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As Chicago prepares for a phased reopening, PETA will urge everyone to help stop future pandemics by running an ad in this Sunday’s edition of the Chicago Tribune proclaiming, “It’s Time to Stop Killing Animals for Food.”

The ad is part of a nationwide blitz running in major newspapers across the country and comes in response to President Trump’s order that slaughterhouses to remain open or reopen, causing millions of animals to be killed, and even as workers suffer from COVID-19. It makes the point that U.S. factory farms and slaughterhouses are as filthy as China’s “wet markets,” their floors covered with blood, urine, feces, and offal—and that a meat shortage doesn’t mean a food shortage, because no one needs to eat meat. Consuming it is linked to heart disease, cancer, strokes, high blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity. The ad urges, “Eat As if Everyone’s Life Depends on It, Because It Does.”

“So many people feel powerless in the face of this health crisis, but everyone still has control over what, or who, is on their plates,” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. “PETA stands ready with free starter kits, free vegan mentor services, and free tips to help people stay healthy and try to prevent the next pandemic.”

The novel coronavirus originated in a Chinese wet market where live and dead animals were sold for human consumption, swine flu began on a U.S. factory farm, and other influenza viruses have been traced to chickens. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that approximately 75% of recently emerged infectious diseases affecting humans originated in other animals.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat” and which opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview—is also running similar ads in The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Hill, The San Diego Union-Tribune, The Seattle Times, and the Washington Examiner.

Resources on PETA’s website include vegan starter kits, its one-on-one Vegan Mentor Program, and a list of vegan-friendly restaurant chains, many of which are still offering takeout during the pandemic. For more information, please visit PETA.org.

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Donkeys are barbarically slaughtered, then skinned for a traditional medicine—learn more and support our work to stop the ejiao trade.

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Today, PETA and Constance Collins filed a lawsuit against Tri-State Zoological Park; Animal Park, Care & Rescue, Inc.; and their owner, Robert Candy, alleging that Tri-State’s neglect and mistreatment of the animals held at the facility violates federal and state law and constitutes a public nuisance. The suit asks the court to order that the animals be transferred to reputable facilities.

PETA and Collins allege that the notorious and decrepit roadside zoo interferes with the rights of the public and frequently denies the more than 100 animals in its custody timely veterinary treatment, daily care from qualified staff, sufficient enrichment, proper food and clean water, and even adequate shelter. Tri-State also fails to house animals in social groups that meet their species-specific needs, including Dodger, a monkey who is confined alone and was observed picking skin off his tail until it started to bleed, and Spazz, a monkey who is confined alone and has bald patches on his body.

“With every filthy enclosure and sick or stressed animal, this abject failure of a facility shows that it either can’t or won’t meet the needs of the animals it holds captive,” says PETA Foundation Deputy General Counsel for Captive Animal Law Enforcement Brittany Peet. “The plaintiffs look forward to taking Tri-State Zoological Park before a judge and securing the animals’ release to suitable habitats, where they can live out their lives in comfort and peace.”

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to use for entertainment”—previously won an Endangered Species Act lawsuit against Tri-State, which resulted in the transfer of three big cats from the roadside zoo to an accredited sanctuary in Colorado and prohibited the facility from owning or possessing endangered or threatened species. Tri-State has appealed, and that appeal remains pending.

PETA opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETA.org.

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Please see the following statement from PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo regarding the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s lifting of the racing ban at Santa Anita Park:

Now that gambling has been prioritized over public health, the death toll—for horses and humans—must not rise. Horses died during training at Santa Anita Park even after the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health had suspended racing. If another Thoroughbred is killed, racing should be ended for equine health, regardless of COVID-19.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to use for entertainment or abuse in any other way”—opposes speciesism, which is a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETA.org.

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