Animal rights group says Milton billboard will honour dead chickens

An animal rights group has pledged to place a billboard near the site of a Milton crash where hundreds of chickens were killed earlier this week.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said it will put the billboard near Hwy. 401 and James Snow Parkway in honour of the chickens, “reminding everyone that the crash victims were thinking, feeling individuals.”

The crash was still disrupting traffic on the highway 48 hours after it was cleaned up. The chickens were going to the Maple Lodge processing plant in Mississauga.

“Chickens died in terror and pain because of this crash, and the traumatized survivors no doubt continued on to face the slaughterhouse knife,” said PETA president Ingrid Newkirk. “PETA urges everyone to please go vegan, saving animals from making the journey to the slaughterhouse in the first place.”

According to PETA, in 2024 there have been at least 31 documented animal-transport truck crashes.

Each year, millions of chickens are trucked to slaughterhouses.

“Each person who goes vegan spares nearly 200 animals every year, dramatically shrinks their carbon footprint, and reduces their risk of suffering from cancer, heart disease, strokes, diabetes, and obesity.”