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March 19, 2024

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East Haven, Conn. – With Easter simply across the nook, a gaggle of PETA pig friends will hand out free Tofurky plant-based ham slices and roasts exterior the Hagaman Memorial Library, simply down the highway from a sky-high message reminding viewers that pigs are pondering, feeling people who don’t need to die for his or her vacation feasts.

When:    Saturday, March 23, 1 p.m.

The place:     227 Predominant St., East Haven

“Pigs are playful, clever, and loving beings who worth their lives and don’t should have their our bodies carved up for meals any greater than we do,” says PETA Govt Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA encourages everybody to rejoice their holidays with compassion by selecting a scrumptious vegan roast that leaves pigs in peace, not in items.”

Within the meat business, employees chop off piglets’ tails, clip their tooth with pliers, and castrate the males. At slaughterhouses, employees shoot pigs within the head with a captive-bolt gun, hold them up by one leg, and minimize their throat—usually whereas they’re nonetheless aware. Every one who goes vegan spares practically 200 animals yearly and reduces their very own threat of affected by most cancers, coronary heart illness, strokes, diabetes, and weight problems. PETA’s free vegan starter package is full of ideas to assist anybody trying to make the swap.

PETA’s billboard is positioned at 112 Frontage Rd.

PETA—whose motto reads, partially, that “animals will not be ours to eat”—factors out that Each Animal Is Somebody and affords free Empathy Kits for individuals who want a lesson in kindness. For extra data, please go to PETA.org or observe the group on X, Fb, or Instagram.