People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is making headlines again – this time after police in Oregon said someone stole its controversial advertising truck on the West Coast.
In a press release issued Friday, PETA said it’s offering a reward for information leading to the location of the group’s hijacked life-size chicken transport truck dubbed “Hell On Wheels.”
According to the Portland Police Department, the truck was taken from the city’s Brentwood-Darlington neighborhood sometime late Monday into early Tuesday. The area is in the city’s southern edge.
Police described the vehicle as a white, 2016 Ford Econoline van a vehicle wrap. The truck dons images of chickens crammed into cages and a logo on it that reads, “Does this bother you? Then go vegan.”
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The group is offering $5,000 in cash to anyone who locates the vehicle.
In addition to the money, PETA will “provide a year’s supply of an array of delicious vegan chicken to tipsters whose information leads to the truck’s location,” the group wrote in the release.
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At the time it disappeared, the truck was in the city as part of a demonstration after hundreds of birds died when a vehicle carrying them overturned on Interstate 5 last month, the release said.
As of Friday the truck remained missing, a police spokeperson told USA TODAY.
Anyone with information about the missing truck is asked to contact Portland police.
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