TWO cows hang upside down with their throats slit in an alternative children’s playset. The grisly scene is completed by an angry, blood-soaked farmer and the body of an unwanted male calf in a wheelbarrow ready to be dumped. The mock-up has been produced by animal rights’ group Peta, which is angry at toy company […]
TWO cows hang upside down with their throats slit in an alternative children’s playset.
The grisly scene is completed by an angry, blood-soaked farmer and the body of an unwanted male calf in a wheelbarrow ready to be dumped.
The mock-up has been produced by animal rights’ group Peta, which is angry at toy company Playmobil for selling a sanitised play farm.
Peta is petitioning to the toy company to create a “My First Abattoir” playset after taking offence at their plastic “large farm”.
The activists claim that the current toy is misleading because animals appear to be happy – and believe children deserve to see the real truth.
Peta’s Elisa Allen called on the company “to stop lying to children about the horror behind every glass of cows’ milk and every beef burger”.
A spokesman said: “Because cows used for dairy are sent to slaughter once they no longer produce enough milk to be profitable to farmers, Peta’s proposed ‘My First Abattoir’ toy includes two cow figures who have been hung upside down and their throats slit.
“And because male calves are considered useless to the dairy industry, the set depicts a calf who has been dumped in a wheelbarrow for disposal.”
But even the Vegan Society called Peta’s idea “too grisly”.
