‘Bird Flu Kills,’ Giant Chicken Warns Lansing

For Immediate Release:
August 19, 2024

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Reed Bolonyi 202-483-7382

Following the news that at least two farmworkers in Michigan have contracted bird flu after apparently being exposed to sick animals, PETA has placed a sky-high warning near the Michigan State Capitol and the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services reminding everyone that if the saturated fat and cholesterol in meat doesn’t kill them, bird flu just might. More than half 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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“Most meat, eggs, cheese, and milk come from animals who are raised in severely crowded, filthy sheds where they can’t escape their own waste, creating a breeding ground for the next pandemic,” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. “PETA urges everyone to 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 billboard is located at 342 E. Michigan Ave. in Lansing. Please see the Google Maps link 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.