Spiteful moment vegan activist Tash Peterson is pelted with a McDonald’s drink in what she claims is an act of ‘speciesism’ [Video]

A notorious animal rights activist has detailed how she was targeted in two separate attacks within an hour – claiming the perpetrators were attempting to suppress the truth about ‘speciesism’.

Tash Peterson was filming her boyfriend Jack Higgs to raise awareness about animal cruelty outside a McDonald’s in Perth, when a teenage girl threw a drink at her head.

Just an hour later, the couple were dining at vegan restaurant Lord of The Fries when another woman threw a drink at Ms Peterson, who claims she was then set upon by several others after she went outside confront the woman.

A distressed Ms Peterson took to social media on Sunday to express her anger about the incidents.

‘They are direct responses to my activism and to me unapologetically being who I am: someone who refuses to stay silent about the exploitation and murder of non-human people,’ she wrote.

‘Let’s be clear- these actions are not just attacks on me; they …