PETA is marking the 500th anniversary of Leonardo Da Vinci's death with a celebration honoring his memory as an animal rights pioneer with a public unveiling of a new 'Leonardo da Veggie — Eat Like a Genius' ad.
PETA: ‘Is there anything that Leonardo da Vinci didn’t anticipate? In addition to being a great artist, architect, botanist, engineer, mathematician, cartographer, geologist, and musician, this Renaissance man was also an animal advocate…
There are accounts of da Vinci — who preferred to dress in linen so as not to wear “something dead”—buying caged birds only to release them, restoring their “lost liberty.” He spoke out for lobsters: “How cruel for one whose natural habitat is water to be made to die in boiling water.” He lamented chicks who “will never come to birth” because humans steal hens’ eggs, and was clear about not eating meat…
That’s why PETA is marking the 500th anniversary of his death—which occurred on May 2, 1519—with a celebration honoring his memory as an animal rights pioneer… PETA has kicked off an international memorial campaign with a public unveiling of our new “Leonardo da Veggie — Eat Like a Genius” ad in Milan, Italy, a city where da Vinci spent much of his life and where many of his best-known creations can still be seen today’. SOURCE…