The animal rights organisation, PETA, is hoping to place a thought-provoking billboard in Reykjavík in response to Iceland’s meat shortage. The ad will point out the that vegetables don't need vets and the organisation hopes that more Icelanders will turn vegetarian in the wake of the strike.
The Icelandic Veterinary Association is a member of BHM, the Association of Academics, whose member unions have been on strike since mid-April. Since vets are required to approve welfare conditions at slaughterhouses, no animals have been slaughtered during the strike.
Read more: Veterinarian strike threatens animal welfare, say pig farmers
The delay in the business of killing is good news for people and animals, says PETA’s director Mimi Bekhechi. Adding: Hopefully, it will open people's eyes to the fact that none of the produce that's readily available require veterinarians in order to be picked or ploughed and that unlike the millions of sensitive animals raised for food each year, none of these go screaming to their death before they reach supermarket shelves.
The animal rights organisation, PETA, is hoping to place a thought-provoking billboard in Reykjavík in response to Iceland’s meat shortage. The ad will point out the that vegetables don't need vets and the organisation hopes that more Icelanders will turn vegetarian in the wake of the strike.
The Icelandic Veterinary Association is a member of BHM, the Association of Academics, whose member unions have been on strike since mid-April. Since vets are required to approve welfare conditions at slaughterhouses, no animals have been slaughtered during the strike.
Read more: Veterinarian strike threatens animal welfare, say pig farmers
The delay in the business of killing is good news for people and animals, says PETA’s director Mimi Bekhechi. Adding: Hopefully, it will open people's eyes to the fact that none of the produce that's readily available require veterinarians in order to be picked or ploughed and that unlike the millions of sensitive animals raised for food each year, none of these go screaming to their death before they reach supermarket shelves.
