PETA Passes Out Masks Reading, ‘Say No to Pig Farm Germs—Go Vegetarian’
For Immediate Release:
April 23, 2003
Contact:
Anuradha Sawhney 9820 122602; E-Mail: AnuradhaS@PETA.org
Mumbai — To call attention to SARS’ spawning ground—filthy farms that breed dangerous viruses along with animals for the table—members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) will wear and distribute pink masks emblazoned with a pig and the slogan, ‘Say No to Pig Farm Germs. Go Vegetarian’, to passengers traveling to Singapore, in front of the Sahar International Airport, Mumbai.
Date: Wednesday, April 23
Time: 4:30pm
Place: Sahar International Airport, Mumbai
Like similar globe-sweeping bugs, including avian influenza and the porcine flu, SARS is believed to have sprung from factory farms, where animals are kept in rancid conditions that allow diseases to spread like wildfire. In addition, animals on factory farms commonly carry listeria, salmonella, leukosis (chicken cancer), campylobacter, and E. coli bacteria, all transmissible to humans.
‘The battle against SARS and other diseases begins with your fork’, says Anuradha Sawhney, Chief Functionary. ‘Rejecting meat means rejecting filthy animal farming practices that cause outbreaks of influenza as well as heart attacks, cancer, and strokes.’
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