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A gruesome request from the founder of animal rights organization PETA will lead the organization to try to send part of her body to King Charles after her death.
Animal rights extremist Ingrid Newkirk, never shy of controversy, has long said she will have her meat cooked in a human barbecue after she dies, to convince people not to eat meat.
Now aged 73, she has updated her will with gruesome instructions to send part of her neck to the monarch, if he fails to sever ties with the pigeon sport, as she says, the neck of’ losing’ birds is often wrung out after they return.
After militant animal rights activists tried to stop the Grand National in April, Miss Newkirk has asked that one of her legs be removed from her dead body, broken and sent to Aintree, to draw attention to animals injured during the racing.
She wants her trachea sent to the Crufts dog show because she says they promote the breeding of flat-faced dogs, such as bulldogs and pugs, who struggle to breathe.
Animal rights extremist Ingrid Newkirk, never shy of controversy, has long said she will have her meat cooked in a human barbecue after she dies, to convince people not to eat meat
Part of her heart will be bequeathed to Elon Musk, who she says should not have a heart, due to “cruel” experiments on animals to develop his mind-reading Neuralink brain implant.
Miss Newkirk, who has submitted the instructions to the lawyer who will be her executor, said: ‘On his deathbed they asked Bob Hope where he wanted to be buried and he apparently replied ‘surprise me’.
“In my case, when I die, I hope to continue to surprise those who harm animals, provoke conversations about speciesism and campaign against animal cruelty.”
Frank Furedi, Professor Emeritus 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 were disposable waste – the goal is to animalize people and make animals more human.”
Miss Newkirk, who still poses nude as part of her campaign work, is 73 years old and has previously pulled herself onto a horse-drawn carriage.
Her will states that purses and other leather products should be made from her skin to raise awareness that animals are used in this way.
But she has now announced that some of her skin will also be sent to the Ministry of Defence, to protest real bearskin hats worn by the King’s Guards when faux fur versions are available.
The targeting of royal use of animal products comes despite King Charles’ love of animals, which saw him enact a policy that his chefs were not allowed to buy foie gras and reportedly saw it banned at Buckingham Palace as well.
She has updated her will with gruesome instructions to send part of her neck to King Charles if he doesn’t cut ties with the pigeon sport, saying that “losing” birds often have their necks wrung out after they return.
Foie gras, also known as “torture in a can,” is the liver of a goose or duck that has been fattened by force-feeding.
Miss Newkirk has also bequeathed her guts to chef Nusret Gökçe, aka Salt Bae, to use as sausage casings in his restaurants, and an ear to the King of Spain in protest against bullfighting, which often sees the matador cut off the ears of cuts the bull as a trophy.
Brushes are made from her hair and sent to Truefitt & Hill, the barber shop whose badger hair brushes are sold in Harrods.
Bill Lambert, a spokesman for Crufts, said: ‘While we are deeply concerned about the welfare of some flat-faced dogs, we have developed a respiratory assessment with the University of Cambridge to protect and improve their health, which is free is offered at Crufts. , we do not believe that shock tactics and horrific stunts as described by PETA will help solve irresponsible buying and breeding, or result in any positive change for these popular dogs.”
A Defense Department spokesman said: “Bears are not hunted to order for the Department of Defense. Instead, the bear skins used are a product of legal and licensed hunting, sourced exclusively from the regulated Canadian market.”
Buckingham Palace declined to comment.