On Puppies And Pigs
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While the PETA billboard continues to receive attention, I figured I’d send some eyes to another billboard.
This Mercy For Animals billboard (shown here) is part of a growing campaign attempting to persuade consumers to make the connection between animals called “pets” and those called “food.” The campaign includes leaflets and bus ads, too.
Mercy For Animals describes the billboard:
“The campaign spotlights the simple reality that farmed animals experience joy, loneliness, fear, frustration, and pain in the very same way as our beloved dog and cat companions. Yet, in our nation’s factory farms and slaughterhouses pigs, cows, and chickens are confined in cages so small they can hardly move, are mutilated without painkillers, cruelty handled, and mercilessly slaughtered – often will fully conscious. In fact, factory farms could face felony-level cruelty-to-animal charges in most states if they subjected dogs or cats to the abusive conditions farmed animals endure daily.”
While it’s certainly not a new concept, the fresh-looking billboard and enthusiastic organization gives me hope.
What do you think? Like the billboard?
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Thanks to Tracy for the billboard reminder.
sure wish they weren’t afraid to say “go vegan” instead but i do like the billboard.
I like to think of vegetarianism as a ‘gateway lifestyle’!
Love it. Impressive. The adorable picture brings people in for the message. Then, the message creates an awareness of the connection between animals and food. The logical reasoning is effective: if a(pig)=b(dog), and b(dog)=c(companion animal), then a(pig)=c(companion animal).
The question will encourage people to think and reason their way to an answer.
Go, Billboard. Go!
Thank you for sharing! Thank you for keeping us up-to-date on vegan issues.
That’s a really good point! Why don’t we just eat both of them?
because it’s illegal to eat a dog