PETA...in Almaty

[almaty 19]

ALMATY (Reuters) - Two British animal rights campaigners clad in nothing more than bikinis made of lettuce leaves braved freezing temperatures on Tuesday to urge the people of Kazakhstan to stop eating horses and go vegetarian.

As the putative homeland of fictional TV reporter Borat, the vast and formerly nomadic Central Asian state has risen to prominence in recent months, leading People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to ask them to stop eating meat.

"Whereas Borat is ridiculing the country, we're trying to come here with a positive message," Yvonne Taylor, 35, told Reuters. "We're saying that going vegetarian is the best thing people can do for their health and to stop animals suffering."

Kazakhstan's national cuisine is almost entirely meat-based. Horse sausage and boiled sheep's head are delicacies while lamb and offal are part of the staple diet.

Wearing sequined green bikinis made of plastic lettuce leaves and high heels, Taylor and colleague Lucy Groom, 27, shivered as they waved placards and posed in the biggest city Almaty at temperatures hovering just above freezing.

"We've got stronger immune systems because we're vegetarian," Taylor told reporters and photographers wearing winter coats in front of Kazakhstan's independence monument.

Passers-by, including groups of schoolchildren visiting the monument, gave the PETA campaigners a mixed reaction.

"I guess they are trying to encourage kids to eat their greens which is okay," Tursunai, a school teacher, said as she watched the campaigners, who call themselves "Lettuce Ladies," hand Russian-language leaflets to the children.

But pensioner Maria Amantayeva, walking past the monument with her husband, was less impressed. She said the only problem with meat in Kazakhstan was it was now too expensive.

"Kazakhs have eaten meat for generations and many have lived into their 90s or to 100," she said. "Why are men so weak today? I'll tell you, they don't eat enough meat."

i am sure they were eyed with bad intent by the male population...and PETA is not a valued organization in 2nd world countries...

[Saddle Bronc 124]

ALMATY (Reuters) - Two British animal rights campaigners clad in nothing more than bikinis made of lettuce leaves braved freezing temperatures on Tuesday to urge the people of Kazakhstan to stop eating horses and go vegetarian.

As the putative homeland of fictional TV reporter Borat, the vast and formerly nomadic Central Asian state has risen to prominence in recent months, leading People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to ask them to stop eating meat.

"Whereas Borat is ridiculing the country, we're trying to come here with a positive message," Yvonne Taylor, 35, told Reuters. "We're saying that going vegetarian is the best thing people can do for their health and to stop animals suffering."

(no such thing coming from the chopf's at PETA)

Kazakhstan's national cuisine is almost entirely meat-based. Horse sausage and boiled sheep's head are delicacies while lamb and offal are part of the staple diet.

Wearing sequined green bikinis made of plastic lettuce leaves and high heels, Taylor and colleague Lucy Groom, 27, shivered as they waved placards and posed in the biggest city Almaty at temperatures hovering just above freezing.

"We've got stronger immune systems because we're vegetarian," Taylor told reporters and photographers wearing winter coats in front of Kazakhstan's independence monument.

Passers-by, including groups of schoolchildren visiting the monument, gave the PETA campaigners a mixed reaction.

"I guess they are trying to encourage kids to eat their greens which is okay," Tursunai, a school teacher, said as she watched the campaigners, who call themselves "Lettuce Ladies," hand Russian-language leaflets to the children.

(fact they couldn't do it in Kazakh-language shows the extent of PETA's own arrogance)

But pensioner Maria Amantayeva, walking past the monument with her husband, was less impressed. She said the only problem with meat in Kazakhstan was it was now too expensive.

"Kazakhs have eaten meat for generations and many have lived into their 90s or to 100," she said. "Why are men so weak today? I'll tell you, they don't eat enough meat."

Only thing PETA needs to do anywhere is shut down--as its absence of ethics has been noted since at least 2001!

[Heracles 417]

Only thing PETA needs to do anywhere is shut down--as its absence of ethics has been noted since at least 2001!

Well they behave like animals yet expect us to treat them seriously. I am all for treating animals humanely and punishing those who do not but you have to draw the line somewhere..

PS I have never understood why people take their clothes off to protest

Edited December 13, 2006 by Infidel

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

mmmm horse... Ooooo time for lunch!!

[Scott & Lai 12]

PS I have never understood why people take their clothes off to protest

Just a way to grab attention, I'd guess...

[Dr_LHA 3]

PS I have never understood why people take their clothes off to protest

Goes back to Lady Godiva I guess. Good way of attracting attention, do you think this would have been reported otherwise?

PETA can ####### off BTW.

Edited December 13, 2006 by dr_lha

[mawilson 2,133]

Almaty - a thread about girls in lettuce bikinis without pictures? ####### man.

[almaty 19]

sorry, i am such a chopf##k sometimes

Edited December 13, 2006 by almaty

[mawilson 2,133]

sorry, i am such a chopf##k sometimes

[Sinergy 3]

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

sorry, i am such a chopf##k sometimes

Looks like it's lettuce on top of underwear. I would like to see ONLY lettuce. PETA, I want a 100% commitment.

In America horses are pets/working animals. In Borat's country they are also food. I don't have a problem with that.

[isleta521 5]

sorry, i am such a chopf##k sometimes

This pic only reaffirms why I eat meat (a little lettuce is OK also).

[almaty 19]

sorry, i am such a chopf##k sometimes

Looks like it's lettuce on top of underwear. I would like to see ONLY lettuce. PETA, I want a 100% commitment.

In America horses are pets/working animals. In Borat's country they are also food. I don't have a problem with that.

ate it in Almaty..2 x...it is a national dish there...they don't eat allot of beef....

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

My BIL is Icelandic. I ate horses when I visited him there. Pretty tasty. They have riding horses and eating horses.

[almaty 19]

My BIL is Icelandic. I ate horses when I visited him there. Pretty tasty. They have riding horses and eating horses.

true in Kazakhstan..they have work horses, riding horses and horses breed for eating...i agree..tasty and good in plov