Demonstration for the Abolition of Meat in Stuttgart (Friday May 27th 2011)

Around ten activists of the Tierrechtsinitiative Region Stuttgart (TiRS) ("Initiative for Animal Rights of the Region of Stuttgart") protested on the Königsstrasse (King's street). With a big banner with the slogan "Meat: the biggest suffering - 56 000 000 000 animals are murdered every year - Abolition now!" we showed the passers-by how many Animals have to lose their lives for meat consumption. At the information stall we offered people the possibility to learn about the topic of "meat". This action took place as part of the World Weeks for the abolition of Meat.
"We should no longer ignore that for a piece of meat in our plate, a sentient living being has to be killed. After repeated scandals like Dioxin and spoiled meat in Germany which makes "enjoying meat" always more questionable for the eater, people should particularly be aware that the eaten animals have to spend their lives in pain in animal factories," said Thomas, an TiRS-activist. In Germany alone approximately 500 million pigs, cows, chickens and turkeys are tortured and killed. The number of terrestrial animals killed worldwide is 56 billion. The number of water animals is 400 billion. Most animals have to spend their lives in tiny, dark cages, without having the possibility to move properly. After a stressful transportation to the slaughterhouse, they are killed -- some of them are killed without any anaesthesia.