PETA Global Issue 3

USA

Police officers in Texas teamed up with PETA to distribute dozens of Tofurkys, and enthusiastic holiday shoppers snapped them up within minutes. And the rapper Grey’s Everybody Loves Tofurky

Turkey: © j iStock.com/jgroup | Grey the rapper: © Carol Lee Rose

“Vegan Thanksgiving” – in which he sings the praises of tofu turkey and a list of other mouthwatering dishes – is a viral sensation. “You can fill your p ate up without all the guilt and whip pies up … out of almond milk,” he raps. He

went vegan two years ago at his girlfriend’s urging. “Once I started to understand what’s in the food that we eat and the effects it can have on the body, in addition to the obvious animal cruelty behind it – it was enough for me to start a new lifestyle,” he says. Download “Vegan Thanksgiving” at soundcloud.com/officialgreymusic .

CHINA

USA

Cheng Yi Has Noble Aspirations for Animals

Cheng Yi, hunky star of the award-winning Chinese fantasy show Noble Aspirations, has almost as many fans as there are homeless pups in China. “People say a man can’t love the world if he doesn’t love animals,” he said while shooting his ad for PETA Asia. “Your love to animals is love to the world – and ‘adopt, don’t buy’ is showing love to the world.” Show animals some love: Always adopt and have them spayed or neutered.

USA

We Interrupt This Commute to Bring You an Im potent Message What’s worse than a breakdown on the roadway? A breakdown in the bedroom! That’s the message behind PETA’s new billboards, which inform drivers that the saturated fat in meat clogs arteries and blocks blood flow to all their vital organs. Media outlets found the ads irresistible, and reporters interviewed doctors who agreed that consuming meat and dairy “products” can lead to erectile dysfunction. Do your sweetheart – and yourself – a favor and take the fastest route to the fruit and vegetable aisles.

PETA supporters headed to the assembly of US military medical personnel at the PETA’s Special Request for Special Ops

Special Operations Medical Association in North Carolina in order to ask that all branches of the military cease maiming and killing animals in training drills, a practice that the US Defense Health Agency has rightly called “outdated and cost-prohibitive.” Many military bases prepare personnel to treat traumatic injuries by using cutting-edge, human-patient simulation technology instead of harming animals, as do most of the US’ NATO allies. Following pressure from PETA and Congress, the US Coast Guard announced earlier this year that it will end its use of animals in deadly trauma training drills. Visit PETA.org/Trauma to take action.

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