PETA'S Giant 'Carrot' To Give Students Pro-Veggie Message
For Immediate Release: 11 November 2002
PETA'S GIANT 'CARROT' TO GIVE STUDENTS PRO-VEGGIE MESSAGE
USA's 'Righteous Root' Has Just the Fix for Kiwi's Corpulent Kids
Auckland - On the heels of alarming reports about the rapidly expanding waistlines of children down under, People for
the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), and Save Animal From Exploitation (SAFE), have dispatched the lovable,
2+-metre-tall ambassador of healthful eating, Chris P. Carrot, who will hold a sign reading, 'Eat Your Veggies, Not Your
Friends', and hand out leaflets as he greets ample little Kiwis on their way home from school. The 'carrot' will urge
kids to chuck the burgers, dump the dairy and eject the eggs from their diets in favour of delicious, low-fat vegan
alternatives:
Date: Tuesday, 12 November
Time: 2:30 pm
Place: St Kentigern School
82 Shore Rd
Remuera
Why do PETA want New Zealanders to trim the fat? Fat-laden animal-based foods have been linked to obesity, and obesity
kills. Eating meat and other animal products not only causes immense suffering for the millions of animals raised and
killed for food, it also leads to life-threatening illnesses in consumers. Being overweight during childhood increases
the risk of adult-onset diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, heart disease and kidney failure. In the last 10 years
kids average weight has increased 2.5 kilograms.
'Meat and dairy foods make kids fat, not fit', says PETA Director of Vegan Outreach Bruce Friedrich. 'It's time to put
children on a healthful and compassionate vegan diet.'
Chris P. Carrot's world tour continues to New York, Washington, Los Angeles, London, Rome, Toronto and Dublin.
For more information, please visit GoVeg.com
Contact: Jason Baker (PETA) 021 352 080; JasonB@peta.org Anthony Terry (SAFE) 021 611 979; SAFE@chch.planet.co.nz