Photo Op: PETA Supporters to Serve Up Human ‘Meat’ in Protest of Tokyo Meat Festival

Photo Op: PETA Supporters to Serve Up Human ‘Meat’ in Protest of Tokyo Meat Festival

What:            Attendees at the Tokyo Meat Festival will be met with a startling sight outside Saturday’s Steak King Championship: a trio of PETA supporters covered in “blood” and lying on giant meat trays wrapped in cellophane. The gruesome display will remind meat eaters that humans and other animals are the same in all the ways that matter, and neither wants to be sliced up and served on a plate.

“Just like humans, cows have friends, mourn when a loved one dies, and value their own lives, yet the Tokyo Meat Festival celebrates cruelly killing them and consuming their flesh,” says PETA Senior Vice President Jason Baker. “PETA urges anyone horrified by the idea of cooking human meat to extend that empathy to all animals and please, go vegan.”

Where:           At the main entrance of the Meat Festival 2025 Steak King Championship, 1-chōme-1-16 Aomi, Koto City, Tokyo (See the Google Maps link here.)

When:            Saturday, 26 April, 12 noon sharp

Interviews will be available on-site and remotely. Photos of the protest will be available here after 3 p.m. on Saturday.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way”—points out that every animal is someone. For more information, please visit PETAAsia.com or follow the group on X, Facebook, or Instagram.

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