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President Joe Biden, c’mon man—protect ALL turkeys! PETA is urging the 46th president to leave a legacy of kindness by canceling the shameful White House Turkey Pardon—because, as he might say, they didn’t do a “damn thing” to be pardoned for.
Our letter points out that Biden’s time in the Oval Office is drawing to an end, which means he is free to cancel greedy factory farm lobbyists’ annual invitation to the White House and do right by our fellow animals.
As a ‘lame duck,’ you no longer need to heed the interests of factory farms and, instead, have a joyous opportunity to spare Americans and turkeys this humiliating meat-industry stunt that uses the White House as its public relations backdrop.”
Turkeys are sensitive, intelligent, social birds who want to spend their days taking dust baths, raising their families, and nesting. As our letter notes, the industry that raises and slaughters birds for their flesh “is a dirty business that’s unpardonably guilty of contributing to the climate catastrophe and water contamination as well as pumping birds full of antibiotics that are passed on to consumers, maximizing profits at the expense of even minimal animal welfare.”
Farms force turkeys to live in severely crowded conditions, mired in their own waste, risking the spread of zoonotic diseases like bird flu—the most recent outbreak of which has led to the slaughter of more than 100 million birds and burdened taxpayers because factory farms receive millions of dollars in compensation for the industry’s irresponsibility.
This industry is guilty of astounding cruelty, as evidenced by PETA’s recent investigation into Plainville Farms—a “humane” turkey supplier, where workers kicked, stomped on, tossed, and beat turkeys—resulting in the largest number of cruelty charges in a factory-farming animal case in U.S. history.
A PETA investigation into a Butterball slaughterhouse found workers bludgeoning and sexually assaulting the birds. The president of the U.S. shouldn’t be sanctioning or humane-washing this abuse, which is particularly offensive to Americans who don’t eat meat for ethical, environmental, health, religious, or other cultural reasons.
Ben Franklin may or may not have lobbied for the turkey to be our national bird, but either way, turkeys don’t deserve the slaughterhouse knife or a patronizing pardon humane-washed by the president.” – PETA President Ingrid Newkirk.
No More Meat Industry Malarkey! Go Vegan
Here’s the bottom line: Every animal is someone with feelings, interests, and a unique personality. YOU can spare turkeys and other animals exploited and killed for their flesh by going vegan. Make the compassionate switch today:
