PETA to Host 28th Congressional Veggie Dog Lunch Featuring New Oscar Mayer Vegan Hot Dogs
For Immediate Release:
July 29, 2024
Contact:
Sara Groves 202-483-7382
“My Hot Dog Has a First Name. It’s V-E-G-A-N!” Oscar Mayer’s delicious new veggie dogs will be served with all the trimmings to members of Congress and their staff on Wednesday during PETA’s 28th Congressional Veggie Dog Lunch—which started as a protest in 1996 but is now a Capitol Hill institution. In addition to the animal-friendly franks, PETA will hand out free vegan cookbooks, pig plushies, and pig-shaped toys for congressional staffers’ canines.
“Oscar Mayer’s vegan hot dogs are as delicious as they are kind to animals, who feel pain and fear just as humans do and don’t deserve to be killed for a fleeting taste,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA relishes the opportunity to serve vegan eats to policymakers and encourages people everywhere to leave animals off their plates.”
Where: Rayburn House Office Building, 45 Independence Ave. S.W., Washington
When: Wednesday, July 31, 12 noon
Why: In the meat industry, workers chop off pigs’ tails, clip their teeth with pliers, and castrate the males—all without pain relief—and cram cows into cramped, filthy feedlots with no protection from the elements. Slaughterhouse workers shoot animals in the head with a captive-bolt gun, hang them up by one leg, and cut their throats—often while they’re still conscious. Everyone who goes vegan spares the lives of nearly 200 animals a year; reduces their own risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, and cancer; and dramatically shrinks their carbon footprint. PETA offers a free vegan starter kit for those ready to make the switch.
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.
