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The Tattooed Body of an Animal Lover Animal rights activist Ashley Fruno uses her body as a canvas. Tattoos painted across her body depict her strong belief in protecting animals from suffering and cruelty. A vegetarian at the age of 12 and a vegan at 16, the senior campaigner with the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Asia Pacific got her first tattoo, the “cruelty-free” logo, when she was 18. (…) She said her first tattoo was in memory of the millions of animals killed by product manufacturers, “by having chemicals pumped into their stomachs, squirted into their eyes, and rubbed on their sensitive shaved skin”. As time went by, Fruno kept on tattooing her body to express herself and what was important to her. “Every image that I choose to ink on my body is very significant to me”. For her second tattoo, she chose to have the word “vegan” across the back of her neck, just visible above the collar. She admitted it was her favorite tattoo. “For me, being vegan is not just a dietary choice, but a choice to prevent as much as animal suffering as I possibly can. There’s not one word that I feel describes who I am and what I stand for more. Plus, it’s just visible above my collar line so people ask about it all the time — it’s a great outreach tool!” A small tansy flower on her chest represents courage, which she said was something she held in high esteem. “Courage is something I really value as a lot of the things we need to do to speak out against injustices aren’t easy, but the animals do need us to speak up for them, every time,” she said. A purple allspice flower on the back of her shoulder representing compassion was Fruno’s fourth tattoo. She expanded the tattoo in Manila by adding a bird flying out of a cage, symbolizing total animal liberation, she said. The bird — a hummingbird, is her mother’s favorite animal.   (…) “I found a vein in my chicken nugget while eating with my family at McDonald’s and realized that if animals had veins just like us, they felt pain and suffered in the same way too,” she said. The gado-gado (Indonesian nut sauce vegetable dish) lover said her mission became “to do as much as I can to end all animal suffering”. “I stay active because I know animals are counting on me. Animals, unlike people, can’t speak up for themselves,” she said. Original Article and photo via thejakartapost

The Tattooed Body of an Animal Lover

Animal rights activist Ashley Fruno uses her body as a canvas. Tattoos painted across her body depict her strong belief in protecting animals from suffering and cruelty.

A vegetarian at the age of 12 and a vegan at 16, the senior campaigner with the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Asia Pacific got her first tattoo, the “cruelty-free” logo, when she was 18.

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She said her first tattoo was in memory of the millions of animals killed by product manufacturers, “by having chemicals pumped into their stomachs, squirted into their eyes, and rubbed on their sensitive shaved skin”.

As time went by, Fruno kept on tattooing her body to express herself and what was important to her. “Every image that I choose to ink on my body is very significant to me”.

For her second tattoo, she chose to have the word “vegan” across the back of her neck, just visible above the collar. She admitted it was her favorite tattoo.

“For me, being vegan is not just a dietary choice, but a choice to prevent as much as animal suffering as I possibly can. There’s not one word that I feel describes who I am and what I stand for more.

Plus, it’s just visible above my collar line so people ask about it all the time — it’s a great outreach tool!”

A small tansy flower on her chest represents courage, which she said was something she held in high esteem.

“Courage is something I really value as a lot of the things we need to do to speak out against injustices aren’t easy, but the animals do need us to speak up for them, every time,” she said.

A purple allspice flower on the back of her shoulder representing compassion was Fruno’s fourth tattoo. She expanded the tattoo in Manila by adding a bird flying out of a cage, symbolizing total animal liberation, she said. The bird — a hummingbird, is her mother’s favorite animal.  

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“I found a vein in my chicken nugget while eating with my family at McDonald’s and realized that if animals had veins just like us, they felt pain and suffered in the same way too,” she said.

The gado-gado (Indonesian nut sauce vegetable dish) lover said her mission became “to do as much as I can to end all animal suffering”.

“I stay active because I know animals are counting on me. Animals, unlike people, can’t speak up for themselves,” she said.

Original Article and photo via thejakartapost

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