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PETA in uproar in growing trend of 'cicada' menus as summer bloom approaches as animal rights group uses people dressed as insects eating humans
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are protesting against the killing and eating of cicadas - a newly emerging delicacy in an insectarium's cafe menu.
The Audubon Insectarium in New Orleans announced cicada-based food items such as a green salad with apple, almonds, blueberry vinaigrette and the roasted insect for its 'Bug Appetit' cafe last month.
But since the insectarium's new menu addition has been revealed, the animal rights nonprofit has vehemently protested against what they call the murdering of insects.
On May 2, PETA activists held a pop-up 'humanitarium' exhibit featuring people dressed as giant cicadas.
The Audubon Insectarium in New Orleans announced cicadas based food items such as a green salad with apple, almonds, blueberry vinaigrette and the roasted insect for its 'Bug Appetit' cafe last month
But since the insectarium's new addition has been declared, PETA has vehemently protested against the murdering of the insects
On May 2, PETA activists held a pop-up 'humanitarium' exhibit featuring people dressed as giant cicadas
The humans dressed as insects were seen feasting on a 'realistic spread of organic, free-range human flesh' with signs reading, 'What if the tables were turned?'
In a press release, the activist group explained, 'The eye-catching exhibition will remind viewers that insects are thinking, feeling beings who — like humans — don’t want to die.'
Tracy Reiman, PETA Executive Vice President said: 'By killing and cooking insects while purporting to educate people about them, the Audubon Insectarium is being as hypocritical as the Audubon Zoo would be if it served burgers made of lions and tigers.
The humans dressed as insects were seen feasting on a 'realistic spread of organic, free-range human flesh' with sings reading, 'What if the tables were turned?'
In a press release, the activist group explained: 'The eye-catching exhibition will remind viewers that insects are thinking, feeling beings who—like humans—don’t want to die'
Amanda Brody said at the protest, 'Eating insects at an insectarium is like chowing down on a poodle burger at a dog show'
Cicadas are usually found in tropical and temperate areas globally and are mostly seen in deserts, grasslands and forests
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Cicadas across the Southeast and Midwest will be arriving in the trillions
'Cicadas feel pain — just as humans do — and PETA encourages everyone to show them and all other sentient beings compassion by keeping animals off their plates, whether they have four legs, six legs, or none at all.'
One of the activist present at the protest also drew comparisons and explained the role cicadas play in nature
Amanda Brody told WWL: 'Eating insects at an insectarium is like chowing down on a poodle burger at a dog show.
'Cicadas are remarkable individuals who can keep track of time by tasting small changes in fluid and measuring the soil's temperature.
'They spend 13 to 17 years underground and emerge for their one chance at a life in the outside world.'
Cicadas are usually found in tropical and temperate areas globally and are mostly seen in deserts, grasslands and forests.
They have long been used in folk medicines, commonly as religious and monetary symbols, and as an important source of food for humans along with many other organisms.