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PETA Pig on the Campaign Trail in S.C.
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You hear politicians and journalists complain all the time about how grueling it is to follow the campaign trail, but none of those guys ever had to do it in a pink pig costume (to my knowledge). So I want to take a moment to recognize my colleague Ashley Byrne and the brave PETA interns Chris Arellano and Lacey Knox who have been showing up at campaign stops around the country to drum up support for PETA’s call for an excise tax on meat. These pics from South Carolina—where the pigs were a big hit with democrats and republicans alike—are pretty damn adorable.
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The pigs are very adorable!!! their message is an important one also!!! Go piggies!!!!
Posted by: Ana | January 25, 2008 03:38 PM
Are they up for election? I like their views on the environment.
They'd look cute giving a State of the Union.
Posted by: Maya, C.V.T. | January 25, 2008 08:28 PM
Has anyone heard about this story?
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/080125/K01259AU.html
Posted by: Michele | January 25, 2008 10:01 PM
Does PETA have any info on how the various candidates stand on taxing meat? I love the pigs!
Posted by: Susannah S | January 26, 2008 09:25 AM
I missed the Peta Pigs:( I wish I would have known they were in the area..
Maya I would surely vote for them if they come up on the ballot:)
Posted by: Dana | January 26, 2008 11:14 AM
These rosy piglets won my heart! and all my admiration goes to the lovely souls there inside - they do a great job! Thank you so much - your endeavour in rising awareness to this topic is so important and necessary! May God bless you!
Posted by: Le Petit Prince | January 26, 2008 02:17 PM
Michele,
More proof that pigs are intelligent—unhappy ending, but he tried.
Posted by: Mike Quinoa | January 26, 2008 03:23 PM
Hi Dana, yeah I like them better than any of the other choices!! ;)
Posted by: Maya, C.V.T. | January 27, 2008 02:17 PM
Great costumes and a wonderful idea - meat eaters should be taxed!!
Posted by: kathleen wissenz | January 27, 2008 02:40 PM
Mike, I just wish more people would stop and really think about what they are doing to animals when they read stories like that one. Maybe they just think it's "cute", or maybe they don't even want to know about it...
Posted by: Michele | January 27, 2008 03:49 PM
Nice to see that you're putting your resources and employees' time to good use. A tax on meat will surely happen very soon! I'm sure anyone in Congress would be thrilled to sponsor such a bill and would never face any backlash from the majority of their constituents. A federal meat tax is a totally realistic goal!
Posted by: Ashes | January 28, 2008 05:16 PM
I sensed alot of sarcasm in Ashes post! Why should I pay more for meat? Why shuoldn't you pay more for your veggies? I am 100% against this little ploy! If you try to tax America's meat,you will have a fight you can't win on your hands. You might want to put your effort elsewhere!
Posted by: Kurt K | January 30, 2008 04:20 PM
Forget taxes, how about just dropping the taxpayer subsidies? That would drive the price of flesh, eggs, and dairy through the roof!
Posted by: Brandon Becker | January 31, 2008 10:35 PM
Good luck on getting that to happen! "Some motherf-ers are always trying to iceskate up-hill!" I had to quote the movie 'Blade', it seemed fitting!
Posted by: Kurt K | February 1, 2008 11:10 AM