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08-26-05, 11:24 PM
http://www.wndu.com/news/082005/news_44307.php
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South Bend, IN - People in downtown South Bend got quite an eye-full around noon Tuesday, as two protestors posed nearly naked.
The protestors bared it all right in front of the St. Joseph County courthouse to prove a point.
At first the display drew a few stares, but got a lot more attention when those involved took off most of their clothes.
Melissa Sehgal and Eric Deardorff are with PETA, or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The two of them climbed into life-size packages of meat to make a point.
Sehgal explains, "There's 27 billion animals slaughtered annually for human consumption and basically we're trying to educate people that they do have a choice for compassion and to go vegetarian."
Chris Link, PETA coordinator, says, "We hope people will see animals as more than walking entrees."
It seemed everyone had a reaction to the life-size meat counter.
PETA representatives handed out flyers during a lunch hour that may or may not have changed some minds.
One onlooker, Blackie Fincher, says, "I eat meat. But, I don't know about this. I have never seen nothing quite like this. It's different. It gets the point across."
The traveling meat market has already visited Toledo, Ohio on Monday while Madison, Wisconsin and Detroit, Michigan are planned for later.
Check out the picture in the link ^^
South Bend, IN - People in downtown South Bend got quite an eye-full around noon Tuesday, as two protestors posed nearly naked.
The protestors bared it all right in front of the St. Joseph County courthouse to prove a point.
At first the display drew a few stares, but got a lot more attention when those involved took off most of their clothes.
Melissa Sehgal and Eric Deardorff are with PETA, or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The two of them climbed into life-size packages of meat to make a point.
Sehgal explains, "There's 27 billion animals slaughtered annually for human consumption and basically we're trying to educate people that they do have a choice for compassion and to go vegetarian."
Chris Link, PETA coordinator, says, "We hope people will see animals as more than walking entrees."
It seemed everyone had a reaction to the life-size meat counter.
PETA representatives handed out flyers during a lunch hour that may or may not have changed some minds.
One onlooker, Blackie Fincher, says, "I eat meat. But, I don't know about this. I have never seen nothing quite like this. It's different. It gets the point across."
The traveling meat market has already visited Toledo, Ohio on Monday while Madison, Wisconsin and Detroit, Michigan are planned for later.