Move over, Muddy and Muddonna. As Mud Hens fans flock to Hensville for the first game of the season tomorrow, PETA’s very own “feathered” mascot will pitch going vegan by handing out free delicious “chicken” salad sandwiches outside the ballpark and encouraging everyone to go to bat for animals by leaving them off their plates.

When:    Friday, March 29, 2 p.m.

Where:    Fifth Third Field, 406 Washington St., Toledo

 “When people realize that chickens are smart, sensitive individuals who feel love and fear and value their own lives, they’re eager to step up to the plate and strike them from the menu,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA’s giveaway will encourage everyone to pull off a triple play—for animals, their health, and the environment—by going vegan.”

In the meat industry, chickens are confined by the tens of thousands to severely crowded, filthy sheds and bred to grow such unnaturally large upper bodies that their legs often become crippled under the weight. Hens used for egg production are crammed together inside wire-floored cages where they don’t even have enough room to spread their wings. At slaughterhouses, workers cut their throats—often while they’re still conscious—and scald many to death in defeathering tanks.

Each person who goes vegan spares nearly 200 animals every year; reduces their own risk of suffering from cancer, heart disease, strokes, diabetes, and obesity; and dramatically shrinks their carbon footprint. PETA’s free vegan starter kit can help those looking to make the switch.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on X, Facebook, or Instagram.

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