Ingrid Newkirk Asks to Be Dismembered After Death

The founder and head of animal rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) Ingrid Newkirk, who is now, aged 73, has announced: "When I die, I hope to keep on surprising those who harm animals". 

And so, she updated her will which contains a pretty long list of gruesome instructions. 

One mandate is to send part of her neck to UK’s King Charles III if he fails to cut ties with pigeon-racing. The necks of “losing” birds are often wrung after they return. 

After animal rights activists tried to halt the Grand National in April, the animal rights extremist has asked for one of her legs to be removed from her dead body, broken and sent to Aintree, to draw attention to horses which have been injured while racing. 

And she wants her windpipe sent to dog show Crufts, as she says they promote the breeding of flat-faced dogs such as bulldogs and pugs, which struggle to breathe. 

A portion of her heart is bequeathed to Elon Musk, who she says must not have one due to “cruel” experiments on animals to develop his mind-reading Neuralink brain implant. 

Her skin should be made into purses and other leather products to raise awareness of animals being used this way. Some of that skin will also be sent to the Ministry of Defence, to protest against real bear skin hats being worn by the King's Guards when fake-fur versions are available. 

Her intestines are to be entrusted to chef Nusret Gökçe, who's known as Salt Bae, to use as sausage casings in his restaurants, and an ear to the king of Spain in protest against bullfighting, in which the matador often cuts off the bull's ears as a trophy. 

And her hair will be made into brushes and sent to Truefitt & Hill, the barber shop whose badger hair brushes are sold in Harrods. 

Frank Furedi, emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent, said: “Of course this is a grotesque publicity stunt designed to erode the distinction between humans and animals. 

However, there is a dark side to a stunt that treats human body parts as if they are disposable garbage – its aim is to animalise humans and humanise animals”.

Just in case, you've only just emerged from a wormhole, PETA are notorious for their signature cocktail of graphic imagery, celebrity firepower and sniff of controversy designed to grab attention by any means necessary to draw attention to the plight suffered by animals.