PEORIA- PETA wants the state to honor cows killed on the road.
The animal rights group is asking IDOT to install highway signs in memory of cattle killed in two separate vehicle accidents. One of them happened just northwest of Peoria in October.
It happened just east of exit 24 on I-74, near Cambridge.
A truck carrying cattle flipped over and resulted in the death of six cows. The driver admitted to falling asleep at the wheel.
Now, PETA hopes to get a sign made through the Fatal Accident Memorial Sign Program--a state program that memorializes people killed by negligent drivers.
The program is for surviving family members, but PETA requests the state make an exception. PETA says the proposed signs would also let drivers know of their responsibility for the safety of animals on the road.
"Cows are sensitive and intelligent animal and they feel pain just like we do. They feel fear. They develop bonds and relationship with each other. And because there are no surviving relatives for cows who are in the meat industry, we really are the only ones left to memorialize them," said Ashley Byrne, manager of campaigns with PETA.
"I think PETA using the cow is really disrespectful to those who were lost," said Peoria resident Tracey Greenwood.
The group also wants the state to put up a sign near the sight of a similar accident in Chicago.
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