To the TAIL end!
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."
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My nickname for my Son's pet rabbit is stew.
I think we shold eat COngressmen instead. They are all well-stuffed already.
If I had a turkey who could protect my house from predators, help me hunt, and play fetch with the kids, I wouldn’t eat it.
Isn’t this terrorizing the children? Isn’t there someone out there in Washington, DC looking to truly “do something for the children,” someone willing to take on such a reckless, terrorizing organization? I say if vegans are so healthy maybe we should try one...
I had a cat that would absolutely crazy when we cooked a turkey, once he got a taste of it he would not stop howling. Turn you back to get the mayo and he was there snacking on it on the counter two seconds later.
That is child abuse. PeTA has lost its marbles.
I would eat dog if hungry enough. PETA are a bunch of busybodies.
I think these Peta guys are barking up the wrong tree.
maybe someone could use anti-bullying laws against campaigns like this?
I jokingly refer to my dogs as “Korean livestock” to my kids.
That aside, these PETA people are idiots.
At the end of the interview, they asked the farmer "what is the best thing about ostriches?" His answer: "they make a turkey look smart".
`Try and Become the Man/Woman Your Turkey Thinks You Are’
It’s just not the same.
I think they are doing more harm to their cause than good with this stuff. Yeah their supporters might like it, but the people they are trying to win over get so turned off by their methods that they drive them away instead of winning their support.
First, aren't there places in Asia where dogs and cats are on the menu? Second, if He didn't want us to eat meat, why did He create us requiring large amount of protein and why did He make meat (a high protein source) taste so good?
speaking of jokes,
what do you call a Vietnamese who owns a dog?
A Vegetarian.
What do you call a Vietnamese who owns two dogs?
A rancher.
PETA? Doesn’t that mean People Eating Tasty Animals? :)
I love my dog and I love turkey...for different reasons.
HA...we had a few turkeys as a kid....the ostrich farmer is right.
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