PETA’s attention-grabbing tactics

By: The Winnipeg Free Press, The Associated Press Posted: 6:11 PM CST Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014 Last Modified: 2:21 PM CST Friday, Dec. 5, 2014

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Emily Lavender and Courtney Shwetz hand out free vegan pizza to passersby Wednesday in front of Portage Place.

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Emily Lavender (left) and Courtney Shwetz hand out free vegan pizza to passersby Wednesday. — Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press Emily Lavender (left) and Courtney Shwetz hand out free vegan pizza to passersby Wednesday.

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Courtney Shwetz and Emily Lavender hand out vegan pizza to passerby Wednesday. — Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press Courtney Shwetz and Emily Lavender hand out vegan pizza to passerby Wednesday.

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Emily Lavender (left) and Courtney Shwetz hand out free vegan pizza and leaflets to passersby Wednesday. — Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press Emily Lavender (left) and Courtney Shwetz hand out free vegan pizza and leaflets to passersby Wednesday.

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Courtney Shwetz promotes the virtues of being vegan as she hands out free vegan pizza wearing a short dress in front of Portage Place Wednesday. — Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press Courtney Shwetz promotes the virtues of being vegan as she hands out free vegan pizza wearing a short dress in front of Portage Place Wednesday.

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Emily Lavender sports a lettuce bikini on the frosty corner of Osborne Street and River Avenue in -12 C temperatures in Jan. 2011, handing out soy cocoa to encourage Winnipeggers to go vegan. — KEN GIGLIOTTI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS files Emily Lavender sports a lettuce bikini on the frosty corner of Osborne Street and River Avenue in -12 C temperatures in Jan. 2011, handing out soy cocoa to encourage Winnipeggers to go vegan.

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A bundled up passerby has a laugh and a free cup of hot soy milk cocoa given out by — Ken Gigliotti / Winnipeg Free Press files A bundled up passerby has a laugh and a free cup of hot soy milk cocoa given out by "PETA 's Sexy Lettuce Lady" ( PETA'S words) in Jan. 2011.

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Holly Fraser, a spokesperson for PETA, protests the treatment of chickens in front of a St. Mary's Road KFC at llunch hour. She and a handful of supporters dressed as chickens and handed out leaflets in 2003. — PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS files Holly Fraser, a spokesperson for PETA, protests the treatment of chickens in front of a St. Mary's Road KFC at llunch hour. She and a handful of supporters dressed as chickens and handed out leaflets in 2003.

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Two animal-rights activists dressed as giant condoms handed out animal birth control leaflets at a busy downtown intersection, the northeast corner of Portage Avenue and Edmonton Street on May 10, 2013. — Boris Minkevich / Winnipeg Free Press files Two animal-rights activists dressed as giant condoms handed out animal birth control leaflets at a busy downtown intersection, the northeast corner of Portage Avenue and Edmonton Street on May 10, 2013.

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PETA members held a pro-vegan demonstration in front of Dunn-Rite Food Products Ltd. on Hamelin St. in July 2011. — WAYNE GLOWACKI/WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES PETA members held a pro-vegan demonstration in front of Dunn-Rite Food Products Ltd. on Hamelin St. in July 2011.

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Members of PETA and International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) held an anti-seal hunt protest during the Olympic Torch run in 2010. — (Ken Gigliotti/Winnipeg Free Press files Members of PETA and International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) held an anti-seal hunt protest during the Olympic Torch run in 2010.

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A passerby, right, appears to mock anti-fur protesters Tanya Ward, left, Zoe Crawford and Jacqui House, right, who have stripped to their underwear in an attempt to persuade clothing designers to stop using animal fur in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. The protestors from PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, are protesting at Sydney Town Hall where a fashion festival is set to begin. — Rick Rycroft / The Associated Press files A passerby, right, appears to mock anti-fur protesters Tanya Ward, left, Zoe Crawford and Jacqui House, right, who have stripped to their underwear in an attempt to persuade clothing designers to stop using animal fur in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. The protestors from PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, are protesting at Sydney Town Hall where a fashion festival is set to begin.

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Three protesters of animal-rights organization PETA wear body paint and display posters against the use of furs in the fashion industry prior to the launch of the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week for Autumn Winter 2014, in Berlin, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. — Markus Schreiber / The Associated Press files Three protesters of animal-rights organization PETA wear body paint and display posters against the use of furs in the fashion industry prior to the launch of the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week for Autumn Winter 2014, in Berlin, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014.

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Models wear rabbit heads and hold banners as they protest against the use of fur, outside Somerset House in London, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. — Kirsty Wigglesworth / The Associated Press files Models wear rabbit heads and hold banners as they protest against the use of fur, outside Somerset House in London, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. "Every day, gentle rabbits are bludgeoned, electrocuted and skinned just for the sake of a jacket or a scarf," says PETA Director Mimi Bekhechi. The protest was to mark the start of London Fashion week.

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A member of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) poses in a gown made of lettuce leaves and holds a sign that reads, — Eugene Hoshiko / The Associated Presss files A member of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) poses in a gown made of lettuce leaves and holds a sign that reads, "Let Vegetarianism Grow on You" in Chinese during an event on a busy shopping street in Shanghai, China, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013.

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Animal rights activist and co-founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Ingrid Newkirk poses on a mock barbecue stand as a sign of protest in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013. — Rafiq Maqbool / The Associated Press files Animal rights activist and co-founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Ingrid Newkirk poses on a mock barbecue stand as a sign of protest in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013.

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