Last weekend, In Defense of Animals joined over one hundred activists who marched down Hollywood Boulevard in honor of animals suffering behind closed doors on factory farms and in slaughterhouses around the world. Activists surprised tourists at the infamous Grauman’s Chinese Theatre with a “die-in,” where they lay on the ground for a moment of silence to honor the animals who were killed for human consumption. Hundreds of onlookers took video footage of the event, spreading the word across the Internet.

The food industry exploits, abuses, and kills more animals than any other. This march questioned the practice of slaughter and proclaimed slaughterhouses as places of terror, violence, and death.  In a bold public political statement, activists marched to demand the end of animal exploitation by closing slaughterhouses everywhere.

The March to Close All Slaughterhouses was founded in France in 2012, as part of the World Week for the Abolition of Meat (WWAM). Each year, more cities join in solidarity to march for the animals. This year, over one thousand French activists took to the streets! Activists marched in these cities: Toronto, Canada; Paris, France; Toulouse, France; Montreal, Canada; Sydney, Australia; Los Angeles, USA; London, England; Kassel, Germany; Berlin, Germany; Istanbul, Turkey; Bern, Switzerland; Brussels, Belgium.

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