York News-Times Reprint
Written by R.J. Post
Diners looking for a spot of lunch at Chances R on Thursday will be greeted with a lot more than they bargained for.
PETA will be outside the popular restaurant in downtown York at noon with what it calls the “Hell on Wheels” truck.
“PETA’s hyper-realistic pig transport truck — that looks as if it contains real pigs on their way to slaughter — will bombard them with actual recorded sounds of the animals’ panicked screams along with a subliminal message every 10 seconds suggesting that people go vegan,” the organization said in a news release.
The truck was in Norfolk on Monday outside the Black Cow Fat Pig Pub.
Lisa Hurley, executive director of the York County Development Corp., hopes York residents will turn out in droves — not to listen to PETA but to support a beloved local business.
“We’re trying to be proactive, so we are supporting our local business owners,” Hurley said. “I’m hoping to drum up a lot of support.”
She hopes residents will show up at Chances R for lunch or just a cup of coffee.
“It’s our constitutional rights that people can protest,” Hurley said. “But I don’t want people to avoid going there because of the truck outside.”
PETA said it is directing its message not only at Chances R but all local eateries that serve pork.
“Behind every pork chop is a once-living, sensitive individual who was crammed onto a truck for a terrifying, miserable journey to their death,” PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman said in a news release. “PETA’s ‘Hell on Wheels’ truck is an appeal to anyone who eats pigs to remember that the meat industry is cruel to them and that the only kind meal is a vegan one.”
Hurley said Chances R is known all over the region. The York County Economic Development Corp. will be filming a video for its Talent Marketing Campaign at Chances R over the noon hour.
“So I’m hoping for a good crowd,” Hurley said.
