San Antonio — To memorialize the 25 cows killed when a truck carrying overturned Feb. 8 at the Interstate 37 and Interstate 10 interchange, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals placed a sky-high message near the crash site proclaiming, “See the Individual. Go Vegan.”
PETA’s billboard is located on I-10 East, exit 574 for I-37 South toward Corpus Christi.
The truck driver told police that the truck shifted to the right side as he took an exit at the Interstate 37 and Interstate 10 interchange, causing him to lose control, according to KSAT.
Police said the truck, which was carrying 25 cows, saw its gears lock up, causing it to hit a guard rail and cross over the median before the truck rolled over on its side, according to KABB.
The driver is reported to have suffered a scratch on the forehead.
“Cows died in terror and agony as a result of this crash, while the survivors were likely rounded up and taken to be killed for their flesh,” PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman said. “PETA’s memorial encourages anyone disturbed by the thought of these terrified animals suffering on the roadside or ending up under the slaughterhouse knife to go vegan.”
More information on PETA — whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”— is available at PETA.org.
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About 4 years ago we came upon a wreck with cows all over the road and roadside. It was absolutely sickening. We have seen many wrecks in those 3 years and luckily no human beings seen as I don’t know if I could handle that as seeing these cows had me bawling for hours and I still think about it alot. The poor things had to have slid down the pavement for a few miles as far away from the wreck as they were. Some I’m sure were flying out of the truck as it tipped over.
I remember when I was younger my dad went to a slaughter place to get some meat and when he told me what they did there I refused to eat a cow for many years. After seeing those poor cows dead and some suffering on the road I didn’t think I could ever eat beef again.