‘Hell on Wheels’ Is Coming: Squawking Chicken Truck to Ruffle Feathers Outside Albuquerque Restaurants

For Immediate Release:
February 7, 2023

Contact:
Robin Goist 202-483-7382

Local diners just might think twice about chowing down on fried chicken after they see—and hear—“Hell on Wheels,” PETA’s new guerilla-marketing campaign featuring a life-size chicken transport truck covered with images of real chickens crammed into crates on their way to a slaughterhouse, complete with actual recorded sounds of the birds’ cries and a subliminal message every 10 seconds suggesting that people go vegan. It will debut in the heart of historic Old Town on Thursday before moving on to circle the Downtown Courthouse and the Albuquerque Convention Center and confront diners at Golden Pride, Frank’s Famous Chicken & Waffles, Chile Chicken Nashville Hot Chicken, Roti N.M. Rotisserie Chicken, and Vick’s Vittles Country Kitchen through Friday as part of the group’s national tour.

When:    Thursday, February 9, 12 noon

Where:    Old Town Plaza, 200 N. Plaza St. N.W., Albuquerque

“Behind every barbecued wing or bucket of fried chicken is a once-living, sensitive individual who was crammed onto a truck for a terrifying, miserable journey to their death,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA’s ‘Hell on Wheels’ truck is an appeal to anyone who eats chicken to remember that the meat industry is cruel to birds and that the kindest meal is a vegan one.”

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview.

For more information, please visit PETA.org, listen to The PETA Podcast, or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.