Update: PETA Memorial Rises to Honour Pigs Killed in Fiery Truck Crash

For Immediate Release:
February 26, 2024

Contact:
Sara Groves 202-483-7382

In remembrance of the pigs who died in agony after the truck carrying them caught fire on North Talbot Road in Tecumseh on February 6, PETA has placed a sky-high memorial near the accident site that proclaims, in part, “If Everyone Were Vegan, It Wouldn’t Have Happened.”

“Pigs died in pain and terror in this crash, and the traumatized survivors were likely rounded up and sent to slaughter,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “Whether they die in a cramped transport truck or under the slaughterhouse knife, all pigs raised for food suffer immensely, and PETA urges everyone to show these animals some sympathy by going vegan.”

PETA points out that pigs are playful, intelligent, friendly animals who are soothed by music, love playing ball, sleep in “pig piles,” and even enjoy getting massages. In the meat industry, workers chop off piglets’ tails, clip their teeth with pliers, and castrate the males. Each person who goes vegan spares nearly 200 animals every year; reduces their own risk of suffering from cancer, heart disease, strokes, diabetes, and obesity; and dramatically shrinks their carbon footprint. PETA’s free vegan starter kit can help those looking to make the switch.

PETA’s billboard is located at 853 Division Rd. in Windsor.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, or Instagram.