A woman covered in fake blood lying on what resembles a packaging
tray, just like those found in supermarkets.
And she was not the only one, with trays of “bloodied” bodies
arranged on the grounds at the Cathedral square of Barcelona,
Spain, on 20 March.
A label on the “package” read “human meat”, with its weight (72kg),
date of packaging (20/03/2013) and meat type (free range)
indicated.
The shocking display held by an animal rights group was to push its
message for people to stop eating meat.
The group, Animal
Equality, has been working to raise awareness of animal rights and
for people to have a meat-free diet.
The outdoor event
was a demonstration in support of ‘International Meat-out Day’, the
group said .
Animal Equality
said in a report by International Buiness Times: "Covered with
artificial blood in large trays, six animal right activists were
plasticised to protest against animal use for food and called for a
vegan lifestyle.”
Dozens of other
activists accompanied the protest by holding placards, it said.
"This is a
symbolic protest to raise awareness of the suffering and death
billions of other animals go through because of human
consumption."
It said the number of animals killed at abattoirs around the world
number around 6 million every 30 minutes.
A report by the UN Environment Programme in February also
recommended cutting meat consumption by half or giving it up
entirely, the article by International Business Times cited,
raising the recent horsemeat scandal which showed how farming
practices were destroying the planet.
