Easter Is No Time For Cruelty March 13, 2008
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You know how people celebrate Easter by dying chickens' eggs all sorts of colors at home or school? Ok, first off that's just a little weird if you think about it. Are those supposed to be rabbit eggs anyway or what?
Second of all, it's cruel to the hens to be snatching and dying their eggs. Did you know that a large portion of each hen's beak is cut off with a burning-hot blade, and no painkillers are used? After enduring these mutilations, hens are shoved into tiny wire "battery" cages, which measure roughly 18 by 20 inches, with several other birds. Each egg laid requires more than a full day in these conditions, plus the hens are all eventually slaughtered for their flesh. Oh, and on top of that, there's no real use for males in the egg industry so millions of baby chicks are tossed into trash bags to suffocate or are thrown into grinders while still alive.
So yea. Totally not a cool thing to support ever, and especially not on Easter which is supposed to be a celebration of life. There's plenty else to eat or decorate.
That's why we want you to print out these flyers and hand them out at school ASAP. Easter is coming up and the more people who learn about the cruelty of the egg industry, the less animals will suffer. You can make a huge difference.
1) Print out these flyers.
2) Hand them out at school, church, home, or anywhere else you go.
3) Send a photo to StreetTeam@peta2.com
of you in action handing these flyers out. Or better yet, upload it here. Include a little note about where you handed them out, too. We love hearing from everyone on the Street Team.
4) The best reports will get featured on the blog and we'll even give one lucky person his or her choice of any shirt from our CafePress store!
Since this is technically a contest, we are supposed to make sure you're down with our privacy policy and terms and conditions. You have until March 24th to enter and we'll announce the winner that same day, too!
Comments
so i passed out over 50 coppies of the flyers at my school. im not sure if people took it seriously. but atleast i tried.
Posted by: micah at March 14, 2008 3:12 PMI need to do this. ... The first person I'm giving this to is my mother, who understands that cruelty is wrong, but is big on dying eggs for Easter. ... I'm going to change that.
Posted by: Malia at March 14, 2008 4:43 PMok i belive this but my friend doesnt
is this really true?
I'm Gonna Bring these to school pass them out and bring them to church and do the same thing this is not kool to do to chicks I would love to help you guys out!!!
Luv Koneko!!!
tommorrow we are going to my cousins house to paint eggs but i think i will do somthing els this year. i thought of buying little flowers of some sort and putting them in little easter decorated pots or somthing with vegan chocolate eggs:D
Posted by: caddy at March 15, 2008 12:17 PMthis is a great way to raise awareness. i am definitely going to print out these fliers and leave them around my school. thanks pulin.
Posted by: Dave at March 16, 2008 3:07 AMI can't get my family to stop buying eggs but I did find this awesome local family farm that treats their chickens like the amazing animals they are!
GO FREE RANGE!
nice. i like the idea
Posted by: at March 17, 2008 4:13 PMwhat is the whole egg dying thing for anyway ? its a waste and it's not even eating after words just tosed anyway like it was not even hard to make for the pour hens it's does not even doing anything people can just tie die a t-shirt if they what to make something colerful :D♥XD
Posted by: gcl4l at March 17, 2008 5:42 PMprinting.
leaving around my school:)
amazing!
i agree with the weird thing with the rabbit eggs
but who cares about the chickens their all gunna die any way
you say there are many more things to eat
but like what?
your gunna go and pull a head of lettuce out the ground and eat that
think about
......dont you ever watch mythbusters
plants have feelings too ya know
if your against killing and eatting liveing things then jus quit eatting
and if your willing to give your life to save these plants and animals then well....you are a dumbass
I'm Def. going to post these around my school =)
fliers are an awesome way to raise awareness.
Posted by: Katie at March 17, 2008 6:52 PMi so think this is true!! i got my friends and family to stop eating at kfc and thank god that we dont get real easter eggs!!! i wanna do somthing about this!!
Posted by: Lidia^-^ at March 18, 2008 1:08 PMthis is great
many people dont even think about it!
I once had a sign that said "dont buy eggs for easter" and I got laughed at, but this isnt anything to laugh about!
i love lil chickens. i never thought that we could do such mean things to little animals . i would never mean to hurt n e of them. I just discovered this site. i friggin love lil birdies!!! ♥
Posted by: kelsey at March 18, 2008 1:37 PMWow i love the ideas and info in that. Im printing some out now on the scool compurters.
Posted by: Nicole at March 18, 2008 2:28 PMnice that you talk about all the dirty stuff that happen to animals, but when are you gonna talk about how to stay healthy while being a vegetarian?
a lot of people don't know how to and their immune system becomes weak because of that.
it's great you tell people to beome a veg, but you should help them to stay in a right path afterwards :)
I love the idea =]
Printing them off now as I type.
I thought the eggs they used weren't from hens that hatch babies.
I thought they were eggs you like make for breakfast?
okay! i will do it!
Posted by: Nilmaries at March 19, 2008 8:54 AMi am defenitely gonna do this!:)
Posted by: renate at March 19, 2008 2:32 PMYea, chicks are soooooo adorable!! so why fry them? and kill them?
Posted by: taylor at March 19, 2008 8:10 PMI totally Love this idea! I will totally do it. I have told all about it to my friends and 10 of them are going to do it!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Ashley Burton at March 20, 2008 1:57 PMI didn't actually hand them out, but I stuck flyers and messages from me in envelopes and mailed them to 21 different people. It's hard for me to go out and leaflet at this time, so I decided to mail them. I sealed them with a critter sticker and people should be receiving them today! =)
Posted by: Caitlin at March 20, 2008 2:43 PMYou could always use plastic eggs instead of real ones.
Posted by: Michelle at March 20, 2008 8:53 PMomg i so wouldve done this... -.- to bad its saturday =/
Posted by: Adam at March 22, 2008 3:29 AMyay! good idea with the whole easter thing.yr right, easter reali isnt a time 4 cruelty
Posted by: Silverwolf at March 22, 2008 5:36 PMrely arnt they sapost 2 be rabbits? rabbits dont lay eggs!! and we should just do plastic ones eney way their way more fun. i like 2 shake theim,
Posted by: emily at March 22, 2008 9:34 PMHey, you guys are so right. I was going to do this right after I read it. Unfortunately, spring break takes place over Easter at my school, but I promise that I will spread the awareness. Thanks for the info. *
Posted by: Vicky at March 22, 2008 11:11 PM"yea, chicks are soooooo adorable!! so why fry them? and kill them?"
uh the eggs are unfertallised arnt they not?
i mean..
no eggs i use have chickens inside them..
idiot.
sometimes i'm just glad i live in a country where it isnt the go to use real eggs over easter. in nz we use chocolate eggs or chocolate bunnies. you can get carob ones but they're kinda hard to find
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i love this idea. im printing out some right now while im at scchool.
Posted by: micah at March 13, 2008 4:32 PM