Pamela Anderson's PETA billboard that popped up on US 41 near Green Bay
caught the eye of GBPG reporter Tony Walter. His light-hearted commentary led me to a little further research on the issue at
KentuckyFriedCruelty.com where I learned:
- When chickens are slaughtered, they are hung upside-down with their legs snapped into metal shackles, which often breaks their bones. Many are still fully conscious when their throats are slit and when they are immersed in scalding-hot water for feather removal.
- McDonald’s and Denny’s have made strides toward implementing PETA's request for controlled-atmosphere killing (CAK), the least cruel method of slaughtering chickens ever developed, while KFC continues to drag its feet.
- PETA actually bought shares of McDonald’s stock in order to present a shareholder's proposal, which calls on the company to prepare a feasibility report for switching its chicken suppliers over to CAK.
- The CAK method utilizes a controlled environment in which the oxygen is slowly replaced with argon or nitrogen, putting the birds to sleep quickly and painlessly.
- More than 750 million chickens are killed for KFC restaurants every year.
The real PETA billboards are on-line here. That eye-catcher above is a rejected, early draft of the billboard’s design provided by
Defamer.