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KFC's Colonel Gets Axed--Literally

Written by PETA

Posted 03-20-2009

Colonel Sanders got a taste of his own medicine when PETA marked the Association of Kentucky Fried Chicken Franchisees Convention in Maryland last month by "slaughtering" the Colonel outside a nearby KFC restaurant.

Luckily for the brave actor portraying Colonel Sanders, our slaughter methods are a bit more humane than those employed by KFC's suppliers. The Colonel was not slammed into shackles (which often breaks birds' legs), he wasn't jolted by an electrified "stun bath," and he wasn't dunked into a scalding-hot defeathering tank. Nope—we just strung him up, poked him with a plastic knife, and let the red paint fly. But it made a darned nice visual, didn't it?

Notta Nugget prepares for battle.

My, what big orange feet you have!

He seems to be enjoying this a little too much …

Written by Alisa Mullins

Tags:

vegetarian, KFC, tigers, demo, university, huskies, Maryland, colonel sanders, of, North, White Rain Carolina, UNC, tar heels, wildcats, sparty, Lee Adama, drag

Recent Comments

lizzy hadnum commented:

Mar 21, 2009 7:50 PM

cool demo guys hate kfc arghhhhh
kayla shaw commented:

Mar 21, 2009 4:20 PM

That was a pretty snazzy idea I must say!!! You should do it allot more! I wish I could help! Sincerely Kayla Shaw
Aneliese commented:

Mar 21, 2009 1:51 PM

haha I love it!
sarah kearney commented:

Mar 21, 2009 1:09 PM

fair play to u all
tessa commented:

Mar 21, 2009 1:06 PM

i think thats great!
Lindsey commented:

Mar 21, 2009 12:16 PM

Ha ha that's funny... hey do you know why nobody showed up at KFC on Medina RD. in Akron Ohio? I was there to protest but nobody else was.
DET commented:

Mar 21, 2009 11:05 AM

The title is misleading. Col. Sanders was not "literally" axed inasmuch as he's been dead many years and a "standin" or "hangin" had to be "axed" in his place.
cyndi commented:

Mar 20, 2009 10:50 PM

Thats fine! i wish they can do the same her ein China Beijing! and other parts of the country!! Ppl have to do stuff like that to make everybody aware of this and those who enjoy meat when they dont even care how the chickenbullduckpig died!! THey eat the meat of an animals who has suffered and moaned so badly!! i for one have boycot kfc and im not buying anything that contains meat from Mc D's!!! here in beijing
Ashley the vegetarian ^_^ commented:

Mar 20, 2009 7:49 PM

This is great. FANTASTIC JOB! I hope this got a lot of people's attention and opened their eyes. You guys have once again saved the day. Ashley
Cat! =^-^= commented:

Mar 20, 2009 4:58 PM

Ummmm.... I usually love the workdemonstrations that you guys at PETA do but I think the message we want to send here is NONVIOLENCE. And we certainly don't want to associate a sense of killing or revenge for any living being with PETA or other animal lovers. I understand that you're trying to relay a message of karma here but I really think there are much more tasteful ways of doing it... and you have done better campaigns than this in the past PETA.

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