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PETA and KFC

Gracie on Behavior - Tue, October 09 2007

You may not see this in toniughts news, i saw it as i drove by.,

PETA Beauties Bare All to Expose the Truth About KFC's Factory-Farming Abuses

For Immediate Release:
October 8, 2007

Contact:
Ashley Byrne 757-622-7382

Indianapolis - Wearing nothing but a banner that reads, "The Naked Truth: KFC Tortures Chickens" on the front and "Turn Your Back on KFC Cruelty" on the back, two sexy PETA members will lead a protest outside a local KFC restaurant over KFC suppliers' abusive treatment of chickens in animal factories and slaughterhouses. Other PETA members will hand out leaflets to curious passersby.

Date: Tuesday, October 9
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Place: KFC, 2515 E. 38th St., Indianapolis

Why are PETA's beauties baring all? The more than 850 million chickens killed each year for KFC are tortured in ways that would result in cruelty-to-animals charges if other animals were the victims. They are drugged and bred to grow so large that many become crippled from the weight of their massive upper bodies. Many have their throats slit while they are still conscious and are scalded to death in defeathering tanks. KFC has ignored the recommendations of members of its own animal welfare advisory panel for years.

"KFC stands for cruelty in our book," says PETA's Lindsay Rajt. "We're urging consumers to boycott KFC until the company stops these abuses."

For more information, please visit PETA's Web site KentuckyFriedCruelty.com.

Petey on Oct 09 at 06:44 PM

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Good thing I don't eat at KFC a lot. This is horrible. When I hear stuff like this, it makes me wonder why I am not a vegetarian. I'll admit, I like to eat meat but I can't handle thinking about the "source." I just got back from San Francisco and while I was there, I walked through China town. I was so grossed out by the chickens hanging in the window and walking past buckets full of live fish waiting to be sold. There was even one odd looking fish that was out of water just looking at you. I felt so bad for it as it must have been suffocating to death. I could never eat something that I saw alive.

Daisy on Oct 09 at 07:48 PM

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Oh, I'm SOOOOO glad I already hated KFC, oh and Mc Donalds, and burger king, and wendys !!!! -Ali

{P.S.} Check out this website too !!!! It's on my favorites !!!! http://www.tryveg.com/cfi/toc/

Jersey Joe on Oct 09 at 09:33 PM

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http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/kfc.asp

this is PETA propaganda. PETA is a terrorist supported organization that has been spreading rumors like this for many, many years. PETA is against ANYONE owning a pet, eating meat, etc. this is just another of their stunts. i have tons of links to prove this if anyone wants to read them.

Mama T on Oct 09 at 09:45 PM

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Ditto to Jersey Joe-- PETA is not what they lead the public to believe they are.

PJ on Oct 09 at 09:48 PM

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I agree, Jersey Joe. PETA is on the extreme side of some things.

Charlie on Oct 09 at 10:45 PM

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Not to overlook the message in this post, but I think Gracie is superCUTE! Don't worry Sasha darling if you read this, my heart still belongs to you...but Gracie is a cutiepie!

Beverly on Oct 10 at 06:57 AM

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I don't support PETA, but there is a lot of cruelty that goes along with raising animals for meat. I see those slaughterhouse trucks on the way to work sometimes, and the pigs are just crammed in there so tight, and it smells horrid! I get all choked up when I see them like that. I've been vegetarian for almost 6 years. I'm not trying to push it on anyone. I know it's not for everybody. My own family thinks I'm a nut! It was a lot easier to give up meat than cigarettes though, I'll tell you that!! I just thought about what I was really eating and then I didn't want it anymore. I still want those dang cigarettes from time to time!!

Alena on Oct 11 at 05:01 PM

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Ugh, PETA...they would tear me apart if they got the chance.

Quentin on Oct 11 at 05:23 PM

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Ohjeez, don't get my mum going about PETA.

They went to a mink farm, I STRONGLY disagree with fur, but what they did was terrible. They killed anything living, pregnant mothers, kits. They even, well, hate to be graphic, but decapitated the family's dogs! Their dogs.

If they love animals so much, why kill them..

Teddy on Oct 11 at 06:00 PM

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PETA...scary...radicals...and why do they always wanna be naked??

Sugar on Oct 11 at 06:32 PM

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Grrrrrrr PETA...I've always wondered that too, Teddy. People who follow everything they say are dead. NO meat, eggs, no love from pets...

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