An animal rights group will bombard the streets of DC with visceral cries of distressed turkeys and subliminal messages urging people to go vegan, as the White House held its annual turkey Thanksgiving tradition on Monday.

The disturbing animal cries and subliminal messages are part of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ (PETA) ‘Hell on Wheels’ turkey truck, which has been traveling to 30 different states across the country since October, making stops at supermarkets. , busy city areas and ultimately the presidential turkey pardon. The truck, which is meant to look like a realistic turkey transporter covered in images of birds crammed into crates, was placed Sunday evening outside the Willard Hotel, where the birds were housed ahead of the ceremony. On Monday, the truck set up shop outside the White House.

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Two turkeys named Liberty and Bell, who will attend the annual presidential pardon at the White House ahead of Thanksgiving, attend a press conference, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

“It’s a life-size turkey transporter, covered in pictures of real sickly turkeys. And if people listen very carefully, every ten seconds they will hear a subliminal message to become vegan. And that’s because we want people to listen and pay attention, because every turkey is an individual,” Amanda Brody, assistant manager in PETA’s international grassroots campaigns department, told Fox News Digital.

“No one needs to eat meat, dairy or eggs to be healthy, and everyone can help stop this unnecessary suffering by simply going vegan today or enjoying a vegan roast for their Thanksgiving dinner next Thursday.”

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Earlier this month, PETA President Ingrid Newkirk sent a letter to President Biden, urging the “lame duck president” to cancel what she described as the “miserable” turkey pardon tradition. Newkirk argued that the tradition is “a humiliating stunt by the meat industry that the White House is using as a public relations backdrop.”

Thanksgiving photo and PETA President Ingrid Newkirk split the image (Adobe Stock/Getty/iStock)

“Turkeys are devoted parents who purr at their chicks and whose skin changes color to express their emotions, but in the meat industry they are treated like insensible objects, crammed into filthy sheds and slaughtered, often while still conscious. ,” Newkirk said Monday. “PETA’s ‘Hell on Wheels’ truck is sending a strong message that it is in the Oval Office to make money for the meat industry and is appealing to the public to please give birds a break by choosing vegan this Thanksgiving and then.”

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The history of the presidential turkey pardon is a bit murky, with some believing it first began when President Abraham Lincoln granted “clemency” to a turkey in 1863. Others have suggested that the tradition began much later with President Harry S. Truman. Meanwhile, according to NPR, the pardon tradition for Turkey was formalized in 1989 by President George HW Bush.