PETA displays reality of meat industry

Published:Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Updated:Wednesday, March 19, 2014 01:03

The lawn next to Cooper Hall may be an odd place for a farmhouse. But since Monday, students have taken a tour of one there.

Once inside, students are presented with pictures of abused animals and toy mockups of de-feathered chickens crammed into a small cage. A documentary narrated by former Beatle and PETA-Pal Paul McCartney depicting animal mistreatment is projected on the back wall.

The large tent resembling a red barn was set up by PETA2, the youth division of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), to inform college students about the bloodstained meat industry.

Sacha Sweet, a tour administrator for the organization, said the exhibit is called The Glass Walls Exhibit.

Were trying to lift the curtain on the plight of animals in heavily industrialized animal agriculture in the United States, Sweet said. Were trying to bring light to how there are 10 billion land-based animals slaughtered every year for human consumption in the United States.

Americans are often given a fairy tale image of how most animals on a farm live, he said.

People imagine chickens roaming fields and family farmers milking cows, while in actuality it is often stuffed cages and cold machines.

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