A blood-splattered human being covered with plastic wrap on a Styrofoam
tray isn’t something that would be offered next to other items in the
meat section in any supermarket, and with good reason.
However, Ashley Byrne doesn’t see much of a difference between this and any other packaged unit of chicken or beef.
“We’re hoping that when people see graphic images they’ll think about pigs, chickens and humans,” she said. “Flesh is flesh.”
Byrne,
campaign coordinator for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals,
along with several other volunteers, staged a protest against consuming
meat products on Monday morning in People’s Park.
PETA interns
Cassandra Calahan and Chelsea Pagan-Hermina laid sprawled out almost
completely naked and splattered with stage blood on large Styrofoam
trays under plastic wrap in the hot late morning sun. Stickers covered
their chests labeling them “FLESH,” priced at $3.18 a pound. The
stickers also stated that “Billions of animals are abused and violently
killed because you eat meat.”
Eating Chicken is Like Eating People
Those pesky People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are at it again, this time setting up a big, bloody installation in Indiana. By placing human being on styrofoam trays and under plastic wrap, PETA presumes they can make people realize that "flesh is flesh." The interviewed students seem unswayed.
Photo by Coline Sperling for Indiana Daily Student News.
