PETA is honoring the firefighters who rescued a cow on Monday from a frozen Cabarrus County pond.
The animal welfare group is giving the Mount Pleasant Fire Department one of its framed Compassionate Fire Department awards, a letter of congratulations, “delicious vegan jerky” and a copy of “The Engine 2 Diet,” the organization said Thursday. The diet is a Texas firefighter's 28-day plan for staying in prime firefighting shape by eating vegan meals.
The firefighters “sprang into action” after a farmer saw all of the cows in his pasture staring at the frozen pond, PETA said.