PETA Supporters, Fire Survivors Crash Vanity Fair Oscars Party

Last night, PETA supporters and survivors of the recent fires, holding signs declaring, “Serving Meat While LA Burns? Go Vegan!,” crashed the Vanity Fair Oscar Party to blast the event’s environmentally (and animal-) destructive menu of In-N-Out burgers.

The animal defenders brought the soirée to a screeching halt, shouting, “Eating meat kills animals and the planet! Please, go Vegan!” before being escorted out by security.  

The action is part of PETA’s push for Vanity Fair to offer a vegan menu since the meat industry fuels the climate catastrophe and the natural disasters that come with it—including the wildfires that burned parts of Los Angeles to the ground and almost canceled this year’s Academy Awards. PETA points out that animal-friendly fare would also appeal to many of this year’s Oscar nominees who are vegan, including Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Colman Domingo, Demi Moore, and Diane Warren.

“While Vanity Fair slings In-N-Out to celebrities, the meat industry sends billions of animals to their deaths and pushes a warming planet past its tipping point,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “Animal agriculture is an existential threat to the Earth, and PETA is urging Vanity Fair to flip the script at future Oscar parties by switching to an animal- and planet-friendly vegan menu.”

Multiple studies show that the climate catastrophe has led to an increase in the frequency and severity of wildfires—and meat, egg, and dairy production are among its worst drivers. Methane emitted by cows is 80 times more powerful at warming the Earth than carbon dioxide, and the massive amount of water used in animal agriculture contributes to the dry conditions that allow wildfires to spread.

In addition to slashing their carbon footprint, every person who goes vegan saves the lives of nearly 200 animals each year and reduces their own risk of developing heart disease and cancer. PETA’s free vegan starter kit can help those looking to make the switch.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness.