Don’t Forget About Turkeys after Thanksgiving

The holiday season is a time to offer others kindness, compassion, and charity. A perfect way to embody those values is to speak up for the animals killed for holiday meals. Turkeys are gentle animals who enjoy having their feathers stroked and listening to music, with which they will often loudly sing along! Yet millions of turkeys are cruelly bred and raised specifically for the holiday season before being violently slaughtered.

In 2021, a PETA exposé showed workers at Plainville Farms, a turkey supplier for Publix, Wegmans, and Harris-Teeter, kicking, throwing, stomping on, beating turkeys with a heavy rod, and mimicking masturbation while putting a turkey between their legs. Twelve former workers were charged with a historic 141 counts of cruelty to animals, yet these grocery chains continue to buy from Plainville Farms.

From commenting on social media to writing a heartfelt letter, every action taken makes a big difference. Complete and share the list below (after taking action on our action alert) to help turkeys this season.

SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO TAKE ACTION

• Comment on the Instagram pages of Harris-Teeter, Wegmans, and Publix, letting them know that turkeys deserve to live out their lives without being forcibly manually impregnated, tormented, and killed for holiday meals.

Looking for talking point ideas? Animals sourced from Plainville Farms suffer unrelenting pain and fear before being killed and sold at your locations. Twelve former Plainville Farms workers were charged with a historic 141 counts of cruelty to animals for throwing, beating, kicking, stomping on turkeys, and mimicking masturbation by putting a turkey between their legs. Yet, your institution continues to work with the depraved company. Please embody the season’s values of kindness, compassion, and charity by immediately and permanently ending your partnership with Plainville Farms.

• Do you have a Facebook or X account? You can quickly let all three grocery chains know how you feel about their partnership with Plainville Farms. Simply share the pre-drafted X post below, then, post our action alert on Facebook to spread the word! Feel free to tailor the content of both posts to address all of your concerns.

• Easily let Wegmans know that they should reconsider their relationship with Plainville Farms by using their handy chatbot:

• Put your thoughts down on paper by sending a letter to Wegmans, letting them know that there are more than enough vegan turkey alternatives to sell in place of sourcing turkeys from Plainville Farms, who are inhumanely bred, tormented, and killed for holiday meals:

• Take action while grocery shopping! Order PETA’s free ‘Warning!’ label peel-off stickers, and keep a few on hand while shopping. These stickers can get other shoppers to reflect on what the bodies of turkeys, or any product containing animal flesh, actually is:

• Finally, be sure to sign on our action alert to send a letter directly to all three grocery chains simultaneously.

We appreciate all that you do for animals.