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PETA “celebrates” SPAM’s 75th anniversary

Posted by Tom Megginson | 1-08-2012 15:36 | Category: Animal rights

And by “celebrates,” of course, I mean “dresses up like animals and distributes anti-meat literature.”

According to their press release, PETA volunteers crashed Hormel’s SPAM® birthday party at the corporate hometown of Austin, Minnesota, to hand out vegetarian/vegan starter kits, Paul McCartney’s “Glass Walls,” and PETA’s “Think Before You Eat” leaflets.

PETA accuses SPAM manufacturer Hormel’s pork suppliers of “beating, kicking, and sexual abuse of pigs” — and they have a disturbing video to back it up.

They are also selling commemorative T-shirts.

Watch mainstream news coverage of the event after the break.

KTTC Rochester, Austin, Mason City News, Weather and Sports

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