PETA plans turkey-dog crossbreed billboard in Tulsa

[The Straight Story]

PETA plans turkey-dog crossbreed billboard in Tulsa
Intent is to educate children on turkey plight



TULSA, Okla. —

A new billboard that may go up soon in Tulsa would feature a picture of a crossbred animal meant to educate kids about Thanksgiving turkeys. It's from PETA and they ask, "Kids, if you wouldn't eat your dog, why eat a turkey?"

When we learned PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) may be placing these billboards in the community, we wanted to know what the reasoning was. So, I got on the phone to Paige Snyder, a representative for the group.

"Thanksgiving should be a time for celebration and not a time for animal abuse," she said. "Turkeys may not be as familiar to us as dogs and cats, but they have the same capacity to suffer and that's something kids inately understand."

The plan is to place the billboards near Tulsa schools to spark discussions between kids and parents.

http://www.krmg.com/news/news/local/peta-plans-turkey-dog-crossbreed-billboard-tulsa/nFZSq/

[NeedleCast]

1. Turkey Tastes Better

[Motown_Johnny]

2. I love turkey hotdogs

Yummy

[ZombieHorde]

3. Cool picture. nt

[Kali]

4. ...

:eyes:

[demosincebirth]

5. I love turkey breasts with corn bread dressing and gravy

[The Straight Story]

6. If my daughter asks me about it will tell her "We don't eat the head anyway" (nt)

[antigone382]

7. I don't really have a problem with this particular ad.

Considering the suffering of animals is what PETA is about. That's what this ad does. I'm pretty irritated by ads that rely on sexual objectification of women to condemn the objectification of animals, or that exploit human tragedies to get attention...but this particular ad makes a fair point coming from PETA's perspective, in my opinion.

[Cid_B]

8. "the suffering of animals is what PETA is about"

The problem is that their definition of "suffering" is fucking insane.

[TlalocW]

9. That actually looks delicious!!!

I bet a hybrid turkey-dog would go really well with my famous hamster poppers!

TlalocW