Taipei Times
Date: Mar 18, 2016
By: Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter
Drawing a crowd of passers-by, a nearly naked animal activist took a bubble
A boy watches a member of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sitting in a bath tub to illustrate the large amounts of water it takes to produce beef during a campaign against eating meat in Taipei’s Ximending yesterday. The placard reads: “Purify our conscience, choose vegetarian!” Photo: : Wally Santana, AP
bath in public yesterday in Taipei’s Ximending (西門町) area to highlight the meat industry’s drain on water resources to mark World Water Day on Tuesday next week.
Ashley Fruno, the bathing activist and a member of animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), said that taking a bath in public was a fun and provocative way to raise awareness, adding that it takes the equivalent of 50 bathtubs of water to produce just one steak.
“It takes about 15,500 liters of water to produce 1 kilogram of beef, compared with just 1,000 liters to produce 1 kilogram of wheat,” Fruno said, calling on the public to go vegan to conserve water.
“Not only is the meat industry cruel, it also wastes huge amounts of water and damages the planet. You can’t eat meat and be an environmentalist,” she said. [FULL STORY]
