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Chicken Fat May Crash Your Car

Written by PETA

Posted 11-29-2007

It’s well known that chicken fat may kill you by clogging your arteries, but did you know that it may also crash your car?Earlier this week chicken fat that leaked from a waste truck onto the roadway caused at least four accidents and made a smelly mess in PETA’s home state of Virginia. One injured person was even taken to a hospital.According to news reports a truck hauling waste chicken grease from a Perdue Farms plant left a valve open, and the fat leaked onto U.S. Route 13 from the plant to the Maryland state line. According to one Virginia State Police Sergeant, the gunk caused a "really funky" odor. No kidding. The moral of the story is that if you eat meat you’re causing car accidents—and even sending some people to the hospital. Make America’s highways safe by ordering an emergency Free Vegetarian Starter Kit now.- Joel

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Recent Comments

Christopher Cochran MD commented:

Dec 4, 2007 10:26 PM

Cappuccino I have used harsh words with you in the past. When I began posting here I originally wanted to contend that a person could be strongly proanimal and still eat meat and even hunt. I have been raked over the coals which I don't mind at all but I have resorted grumpy comments and sarcasm. If what you say is true I am happy to be welcomed and I will try to do a better job presenting my point of view in a civilized and polite manner.
cappuccino commented:

Dec 4, 2007 3:50 PM

Kurt K we people here made the decision to live a veg life in order to avoid the senseless killing of innocient animals and for us this is normal and we are talking among each others! but i think that there are also meateating animal protectors or who are at least eating fish or chicken! but our talking among each others should not be felt as a despise for honestly interested people who want to help animals but are still eating meat! we all started there before and maybe you would be inspired to know more about a vegetarian lifestyle if you want to help animals! but i don't despise you because you eat meat i'm just against heartless mocking suckers on these blogs who just want to disturb the whole thing but if you are honest and interested in animal rights you are always welcome!
Kurt K commented:

Dec 4, 2007 1:40 PM

I am a meat eater. As read down this list of posts I see a lot of people deliberatly speaking down to the "flesh eaters" as you call us. I didn't know we were such bad people humans have been eating meat for thousands of years. Even Jesus ate fish. Its seems many vegitarians draw conclusions that because people eat meat we are some how "redneck hunters" who drink "coors" and have little intelligence. Why the hatred? It seems to me that we humans posses superior intelligence because our ancestors switched from a strictly vegitarian diet to more of a carnivourous diet. I read that animal protien is what causes the brain to grow. Any takers on this one?
foxy commented:

Dec 4, 2007 8:34 AM

to petaisdead you are an uneducated fool! if you would not be braindead you would educate yourself how to enjoy a healthy vegetarian diet and hence avoid unnecessary killing of other living beings and in the same time how to remain in good health! too bad for you...
Sancho commented:

Dec 3, 2007 7:56 PM

to petaisdead here we got another lunatic medieval quarry habitant! there is just one who is dead you meatsucking stonehead roll back into your cave rollmops!
Mike Quinoa commented:

Dec 3, 2007 4:09 PM

Christopher H. I would just forget the meat substitutes since they may prolong your desire for meat which will disappear in time. Try to come up with more and more veg recipes you like. I experiment with concoctions all the time like pasta tomato sauce choppedup tofu and red kidney beanssounds and looks a bit gross but tastes good. Besides your health maybe slant your motivation more toward the environment and animal welfare. This might make it a bit easier to stay on track.
Michele commented:

Dec 3, 2007 4:09 PM

Christopher H try not to be too hard on yourself at least you are trying unlike some people on these blogs. If you want to try to get away from eating meat altogether try watching some of PETA's videos I was already a vegetarian before I saw the videos but became completely VEGAN after seeing the horrific treatment these animals receive on factory farms and in slaughterhouses. I cannot even stand to look at meat when it is on the grocery shelf now and I was not like that before I saw the videos. If you really want to take the plunge the movie "Earthlings" is pretty amazing but very hard to watch even for the most devoted animal rights activists. And to take the more positive side of things you just have to find yourself some delicious alternatives two great places to start are www.vegcooking.com and www.goveg.com. Best of luck and maybe you can tell us how things turned out for you.
petaisdead commented:

Dec 3, 2007 3:59 PM

Are you serious? eating meat is healthy and provides protein and nourisment for the body. You guys make me sick. Animals are animals. humans are dominat therefore they are subservient.
Christopher Cochran MD commented:

Dec 3, 2007 1:50 PM

I am not sure why my comment of 1025 is listed 'anonymous.' oh well.
animalfriend commented:

Dec 3, 2007 12:18 PM

Christopher H. concerning your arthritis i can tell you that my father is suffering from the same problem and he is very old now but i can tell you what is helping him first of all you should really try to give up meat specially pork second you should drink much warm water not cold this is balm for the kidneys and the liver and makes you urinate and so the blood becomes purified! don't drink alcohol but put some alcohol on the hurting parts of your body and you should keep very warm! if you avoid meat sugar and salt this is always helping! my doctor said that arthritis specially after a certain age cannot be healed but my father does exactly the things i explained uphere and then he feels at least much better! and my private experience when i have a pain in my shoulders my cat is sleeping the whole night in my neck and her vibrating sound makes me feel much lesser pain in the morning but this last thing here is my personal thing and not everybody's choice!

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