PETA to Raise a Stink Outside ASPCA HQ Over Factory Farm Endorsement
For Immediate Release:
January 21, 2025
Contact:
Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382
Eighth Avenue will be thrown into chaos on Thursday when PETA supporters will descend on the headquarters of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) to chant, march, and wave signs condemning the group for promoting sham “animal welfare certified” labels on meat, eggs, and dairy sourced from factory farms, hoodwinking the public into paying more for the same old cruelties PETA and others have documented for years.
PETA points out that its investigators have documented widespread, systemic cruelty and suffering at all 12 “certified” factory farms they visited.
“Standards backed by the ASPCA still allow for ‘certified’ facilities to mutilate piglets without pain relief, cram cows into filthy pens, and force chickens to grow morbidly obese until they can barely walk,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA is calling on the ASPCA to cut ties with this shameful ‘humane-washing’ scheme and for kind consumers everywhere to please go vegan.”
Where: Outside ASPCA headquarters, 520 8th Ave., New York
When: Thursday, January 23, 11 a.m.
Why: PETA’s investigation into Plainville Farms—which at the time was “animal welfare certified”—documented that workers kicked, beat, and threw turkeys and left sick and injured birds to suffer without treatment. As a result of the investigation, former workers at Plainville Farms were charged with six felonies and a total of 141 counts of cruelty to animals—the largest number in any factory-farmed animal case in U.S. history—and 10 workers have been convicted so far. PETA’s investigation into Sweet Stem Farm, which was also “certified” at the time, revealed that pigs were crammed into severely crowded sheds on concrete floors and had painful, bloody rectal prolapses as large as an orange that were left untreated.
PETA’s campaign against humane-washing by supposed “animal welfare” groups also includes an ad blitz by the DC headquarters of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). PETA has disrupted HSUS and ASPCA events, and Succession star James Cromwell has thrown his HSUS Lifetime Achievement Award in the trash.
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. PETA also offers a free vegan starter kit on its website for anyone ready to make the switch.
For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow PETA on X, Facebook, or Instagram.
