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Buffalo, N.Y. – As a result of Starbucks agrees that animal-friendly vegan milks are higher for the planet than dairy milk however insists on charging further for them, PETA supporters can be exterior the chain’s Elmwood Avenue location on Sunday to intercept would-be prospects with free RISE Brewing Co. vegan lattes made with creamy oat milk. The motion comes after almost 150,000 PETA supporters requested Starbucks to finish its vegan upcharge.
When: Sunday, January 29, 8:15 a.m.
The place: Starbucks, 933 Elmwood Ave. (close to W. Delavan Avenue), Buffalo
“Starbucks is counting its beans when it ought to be counting the variety of prospects it should lose if it doesn’t finish the vegan milk upcharge,” says PETA Government Vice President Tracy Reiman. “Individuals who select to drink responsibly for the sake of animals or their very own well being or as a result of they know that dairy farming is fueling the local weather disaster are indignant with the corporate for putting earnings above ethics.”
PETA has additionally held vegan espresso drink giveaways exterior Starbucks areas in Cincinnati; Cleveland; St. Louis; Loveland, Colorado; Omaha, Nebraska; and quite a few different cities.
PETA—whose motto reads, partially, that “animals will not be ours to eat or abuse in some other means”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview.
For extra info, please go to PETA.org or comply with the group on Twitter, Fb, or Instagram.
