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Animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) told the White House that it’s time for a fresh starch, urging First Lady Jill Biden to swap chicken eggs for potatoes at the annual Easter Egg Roll.
In a pun-heavy letter to the first lady, PETA said they wanted to “respectfully suggest an appeeling way to modernize the White House Easter Egg Roll,” which is set for April 1.
In the letter, PETA president Ingrid Newkirk argued that a potato roll “would be truly inclusive and welcomed by every tot who doesn’t eat eggs for religious, cultural, or environmental reasons or because they object to the way animals are raised and killed these days.”
Below is the letter PETA sent to Jill Biden, as shared in a press release on the PETA website:
March 11, 2024
Jill Biden, Ed.D.
The White HouseDear Dr. Biden:
I’m writing on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the world’s largest animal rights organization, with more than 5 million members and supporters in the U.S., to respectfully suggest an appeeling way to modernize the White House Easter Egg Roll—one that would be truly inclusive and welcomed by every tot who doesn’t eat eggs for religious, cultural, or environmental reasons or because they object to the way animals, including hens whose reproductive systems are exploited for eggs, are raised and killed these days. Instead of promoting the deleterious factory farming and slaughter industries, will you please initiate the annual White House Potato Roll?
Easter is not a time of renewal or joy for chickens on egg factory farms. It can take up to 36 hours in typically hellish conditions for a hen—who spends her entire life in a cage smaller than a letter-sized sheet of paper—to produce just one of the thousands of eggs slated to be used at the White House Easter Egg Roll. In starch contrast, a potato roll wouldn’t exploit any sentient beings and would encourage empathy and kindness to animals while supporting potato farmers in the U.S. Potatoes are the most popular vegetable in the country and can be safely dyed, allowing for spudtacular traditional activities, such as rolling them, seeking for them, and decorating them. You could even hold potato sack races and games of hot potato!
Amid the worst avian flu outbreak in history, in which almost 82 million birds—most of them egg-laying chickens—have been slaughtered, and during a period of rising egg prices, we’re rooting for you to leave a legacy of kindness by starting this new Easter tradition.
We wish you and your family a very happy Easter and look forward to hearing from you.
Very truly yours,
Ingrid Newkirk
President
PETA pressures First Lady Jill Biden to swap eggs for potatoes at annual Easter egg roll: ‘Spudtacular’ https://t.co/elr57Bh1f0
— Fox News Lifestyle (@FoxNewsLife) March 13, 2024
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