PETA will have booth at Utah State Fair

by Stephen Dark

Posted // 2012-08-31 -

Long a place to celebrate farming and the local food industry, the Utah State Fair has decided to admit a contrarian this year by agreeing to let PETA man a booth amid the blue-ribboned pigs and rabbits.

The PETA booth will screen video narrated by Paul McCartney of criminal abuse of animals in the meat industry. According to a PETA press release, the choice of material is in response to a recent Utah law thwarting "the public's right to know exactly what goes on inside factory farms," otherwise known as the "ag gag" law.

The booth will parody the traditional 4-H booths that can be found selling cotton candy, corn dogs and deep-fried goodies. But PETA's four Hs will stand for "Hell for animals," "Heart-attack-inducing," "Hazard to the environment," and, somewhat long-windedly, "Hypocritical for teaching kids to care about only certain animals and to disregard others."

The Utah State Fair starts Sept. 6 this year, at the Fairpark, 155 N. 1000 West, in Salt Lake City.

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Mikee

Posted // September 4,2012 at 14:31

*yawn*

I'm thinking I'll eat a corn dog or two in front of their booth.

Michele (Shelly) Brewer

Posted // September 12,2012 at 11:36 - Wake up Mikee! It's unfortunate you already took a bite of your delicious mystery meat. Why can't people like you try to understand what an incredibly important organization and resource PETA is. I have developed a severe case of PTSD and have been grieving since April 7th of this year because my very sweet, good-natured tabby cat was taken by a sociopathic man who had been and continues to stalk me. Since my cat had gone missing my children and I looked every day and every where for our sweet cat, with no success. And then one day (purely by accident) I got into 'picture's' on my cell phone which I rarely looked at. I saw pictures of my cat tortured and killed, and turned into a pelt. The sociopath had downloaded the pictures to my cell phone. I was shocked and could not stop crying. I wanted to live in a world where evil things like this did not happen. I recently read that house cat pelts are in high-demand in households in Europe!) How sickening! The sociopath I imagine sold the pelt for $20 because he needed his crystal meth. My cat died a horrific, completely unnecessary death. The police will not even go try to talk to the man who tortured and killed my cat and downloaded the pictures to my phone. I have been keeping them for evidence. PETA is my last resort. Hey, enjoy your hotdogs while you continue to ponder your self-centered thoughts without a care in the world.