AFI's Davey Havok Partners with PETA for Anti-Speciesism Campaign Featuring Rescued Rat
Davey Havok, the lead singer of the band AFI, has collaborated with PETA on a new advertising campaign aimed at combating speciesism. The campaign features Havok alongside a rescued rat named Wee Man. Havok, a long-time vegan and animal advocate, chose a rat as his co-star to highlight the discrimination and mistreatment often faced by these animals. He emphasizes that rats are caring, playful, and social creatures, contrary to common misconceptions that label them as pestilent. The campaign underscores the intelligence and empathy of rats, citing studies where they demonstrate altruistic behavior. It also draws attention to the millions of rats subjected to cruel and often useless experiments in U.S. laboratories annually, where they are denied protection under the federal Animal Welfare Act. Furthermore, the campaign criticizes the pet trade, specifically stores like PetSmart and Petco, for treating animals as products and highlights instances of severe mistreatment at suppliers.
