Vegan activist Tash Peterson claims police said she brought death threats on herself

A vegan activist bombarded with death threats claims she was told by police she brought the abuse on herself with her public protests. Vegan activist Tash Peterson claims she was told by police she brought death threats on herself with her public protests like this one at Coles Stalkers have in response sent her messages threatening to 'slit your throat' outside her workplace '"I'm not condoning this behaviour, but this is just something you need to deal with. Ms Peterson, 26, gained notoriety by accosting Coles shoppers dressed as a blood-soaked abattoir worker and invading Perth Stadium during an AFL match 'I woulda shot you on the spot,' a comment on one of her TikTok videos read Another comment encouraged people to follow her car home and 'break into her house and harass her' Someone claiming to be a farmer also sent a message threatening violence to any protesting vegan activists. Someone claiming to be a farmer sent a message threatening violence to any protesting vegan activists Another stalker writes Ms Peterson's house number to let her known they know where she lives Ms Peterson said in the days after she went to the police, meat and cheese was thrown on her family's car and an animal bone in her driveway Ms Peterson said she was worried because the stalkers knew her exact address, where she worked, and her car Ms Peterson was last month fined $1,800 for running onto the ground during Western Australia's first AFLW derby in February. Peterson, 26, ran onto the oval with a black flag that read 'right to rescue' at Perth's Optus Stadium, late in the first half of the Fremantle and West Coast game on February 15 Ms Peterson earlier this month dressed as an abattoir worker covered in fake blood, holding a meat tray with a mock-severed human hand for sale, and stormed Coles and nearby butchers She held a sign reading 'Australian free range human meat' to attack to meat industry for 'ethical', 'free range' and 'RSPCA-approved' while still killing animals.