PETA Protesting Outside Mad Anthony’s Saturday
April 18, 2025 at 12:39 p.m.
Diners on their way into Mad Anthony Brewing Company and other local eateries that serve chicken and eggs are in for an earful on Saturday when “Hell on Wheels” - PETA’s life-size, hyperrealistic chicken transport truck covered with images of real chickens crammed into crates on their way to slaughter - will bombard them with actual recorded sounds of the birds’ cries along with a subliminal message every 10 seconds suggesting that people go vegan.
According to a news release from PETA, the vexatious vehicle’s arrival comes amid the continuing spread of bird flu in the U.S. — which has resulted in the killing of over 32 million chickens in 2025 alone. Bird flu has also infected over 1,000 herds of cows in the dairy industry since March 2024 and dozens of humans over the last year, leading to one man’s death in January. PETA’s news release says that breeding and raising animals for food creates hotspots for potentially deadly zoonotic diseases.
“Behind every chicken sandwich is a once-living, sensitive individual who was crammed onto a truck for a terrifying, miserable journey to their death,” said PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA’s ‘Hell on Wheels’ truck is an appeal to anyone who eats chicken or eggs to remember that these industries are cruel to birds and hazardous to human health and that the only kind meal is a vegan one.”
PETA’s truck will be outside Mad Anthony Brewing Company, 113 E. Center St., Warsaw, on Saturday, April 19 at noon. Saturday, April 19, 12 noon
The release also states that in the meat industry, chickens are confined by the tens of thousands to severely crowded, filthy sheds and bred to grow such unnaturally large upper bodies that their legs often become crippled under the weight. Hens used for egg production are crammed together inside wire-floored cages where they don’t even have enough room to spread their wings. At slaughterhouses, mechanized blades slit their throats — often while they’re still conscious — and many are scalded to death in de-feathering tanks.
For more information, visit PETA.org or follow PETA on X, Facebook, or Instagram.
Diners on their way into Mad Anthony Brewing Company and other local eateries that serve chicken and eggs are in for an earful on Saturday when “Hell on Wheels” - PETA’s life-size, hyperrealistic chicken transport truck covered with images of real chickens crammed into crates on their way to slaughter - will bombard them with actual recorded sounds of the birds’ cries along with a subliminal message every 10 seconds suggesting that people go vegan.
According to a news release from PETA, the vexatious vehicle’s arrival comes amid the continuing spread of bird flu in the U.S. — which has resulted in the killing of over 32 million chickens in 2025 alone. Bird flu has also infected over 1,000 herds of cows in the dairy industry since March 2024 and dozens of humans over the last year, leading to one man’s death in January. PETA’s news release says that breeding and raising animals for food creates hotspots for potentially deadly zoonotic diseases.
“Behind every chicken sandwich is a once-living, sensitive individual who was crammed onto a truck for a terrifying, miserable journey to their death,” said PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA’s ‘Hell on Wheels’ truck is an appeal to anyone who eats chicken or eggs to remember that these industries are cruel to birds and hazardous to human health and that the only kind meal is a vegan one.”
PETA’s truck will be outside Mad Anthony Brewing Company, 113 E. Center St., Warsaw, on Saturday, April 19 at noon. Saturday, April 19, 12 noon
The release also states that in the meat industry, chickens are confined by the tens of thousands to severely crowded, filthy sheds and bred to grow such unnaturally large upper bodies that their legs often become crippled under the weight. Hens used for egg production are crammed together inside wire-floored cages where they don’t even have enough room to spread their wings. At slaughterhouses, mechanized blades slit their throats — often while they’re still conscious — and many are scalded to death in de-feathering tanks.
For more information, visit PETA.org or follow PETA on X, Facebook, or Instagram.