird-friendly holiday – something that many Canadians are clearly already thinking about as the number of online searches with the word “vegan” in Canada grew by 113% from 2016 to 2020.
“When people understand that turkeys love their families, feel pain and fear, and value their lives, they are ready to put tofurks on the table,” says PETA executive vice president Tracy Reiman. “PETA offers recipes, shopping tips and more so everyone can enjoy a delicious vegan meal that leaves tender birds alone.”
Turkeys can live up to 10 years, but those raised for food are usually slaughtered between 12 and 26 weeks of age, with millions killed every year on Thanksgiving alone. The chicks are suspended by their paws on metal shackles and dragged through an electrified bath, and they are often still conscious when their throats are cut and thrown into scalding tanks for skinning.
PETA turkeys will also cause a stir in Abbotsford, British Columbia, including at the city’s airport, and Tofurky giveaways are planned in Montreal and Toronto. Across Canada, Sobeys, Save-On-Foods, Buy-Low Foods and other major grocery chains are teaming up with PETA to showcase their ready-to-roast vegan turkeys and other vegan holiday specialties. Very good butchers with locations from coast to coast will also distribute #ThanksVegan word on social media, and people across the country can take advantage of PETA’s complete Canadian ThanksVegan directory.
PETA, whose motto is in part that “the animals are not ours to eat” – opposes arrogance, a worldview focused on human superiority. For more information please visitPETA.orgor subscribe to the group onTwitter,Facebook, orInstagram…
PETA turkeys appear at bus stops at the following intersections:
- Eighth Street and Rosser Avenue
- Centennial Boulevard and Riverhights Drive
- 13th Street and avenue of princesses
- Maryland Avenue and Cornell Bay
- Frederick Street (north of E. Park Avenue)
- Maryland Avenue and First Street (adjacent to Crocus Plains Regional High School)
- Princess Avenue and Fourth Street
- 34th Century Street and Boulevard
- twentyth Street and Ottawa Avenue
- eleventh N. Street and Stickney Avenue
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