Pro-Vegan PETA India Memorial Honours Chickens Killed in Farm Blaze

For Immediate Release:

6 April 2022

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Annur, Coimbatore – To pay tribute to the approximately 8,500 chickens who were burned alive in fear and pain when a fire broke out inside a local poultry warehouse recently, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has erected a sky-high memorial billboard pointing out that the birds’ horrifying deaths wouldn’t have happened if they weren’t being raised for humans’ taste for flesh and eggs.

The billboard is located near Annur Bus Stand, on Sathy Road, Annur, Tamil Nadu 641653.

“The fear and pain these gentle chickens endured as they were engulfed in smoke and flames is hard to imagine,” says PETA India Vegan Outreach Coordinator Dr Kiran Ahuja. “PETA India is calling on anyone disturbed by the thought of animals suffering in fires or slaughterhouses to go vegan.” Vegans are vegetarians who refuse to eat eggs or other animal-derived products.

Chickens are inquisitive and interesting animals. When in their natural surroundings – away from factory farms – they form friendships, develop social orders, love and care for their young, and enjoy a full life that includes dustbathing, making nests, and roosting in trees.

As revealed by PETA India in a video exposé, most chickens used for eggs are confined to a space that’s smaller than an A4 sheet of paper and parts of their beaks are cut off with a hot blade to prevent them from pecking at each other out of frustration. Once their bodies wear out and they’re no longer considered useful for egg production, they’re sent to the market or slaughterhouse, where they’re killed in full view of their companions.

In addition to sparing animals’ lives, eating vegan reduces the risk of suffering from cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and obesity; helps fight the climate catastrophe by reducing greenhouse-gas emissions; and can even prevent future pandemics. COVID-19 is largely believed by experts to have stemmed from a live-animal meat market, and SARS, swine flu, and bird flu have also been linked to confining and killing animals for food. Each person who goes vegan saves the lives of nearly 200 animals every year and spares sensitive chickens and other animals terrifying deaths, whether in warehouse fires or in filthy, blood-soaked slaughterhouses.

PETA India – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat” and which opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview – offers a free vegetarian/vegan starter kit packed with tips, recipes, and more. For more information, please visit PETAIndia.com or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.

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