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PETA to sell 'kitten cakes' and 'fresh local Siamese' at seafood festival
PETA will be selling 'kitten cakes' at a seafood festival.
The animal rights organisation is protesting against the Lymington Seafood Festival on Friday, July 11, by selling "locally caught tabbies," "fresh local Siamese" and "kitten cakes" at the event.
The "provocative" display aims to "challenge people's speciesism" and "highlight that cats and crabs are the same in all the ways that matter."
PETA senior campaigns manager, Kate Werner, said: "Crabs and other marine animals feel pain and terror just as cats and dogs do.
"PETA urges anyone horrified by the thought of tucking into a tabby to extend that compassion to all animals and please, go vegan."
A "kittenmonger" will be attending the event at Bath Road Park in Lymington to sell the "kitten cakes" at the entrance from 12.45pm.
PETA is hoping to make people aware of the industry behind the meals, claiming that "live lobsters and crabs were impaled, torn apart and decapitated" at a crustacean abattoir.
The charity also states that "chefs typically place live lobsters in pots of boiling water while they're still conscious" and that "every person who goes vegan saves the lives of nearly 200 animals each year."
