NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas — The Peppa Pig theme park planned for North Richland Hills isn’t open yet, but People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in a new letter requests that meat be kept off its future menu.
In the May 13 letter, addressed to Hasbro, which produces the Peppa Pig cartoon, and Merlin Entertainments, which runs the theme park, PETA says serving animal-based food would horrify young Peppa Pig fans and clash with the values of the popular British children’s TV show.
"None of Peppa’s friends or family should be exploited or eaten, so we urge you to serve only vegan foods at your theme parks,” PETA senior director Danielle Katz wrote in the letter. “Surely, Miss Rabbit would never butcher her chicken friends to serve nuggets or take a mama cow’s milk—meant for her babies—to make cheese pizza.”
The theme park, set to open next to the NRH20 water park off Boulevard 26 later this year, is the second Peppa Pig theme park in the U.S., with the first being in Florida. Once open, it’s expected to have multiple rides, interactive attractions and a water play area.
The details of the menu plan for the North Texas location are unclear, but in the letter, PETA says if it follows the menu of its Florida location and serves animal, but not pig, products, it should follow the same rules for all animal-based products.
“Just as you decided to leave pig flesh off the menu at your Florida theme park, we expect you’ll do the same in Texas, given that pigs are intelligent, playful, and affectionate beings—just like Peppa herself. You clearly recognize the irony of selling pig meat, so why sell products made from other exploited animals like Carol Cow or Mrs. Cow? Just like pigs, cows, and other animals are friends, not food,” Katz wrote in the letter.
