Giant Gun-Toting Chicken Warns Amarillo That ‘Bird Flu Kills’
For Immediate Release:
September 26, 2024
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Maddy Missett 202-483-7382
Following news that cows used for dairy in the Texas Panhandle tested positive for bird flu and that a farmworker in the state contracted the virus after apparently being exposed to infected animals, PETA has placed a pair of sky-high warnings along I-40 reminding everyone that if the saturated fat and cholesterol in meat don’t kill them, bird flu just might. PETA’s billboards—featuring a chicken armed with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle—points out that breeding and raising animals for food creates hotspots for potentially deadly zoonotic diseases. More than half of the people with confirmed infections of the H5N1 strain of bird flu have died, and the World Health Organization has called the risk of the virus spreading to humans “an enormous concern.”
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“Eating meat, eggs, and dairy from animals who are crammed into filthy sheds and onto feedlots by the millions is disgusting, and these farms are a breeding ground for the next pandemic,” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. “PETA urges everyone to please go vegan—before it’s too late.”
PETA points out that the majority of diseases that have caused pandemics or epidemics in recent years originated in animals before being transmitted to humans, including COVID-19, AIDS, avian flu, swine flu, SARS, MERS, Ebola, and Zika. The group offers a free vegan starter kit on its website for everyone ready to make the switch.
PETA’s billboards are located at 3203 E. Interstate 40 Access Rd., near Beaton’s Auto Sales, and W. Interstate 40 Frontage Rd., near Red Roof Inn Amarillo West. Please see the Google Maps links here and here.
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, Facebook, or Instagram.
