{"id":1439410,"date":"2024-01-11T15:54:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T15:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radiofree.asia\/?guid=00ac7797a3fe655e8e0aaefb92b0fd08"},"modified":"2024-01-11T15:54:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T15:54:50","slug":"wiener-wars-peta-offers-wienermobile-drivers-a-job-that-lets-them-sleep-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2024\/01\/11\/wiener-wars-peta-offers-wienermobile-drivers-a-job-that-lets-them-sleep-at-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Wiener Wars! PETA Offers Wienermobile Drivers a Job That Lets Them Sleep at Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

The gloves are off after Oscar Mayer\u2019s announcement that it will pay drivers $35,600 to haul its cruelty- and cholesterol-pushing hot dog truck across the country, as PETA counters with an offer of $35,601 for representatives interested in promoting a humane and healthy diet by driving a vegan food truck. The group is offering drivers a chance to drive \u201cHell on Wheels,\u201d PETA\u2019s guerilla-marketing campaign featuring a life-size chicken transport truck<\/a> covered with images of real chickens crammed into crates on their way to a slaughterhouse, complete with actual recorded sounds of the birds\u2019 cries<\/a>, or its new vegan food truck due to launch in March.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u201cHell on Wheels,\u201d PETA\u2019s truck featuring real images and sounds of chickens being hauled to slaughter. Credit: PETA<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you realize that hot dogs are cancer-causing tubes of tormented pigs\u2019 body parts, an Oscar Mayer wiener is the last <\/em>thing you\u2019d want to be,\u201d says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. \u201cDrivers who want to sleep at night can apply to PETA and save lives instead of helping meat companies put a cutesy spin on \u2018death dogs.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

In the meat industry, workers chop off pigs\u2019 tails, clip their teeth with pliers, and castrate the males\u2014all without pain relief\u2014and cram cows into cramped, filthy feedlots with no protection from the elements. At the slaughterhouse, workers shoot animals in the head with a captive-bolt gun, hang them up by one leg, and cut their throats\u2014often while they\u2019re still conscious. Everyone who goes vegan saves the lives of nearly 200 animals a year; reduces their risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, and cancer; and dramatically shrinks their carbon footprint. PETA offers a free vegan starter kit<\/a> for those ready to make the switch.<\/p>\n

PETA\u2014whose motto reads, in part, that \u201canimals are not ours to eat\u201d\u2014opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETA.org<\/strong><\/a>, listen to The PETA Podcast<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, or follow the group on X (formerly Twitter)<\/strong><\/a>, Facebook<\/strong><\/a>, or Instagram<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

The post Wiener Wars! PETA Offers Wienermobile Drivers a Job That Lets Them Sleep at Night<\/a> appeared first on PETA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

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The gloves are off after Oscar Mayer\u2019s announcement that it will pay drivers $35,600 to haul its cruelty- and cholesterol-pushing hot dog truck across the country, as PETA counters with an offer of $35,601 for representatives interested in promoting a humane and healthy diet by driving a vegan food truck. The group is offering drivers… Read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

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