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Thanksgiving Ad Asks Kids: Would You Eat Your Dog?
theindychannel.com ^ | November 18, 2011 | uncredited

Posted on 11/18/2011 8:39:36 AM PST by Abathar

A new Thanksgiving ad campaign targeted toward children in schools is barking up a storm this holiday season.

In a news release, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals announced this week that its new outdoor billboard advertising campaign will focus around a central message: "How would children feel if Fido and Fluffy were stuffed and roasted for Thanksgiving?"

The ads feature the head of a Jack Russell terrier on the body of a turkey, and reads, "Kids: If You Wouldn't Eat Your Dog, Why Eat a Turkey?"

The group said the billboards are going up near schools in Oklahoma, Oregon, Florida, New Mexico, Utah and Tennessee.

"Kids love animals, and if they thought about how turkeys feel pain and fear just as dogs and cats do, they'd trade in their drumsticks for Tofurky in a heartbeat," PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman said. "This Thanksgiving, families can give all animals something to be thankful for by sticking to humane, delicious vegan meals."

(Excerpt) Read more at theindychannel.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dog; nutjobs; peta; thanksgiving; vegan
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I like my dog more than any PETA member, so if it came down to it I would probably eat them first.

1 posted on 11/18/2011 8:39:41 AM PST by Abathar
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To: Abathar

The difference between a PETA fascist is pretty apparent.

I eat meat; I don’t care if you eat meat, vegetables or thrive on minerals.

PETA Fascists don’t eat meat; and want to impose their lifestyle on everyone else, so they are starting with the children first.


2 posted on 11/18/2011 8:41:57 AM PST by Hodar ( Who needs laws; when this FEELS so right?)
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To: Abathar

It depends on how hungry I am and who the cook is.


3 posted on 11/18/2011 8:42:30 AM PST by Raycpa
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To: Abathar

how about if you’d eat a turkey, why not a dog?


4 posted on 11/18/2011 8:42:45 AM PST by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: Hodar

Well Hitler was a vegetarian.


5 posted on 11/18/2011 8:42:55 AM PST by cripplecreek (Stand with courage or shut up and do as you're told.)
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To: Abathar

Mmmmm, German Shepherd Pot Pie.


6 posted on 11/18/2011 8:43:41 AM PST by tumblindice
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To: Abathar

Hunters: If you can hunt deer, why don’t you try hunting PETA members?


7 posted on 11/18/2011 8:43:58 AM PST by struggle
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To: Abathar

When I was growing up on a farm in Iowa, the standard rule concerning edible livestock was that any critter that has a name is safe from becoming Sunday dinner.

My sister and I had a pet turkey named “Tom” (how original...hey, we were kids) that we raised from a ‘chick’ and he was imprinted with the image of us being his mom.

He followed us around constantly like a spare shadow and always came out to meet us, getting off the school bus each afternoon. He’d come out and fan out his feathers and strut around a bit. It was his main, possibly only, talent.

In early November, word leaked out to us that he was going to be the main course for Thanksgiving dinner. The old rule had been over-ridden and Tom was about to be “axed” literally.

Come the day before Thanksgiving, we all dreaded what was about to happen and nobody would volunteer to be his executioner. Just thinking about it spread through the family to where we were all nearly in tears.

Happy ending:

We couldn’t bear to kill Tom for dinner, so we ate the dog.


8 posted on 11/18/2011 8:44:26 AM PST by null and void (MSGT Dean Hopkins USMC (ret) WWII-Korea-Vietnam 11/9/1925-10/22/2011 My hero, my Dad)
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9 posted on 11/18/2011 8:45:00 AM PST by Raycpa
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To: Abathar

10 posted on 11/18/2011 8:45:28 AM PST by Raycpa
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To: struggle

I wonder what kind of call would work best on a PETA member - Perhaps the sound of a carrot being chopped up on wood cutting board?


11 posted on 11/18/2011 8:46:21 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: null and void
When I was growing up on a farm in Iowa, the standard rule concerning edible livestock was that any critter that has a name is safe from becoming Sunday dinner.

I guy I knew had a calf on his farm named "Cheeseburger".

12 posted on 11/18/2011 8:47:04 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: Abathar

Kids, if your dog, or a turkey were big enough...they sure the heck would eat you.


13 posted on 11/18/2011 8:47:35 AM PST by Washi
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To: Abathar; All

http://petakillsanimals.com/


14 posted on 11/18/2011 8:48:35 AM PST by Charlespg
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To: null and void

Funny, I used to name all the hogs I raised for the freezer. Never bothered me a bit to eat them.


15 posted on 11/18/2011 8:48:45 AM PST by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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16 posted on 11/18/2011 8:48:55 AM PST by Raycpa
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Why do you even HAVE a dog, kid? They are carnivores! They eat meat!!!!!!!! If you feed a dog you are abetting KILLING!!!!!!!! Aaaiiieeeeeeeeeee..........


17 posted on 11/18/2011 8:49:00 AM PST by Lady Lucky
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To: Raycpa

That’s clever. I like the label. It makes the title much more interesting.


18 posted on 11/18/2011 8:49:24 AM PST by meatloaf (It's time to push back against out of control government.)
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Kids: If You Wouldn't Eat Your Dog, Why Eat a Turkey?"

Because my dog enjoys eating turkey as much as I do.

19 posted on 11/18/2011 8:49:24 AM PST by circlecity
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To: Abathar
I wonder how PETA feels about abortion and the unborn?




20 posted on 11/18/2011 8:49:48 AM PST by Alex Murphy (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2703506/posts?page=518#518)
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