'You eat wieners?' PETA wants Cincinnatians to eat vegan at Oktoberfest
Sarah Brookbank
Oktoberfest is nearly synonymous with brats, metts and wurst in Cincinnati but this year PETA is encouraging people to take a step away from the sausage and go vegan.
Before the annual Running of the Wieners, the famed dachshund race, on Friday, Sept. 21, PETA plans to place a billboard near the festival.
What will be on the billboard?
A lederhosen-clad dachshund (Cincinnati's greatest weakness) next to the words “If You Wouldn’t Eat Your Dog, Don’t Eat a Pig. Go Vegan.”
“When it comes to feeling pain and fear, a pig killed for wieners feels exactly the same way that a dog or a human being would in that situation,” PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said in a statement.
Going vegan might be a hard sell in a city known as Porkopolis.
“PETA’s billboard calls on everyone to skip the sausage and say, ‘Prost!‘ to delicious vegan foods such as franks, burgers, and pretzels," Newkirk said.
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PETA said Cincinnati Oktoberfest will offer vegan frankfurters and other animal-free options this year (from which booths, they don't say).
Oktoberfest Zinzinnati runs from Sept. 21-23 on Second and Third streets Downtown.
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