Brilliant or bizarre—or both: PETA proposes to convert closed meat processing plant into an ‘empathy museum’ and vegan cafe
Brilliant or bizarre—or both: PETA proposes to convert closed meat processing plant into an ‘empathy museum’ and vegan cafe
Following [the] announcement that Tyson Foods will soon close its meat processing operation in Emporia, Kansas, PETA today sent a letter to President and CEO Donnie King offering to explore leasing the 328,000-square-foot facility to convert it into an empathy museum and vegan café that would serve tasty animal-free fare. The museum would enable visitors to learn about cows’ and pigs’ intelligence and sociability and to see them as individuals rather than objects to be killed, cut up, and consumed. It could also create jobs for some of the displaced workers and increase tourism in the area.
“There’s no undoing the pain, misery, and terror that cows and pigs have suffered for old eating habits, but an empathy museum would be one way to honor the millions killed and show people why they should leave animals off their plates,” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. “PETA urges Tyson’s to consider leasing this soon-to-be-shuttered house of horrors.”
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