PETA erects pro-vegan billboard outside Bolton station after commuter who asked for oat milk in his coffee was told 'we don't do that sort of thing here' Paul Whitley popped into WH Smiths for his usual oat milk coffee two weeks ago, but received short shrift - and now PETA has hit back on his behalf READ MORE: From cow's and oat to soya and almond - a dietician reveals which milk is really best for health By Eleanor Dye Published: 08:15, 23 May 2024 | Updated: 08:41, 23 May 2024 e-mail View comments Animal rights group PETA has hit back with a vegan billboard outside a northern train station where a coffee drinker went viral for being refused oat milk in his coffee . Paul Whitley was left stunned last month when a staff member in WH Smith in Bolton station told him 'we don't do that sort of thing here' when he asked for the plant-based alternative milk in his hot beverage. He posted on Twitter: 'I'm in Bolton train station and I asked for oat milk in my coffee and the lady told me they don't do that kind of thing here.
' PETA has now responded by placing a billboard outside the station, reading: 'Because You Consume Dairy, Calves Die. GO VEGAN.' The bright blue sign on Derby Street, which features a bottle of milk containing the pained image of a cow, is just 500 metres from the railway station and will be in place for two weeks.
PETA has hit back with a large billboard outside the station reading: 'Because You Consume Dairy, Calves Die' Paul Whitley, 39, from Sheffield went .
