‘Friends, Not Food!’: Chester Theatre Urged to Drop Pig Flesh from Menus at Peppa Pig Show

Chester – Ahead of Peppa Pig’s Big Family Show at Storyhouse Theatre (18 – 19 July), PETA sent a letter to Storyhouse CEO Annabel Turpin, urging her to keep the experience family-friendly for all – human and porcine alike – by removing pig flesh from the venue’s meaty menus. If the theatre agrees, PETA has offered to provide vegan ham and hot dogs.

“Encouraging children to cheer for Peppa and her family one moment, then inviting them to eat the flesh of pigs the next is deeply disturbing,” writes PETA Vice President Dawn Carr. “The production won’t show Peppa and her baby sister Evie convulsing in a gas chamber, but the products of this real-life suffering are served at the theatre. Storyhouse can bypass this ugly business and cater to children’s natural empathy by removing pig flesh from its menus and upgrading to pig-friendly vegan products.”

Pigs are just as enamoured with muddy puddles as Peppa herself, they dream when they sleep, recognise their own names, and show empathy for other pigs who are happy or distressed. But the millions of pigs raised and killed for food every year in the UK are denied everything natural and important to them. They spend their entire lives confined to filthy, crowded sheds before being sent to abattoirs, often at just six months old – even younger than Peppa’s new baby sister, Evie.

After hearing from PETA, the Grimsby Auditorium agreed to remove all pig flesh from their Stage Door Café during their run of Peppa Pig’s Big Family Show and served vegan ham instead.

Each person who goes vegan spares hundreds of pigs and other animals every year from a violent death and slashes their own risk of suffering from heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and strokes. PETA offers free vegan starter kits for anyone looking to make the switch.

PETA – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat” – points out that when it comes to the ability to feel pain, hunger, and fear, a pig is a dog is a boy. For more information, please visit PETA.org.uk or follow PETA on X, Facebook, or Instagram.

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Lucy Watson +44 (0) 20 7837 6327; [email protected]

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