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PETA President Wills Body to Group

Newkirk suggests her flesh be barbecued, skin made into purse

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 23, 2009 3:35 PM CST

(Newser) – The president of PETA has written a will donating her body to the organization along with suggestions about how best to use various body parts, TreeHugger reports. First on the list is the request that her “meat” be used as “human barbecue,” to remind the world “that flesh foods are not needed.” For similar reasons, Newkirk also suggests that her skin be fashioned into leather products, and feet turned into umbrella stands (à la elephants).

Among the more bizarre suggestions in her will:

That one of Newkirk’s eyes be sent to the EPA to remind it that PETA will be watching.
That her “pointing finger” be delivered to Kenneth Feld, who owns Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus, “to stand as the Greatest Accusation on Earth” of the treatment of circus animals.
On a positive note, Newkirk wants one of her thumbs to be delivered as a sort of everlasting thumbs-up to whoever PETA decides has most advanced the cause of animal rights that year.

Click the PETA link for the full list.

This photo released by HBO shows a scene from the documentary " I Am An Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA".The film premieres Nov. 19. (HBO)

Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder and current president of PETA, accepts a special award during PETA's 15th Anniversary Gala and Humanitarian Awards on September 10, 2005 in Hollywood, California. (Getty Images)

Pamela Anderson, left, and PETA President Ingrid Newkirk blow out birthday candles before their joint party at the Sublime Cafe in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Tuesday, June 12, 2007. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)

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