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PETA Protests McCruel Chicken Slaughter

Group boycotts fast food chains that use shocked poultry

By Ambreen Ali,  Newser User

Posted Feb 16, 2009 2:15 AM CST

(Newser) – After years of KFC boycotts, PETA will once again picket McDonald's in a bid to trigger a change in the way chickens are slaughtered in the US. American farms usually shock chickens before beheading them, a method the animal rights group calls inhumane. PETA prefers the European method, which involves gassing animals, reports the Chicago Tribune. McDonald's studies say neither method is better. US farms would have to shell out big bucks to shift to gas technology.

Chickens huddle in their cages at an egg processing plant in California. American farms shock chickens before beheading them, a method PETA calls inhumane.
Chickens huddle in their cages at an egg processing plant in California. American farms shock chickens before beheading them, a method PETA calls inhumane.   (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
PETA has tried for years to push KFC to change its chicken policies to no avail. It's now turning its attention to McDonald's.
PETA has tried for years to push KFC to change its chicken policies to no avail. It's now turning its attention to McDonald's.   (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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Guest
Jun 13, 2009 11:33 PM CDT
As a person who raises ducks I can tell you that if you hold them upside down (literally by their legs) within a few minutes they pass out. That is how we handle it when we need to cull a few males. And while I agree we eat too much meat, some meat is still necessary for development of the brain and muscles. Not to mention the population explosion if we suddenly stopped eating meat. Farmers aren't going to continue feeding and caring for livestock if there is no benefit. All those bulls will be left to fend for themselves or starve or has no one thought this through
Doctor-Zaius
Feb 17, 2009 8:47 PM CST
We are omnivores. We are meant to eat all sorts of things, meat included. Do you like your big brain? Thank meat eating because without it you would be a small brained primate sitting in the jungles of Africa eating leaves and shoots. I blame Walt Disney. Before he made cartoons with talking animals nobody gave two shits about eating animals.
Forderon
Feb 17, 2009 2:05 AM CST
I don't eat meat specifically for cultural reasons. There is a culture war going on that people aren't paying attention to. The big corps who benefit from the meat industry and people eating meat won't discourage it even though they know how much it hurts people's health and the planet. And now people are conditioned to look down on people who don't eat meat as inherently weak and beneath them. I don't want to be part of that culture.

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