An animal rights campaigner is to bequeath a piece of her neck to the King, one of her legs to the Grand National and her lips to the US president in her will.
Ingrid Newkirk, who founded Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), has updated her will with a series of requests aimed at continuing her activism after her death.
Alongside a piece of her neck going to the King – a nod to the Royal Family’s ties to pigeon racing and the practice of wringing birds’ necks after races – she wants her liver vacuum packed and sent to the French president.
This is to highlight France’s position as the biggest producer of foie gras and what animal campaigners call the cruel methods of force-feeding ducks and ducks to make it.
She also requested that some of her bare skin be left to the Ministry of Defence if it is still using real bear skin for the King’s Guards’ caps despite the availability of faux fur.
Ms Newkirk has asked for one of her legs to be removed and “violently” broken after her death and displayed at Aintree racecourse during the Grand National, to draw attention to the injuries horses have sustained during the famous race.
Animal rights campaigners called for jump racing to be banned and more stringent safety measures in the sport after three horses died at this year’s Grand National Festival.
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Her will states her lips should be sent to the US president to push him to “stop kissing up to the turkey industry”.
Each Thanksgiving, the president “pardons” a hand-selected turkey that would otherwise end up as someone’s lunch.
To Twitter owner Elon Musk, she will leave a piece of her heart for him to clone in response to his brain implant company Neuralink’s testing on animals.
Other requests in Ms Newkirk’s will include for her flesh to be fried up in a “human barbeque”, her skin to be cured and made into a leather belt and her lungs to be sent to the governor of Alaska.
Ms Newkirk said: “On his deathbed, they asked Bob Hope where he wanted to be buried and he replied ‘Surprise me’.
“In my case, when I die I hope to keep on surprising those who harm animals, provoking conversation about speciesism, and campaigning against animal abuse.”
