No More New Years Possum Drop In NC
After 21 years, PETA is protesting the annual New Year's Eve Possum Drop in the small town of Brasstown, N.C.
After 21 years, PETA is protesting the annual New Year's Eve Possum Drop in the small town of Brasstown, N.C.
The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, better known as PETA, does some good work, but it’s the organization’s more absurd stunts that often make headlines — and this one is a prime example.
Citing the suffering of turkeys during the Thanksgiving season, PETA sent a letter to the mayor of Turkey, Texas and asked him to change the town’s name to the tofu-based meat alternative “Tofurky” instead.