New Season, New Colleges, New Crew Members! September 23, 2009

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Hey friends!

This is Joey returning to the road with a whole new crew of eager and passionate fellow animal activists to spread the word about animal rights! We started off the autumn touring season by hitting up two colleges in Maryland. First up was the University of Maryland where we worked with their animal rights group, VegTerps, to let students know about McCruelty. This is our campaign asking McDonald's to demand their chicken suppliers adopt less cruel methods of slaughter. The majority of the students we spoke with were appalled to learn these suppliers slit the throats of fully conscious chickens, and they agreed that these practices needed to be stopped. Our friend Nugget even made an appearance to show students that chickens are to be loved not brutalized.

Our next stop was Towson University to get more veg options added to their dining hall menus. The majority of the students we spoke with were more than down to help out their fellow veg friends. Who knows—maybe they'll try out the options and go down the veg trail too.




Well that's it from me for now but I'm going to hand it over to my girl Heather so she can give you guys the word on what's been going down on her end. Take care guys! Take it away H-Bomb!

Thanks, Joey! So, I began this touring season in style, travelling to Ontario, Canada, in our trusty, "Meat's Not Green" RV with some familiar faces from the summer.




Y'all remember Renee, Mickey, Ian, and, myself, right? Well, even if you don't, I know for sure that Brock University will. We helped their student AR group gather over 2,100 petition signatures asking the school to provide more veg options for dining on campus. Meal plans are EXPENSIVE and everyone pays the same amount, so naturally every student should be able to get the same bang for their buck, right? Right. We also stopped by the University of Toronto to meet up with one of our former peta2 interns, Charlotte. She helped us gather a ton of signatures against the annual Canadian seal slaughter, where off-season fishermen orchestrate the bloody mass murder of helpless seals—as young as 12 days old. Fuckers.

Sadly, this is my last blog on behalf of the peta2 Road Warriors; but don't get it twisted, I'm still here for animals and for you! I'm just trying something new. Y'all can catch up with me on the PETA outreach team. I'll be the nerdy newbie with the glasses showing Ringling Bros., and all those other circus freaks, where exactly they can put their bullhooks! During the 1.5 years I've spent on the road with peta2, I got a chance to meet so many of you (you rule) across the US and Canada while doing what I love the most—using my (loud) voice in defense of animals. Thanks for listening, and participating, and going veg! It's been real!


Oh, and watch out for Renee, she'll be all up over this blog starting next week! Stay Active!

Joey and Heather
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