FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Katie Dowis, Public Relations
September 17, 2011 kdowis209@hotmail.com
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals visits Springfield, Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, IL. – On Tuesday, September 21, 2011, a spokesperson from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) will be visiting the Lincoln Library at Springfield, Illinois. They will be giving a short presentation and Q&A session regarding their organization at 11AM on the lower level of the library. There will be opportunities to learn about what PETA does and how you can join the cause.
PETA is an organization dedicated to the abolition of cruelty towards animals and promotes a healthy vegan lifestyle for all people. This organization has been criticized because of their unorthodox methods of promoting their message during protests and public engagements. PETA has organized numerous boycotts against many products and companies because of investigations that discovered animal abuse within their product testing and other circumstances. PETA has four core causes that it is committed to ending through undercover investigations; factory farming, fur farming, animal testing and animals in entertainment.
Although PETA is considered a legitimate organization, there have been critics who have linked the organization to groups such as Animal Liberation Front (ALF) and Earth Liberation Front (ELF), who have been marked by the FBI as domestic terrorists. PETA states that it does not support violence of any kind, however, Ingrid Newkirk, president of PETA has been quoted saying that she supports removal of animals from testing sites, legally or otherwise. PETA continues to grow and promote campaigns against abuse of animals and have many celebrity followers such as Pamela Anderson, Bob Barker, and singer Pink.
If you would like to learn more about PETA or the upcoming speaking event, please visit www.peta.org or www.springfield.il.us for more information.
"Animals are my friends, and I don't eat my friends"- George Bernard Shaw
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