PETA wants roadside memorial for dead cows
The Canadian Press
Posted: Feb 15, 2012 12:00 PM CST
Last Updated: Feb 15, 2012 11:40 AM CST
Animal rights group PETA wants to set up a roadside memorial sign in Manitoba for 71 cows that were killed in a crash.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is asking the Manitoba government for permission to place a sign along Highway 5 near Carberry, about 170 kilometres west of Winnipeg.
That's where a semi-trailer hauling the cows collided with a train on Jan. 31.
The group is asking that the sign read "Careless Driving Costs Lives: In Memory of 71 Cows."
Manitoba established a roadside memorial program for people killed in highway crashes in 2008.
The program, developed in co-operation with Mothers Against Drunk Driving, sees standardized signs placed along roadsides where someone had been killed by an impaired driver.
© The Canadian Press, 2012
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