Huntington Hit With Appeal for Vegan Frankfurters for July Fourth
For Immediate Release:
July 2, 2024
Contact:
Maddy Missett 202-483-7382
In time for Independence Day and ahead of the West Virginia Hot Dog Festival, PETA has plastered downtown Huntington with sky-high messages in which animals look into the eyes of viewers to remind them that every animal is someone and everyone deserves freedom—including the sentient beings whose bodies are ground up to make hot dogs.
“Pigs and cows are thinking, feeling individuals who value their lives and don’t want to be chopped into pieces any more than you or I do,” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. “PETA encourages people to let freedom ring for everyone by leaving animals off their plates and celebrating Fourth of July with tasty veggie dogs instead.”
In the meat industry, pigs and cows are crammed into filthy sheds or kept on crowded feedlots and subjected to tail docking, castration, and other mutilations with no pain relief. Eventually, they’re herded onto transport trucks for a terrifying journey to a slaughterhouse, where workers slit their throats—often while they’re still conscious. PETA offers a list of the best vegan hot dog brands and a free vegan starter kit on its website for everyone ready to make the switch.
PETA’s billboards are located at 729 Washington Ave., 1424 Third Ave., and 532 Fourth Ave. in Huntington.
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.
