Vegans have hit out at Bunnings for holding a sausage sizzle to raise funds for bushfire victims.
The hardware retailer is set to hold a nation-wide fundraiser on November 22 in support of communities affected by the bushfires and drought ravaging New South Wales and Queensland.
The initiative has been slammed on a Facebook group for Australian vegans.
“Why oh why are people selling sausages to raise money when it’s known that meat is a contributing factor to climate change? Which is a contributing factor to these fires!” one person wrote.
“It honestly baffles my mind and makes me so sad.
“It’s a heartbreaking vicious cycle.”
Some agreed with the woman’s post, saying, “They can shove their sausage where the sun don’t shine.”
However, others said priority should be given to the efforts in fighting the blazes. “Right now, helping those fighting the fires is more dire than fighting the meat industry for climate change,” one commented.
The post has since been deleted.
Former NSW Liberal leader Kerry Chikarovski said the comment failed to regard the communities that Bunnings supports.
“They’re community-based sausage sizzles, they happen every week,” she said.
“All they’re doing is extending that, and saying this time we’re going to give all the money to victims, which is a great thing.
“Every corporate in the country should be thinking about how they can contribute to helping people rebuild their lives.”
The death toll from the bushfires had risen to four, with a severe fire danger rating in place for the far north coast, north coast, Greater Hunter, Greater Sydney Region and Illawarra-Shoalhaven.
