Ahead of Thanksgiving, a PETA “chick” wearing a turkey-themed showgirl outfit—complete with a bright orange faux-feather tutu—will give away turkey-free holiday roasts downtown during the Fall Festival of the Arts DeLand on Sunday to encourage people to enjoy a vegan holiday and give birds a break.

When:    Sunday, November 19, 12:30 p.m

Where:    100 N. Woodland Blvd. (at the intersection with E. New York Avenue), DeLand

Credit: Bastiaan Slabbers

“Turkeys feel pain and fear, experience joy, value their lives, and don’t deserve to be carved up and stuffed any more than we do,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA’s tutu-wearing ‘turkeys’ are urging everyone to show a little mercy by tucking into savory, satisfying vegan roasts that give everyone something to be thankful for.”ours to eat” and which opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview—offers a “ThanksVegan” recipe guide.

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