Animal-Rights Activist Hits P & G Chief With Pie
An animal-rights activist walked onto a stage and pushed a tofu cream pie into the face of the chairman of Procter & Gamble Co. as he received an award from the governor Thursday.
The woman, a member of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, followed John E. Pepper to the podium during the awards banquet. She hit him with the pie and said: “Procter & Gamble poisons animals! Shame on you, John Pepper! Shame on you!”
Police identified the woman as Melynda Duval of Virginia Beach, Va. She was charged with one count of disrupting a lawful meeting and transported to jail.
PETA spokesman Michael McGraw said the reason for the attack was the Cincinnati-based company’s use of live animals in laboratory product testing.
“Sometimes a polite word doesn’t do it,” he said. “That’s why we sometimes do unusual things.”
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