Drive-By Plea for Crustaceans Will Target Charlestown Seafood Festival
News release from PETA
The on-the-go billboard will encircle the festival all day to urge everyone to think of the individual behind each lobster roll and opt for vegan fare instead.
“When it comes to feeling pain and fear, a lobster is no
different from a dog, a cat, or a human,” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk.
“PETA’s mobile message encourages people to enjoy a delicious vegan meal that
leaves sea life in peace.”
Lobsters are intelligent individuals who explore their surroundings, can remember other individual lobsters, and use complex signals to establish social relationships. If left alone, they can live to be more than 100 years old.
A PETA
investigation into a crustacean slaughterhouse revealed that
live lobsters were impaled, torn apart, and decapitated—even as their legs
continued to move. Chefs typically place lobsters into pots of boiling water
while they’re still conscious—a practice so cruel that it was banned in
Switzerland.
Each person who goes vegan saves the lives of nearly 200
animals a year; dramatically shrinks their carbon footprint; reduces their risk
of developing heart disease, cancer, and diabetes; and helps prevent future
pandemics. SARS, swine flu, bird flu, and COVID-19 all stemmed from confining
or killing animals for food.
PETA’s mobile billboard will circle the festival from 11
a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday.
PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours
to eat”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more
information, please visit PETA.org or
follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.
