The animal rights group claimed « bullpen » is a reference to where bulls are held before they are slaughtered.
As the World Series heads into Game 3 on Friday, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is using the added attention to baseball to call for the removal of the word « bullpen » from the sport’s vocabulary. In a Thursday statement, the animal rights group said the term « references the holding area where terrified bulls are kept before slaughter. » PETA even offered up the « more modern, animal-friendly term » of « arm barn. » « Words matter, and baseball ‘bullpens’ devalue talented players and mock the misery of sensitive animals, » PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman said in the statement. « PETA encourages Major League Baseball coaches, announcers, players, and fans to change up their language and embrace the ‘arm barn’ instead. » PETA wrote in its statement that the term « bullpen » is used in the meat industry, and it’s an area where « cows are hung upside down and their throats are slit » before they are processed into food products.
