PETA requests 10-foot tombstone dedicated to turkeys killed in crash

摘要

To honor the memories of the more than 500 turkeys killed when the truck carrying them tippedrnover, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has asked the Iowa Department ofrnTransportation for permission to erect a 10-foot-tall memorial encouraging passersby to "tryrnvegan."rnThe Iowa Department of Transportation "doesn't permit memorials at all," Director of Traffic andrnSafety Steve Gent said. "When they go up, we try to contact people to remove them to thernright-of-way fence line."