Animal rights activists demonstrating in Circus Square Friday

Several vegan animal welfare activists will demonstrate with a pseudo-art performance in Circus Square Park from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.

To peacefully protest the animal agriculture industry, participants of the “Cube of Truth” event will don black attire and Guy Fawkes masks – an item made famous by the 2006 film, “V for Vendetta” – while holding signs reading “truth” and broadcasting videos of the inhumane treatment of animals at factory farms from laptops and tablets.

Among the videos, which are linked to the “Cube of Truth: Bowling Green” Facebook event page, there’s footage of geese getting their feathers ripped out by hand one by one, pigs cramped in cages trying to chew the metal bars locking them in place, Hormel employees slicing off small pigs’ tails and leaving the corpses bleeding out on the floor and a newborn calf being pulled from his or her mother’s womb, dragged away and being tossed into a cart.

Katie Abbott, a Bowling Green resident and volunteer with Nashville’s chapter of Anonymous for the Voiceless, the animal welfare group that helps organize “Cube of Truth” events, is excited that Bowling Green is creating a chapter. She plans to participate in its first event Friday.

“I’m a strong believer that the truth about the animal agriculture industry has been hidden from the public,” Abbott said. “I feel this event is a good way to make everyone aware of where their food comes from. It’s important that we all understand what the animal’s experience (is) during the entire process.”

Abbott said she will wear black head to toe with vegan Vans shoes. While participating in the “Cube of Truth,” she’ll don a mask, but afterward she said she’ll happily reveal her identity to chat with people.

“Veganism is important because respect and equality of life is important,” Abbott said. “If you care about animals, the environment, your health and even other humans, living as a vegan is the best option. Veganism causes the least amount of harm to everyone.”

Anonymous for the Voiceless specializes in street activism. Since 2016, the group has held more than 4,000 demonstrations across the globe, according to its website, www.anonymousforthevoiceless.org.

This week alone, the digital coalition, which claims to hold an “abolitionist stance on animal exploitation,” is hosting 172 events across the planet from Perth, Australia, to Lima, Peru, and from Stockholm, Sweden, to Durban, South Africa.

In Bowling Green on Friday, organizers hope to make a big impact due to the expected foot traffic for Bueler’s Day Off, which will be performing in the same location at the same time as part of the city’s Concerts in the Park series.

Masks, signs and outreach literature will be provided at the event.