PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • March 1, 2022
Responding to backlash, the animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals on Monday defended its ads at Portland International Jetport that tell travelers to “Save the whales: Don’t eat fish.” Among those critical of the signs, which depict whales in gill nets, was Gov. Janet Mills, who sent a letter Friday to jetport officials asking that the ads be removed. PETA President Ingrid Newkirk sent letters to both Mills and McDonald asking them to “consider the suffering that fish and other marine animals endure when slaughtered for food,” and expressing the hope that “instead of backing this outdated industry, you’ll support the vegan businesses in your state.”