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Is There Cruelty in Your Potholes?

Written by PETA

Posted 03-30-2009

The design for *our* pothole ad, which *doesn't* promote torturing chickens

You may have heard about this already: KFC is offering to fund pothole repair in five U.S. cities in exchange for ads promoting the decomposing bird bits that the company sells at its fast-food outlets.

KFC even hired a Colonel Sanders lookalike for the kickoff of the program in its hometown of Louisville.

KFC might concentrate instead on improving conditions for the chickens it abuses, but it won't, so we're offering to double the money that KFC offered the City of Louisville—if the city will use our ads against KFC cruelty on its potholes instead. After all, drivers have a right to hear the chickens' side of the story—and it isn't pretty.

Written by Jeff Mackey

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vegetarian, KFC, Louisville, chickens, university, huskies, advertisements, potholes, colonel sanders, Villanova University, of, North, White Rain Carolina, UNC, tar heels, wildcats, sparty

Recent Comments

Katie Horton commented:

Jul 31, 2009 5:11 PM

KFC is actually the reason I went vegetarian. After watching Pam Anderson's video about the fast food chain's treatment of chickens I swore off meat "cold turkey". It's been over 2 years now and I feel so much healthier. So thank you KFC for making me a vegetarian. I've never felt better about anything in my life before.
Michael H commented:

May 1, 2009 4:00 PM

"Protein through flesh sources is simply cruel arrogant unhealthy for all living things unsustainable and bad karma. People who don't embrace that concept and argue against it are either selfish unenlightened stupid wasteful cruel and to some degree all of the above. Period." Wow. What an enlightened post. Does this site allow any dissenting opinions at all? Just curious.
Phil commented:

Apr 11, 2009 4:18 PM

The corp bastards should be put through what the chickens are.
Rosebee commented:

Apr 9, 2009 7:46 PM

Please remember to also boycott Taco Bell who is owned by "Yum Foods" who also owns KFC...so even if it is a bean burrito it is being sold by a corp. of cruel $!ers! Peace
Mark commented:

Apr 9, 2009 9:29 AM

This is crazy. KFC kills chickens its what they do. I don't condone the way they do it but all of these people calling meat eaters arrogant and stupid is that really necissary. I like meat scratch that love it. Tastes good and just because I choose to live my life in a different way doesn't mean I deserve to be called arrogant and stupid. I have different values and opinions. I respect vegitarians and I don't flat out call them all stupid and arrogant even though it exists on both sides of the spectrum. Animals are food the same a plants. All these living things are meant for consumption.
Robert Hodges commented:

Apr 8, 2009 12:33 PM

I would be Angry with KFC if not for the fact that they are only customers of these growers the growers are the ones that are at fault. Any real change must be made at that level. Promote a alternative company that follows your guidelines and if you can get companies like KFC to switch to them the others will have to change their ways.
Honey commented:

Apr 7, 2009 8:40 PM

How can they be soo cruel? I am soo moved by this cruelty towards chickensfrom both McCrappysMcDonalds and Kentucky Fried Crap KFC that I am going to write a paper about it and share it with my school. Thanks for getting the thruth out i will NEVER eat from these place EVER AGAIN!F you fast food chains!
Vegan Jim commented:

Apr 3, 2009 12:49 PM

Protein through flesh sources is simply cruel arrogant unhealthy for all living things unsustainable and bad karma. People who don't embrace that concept and argue against it are either selfish unenlightened stupid wasteful cruel and to some degree all of the above. Period.
Eric commented:

Apr 2, 2009 5:21 PM

Good on you PETA! Never ate at KFC because of the sheer amount of grease now I have more reasons to prevent from my friends eating there too.
justine commented:

Apr 1, 2009 3:27 AM

Stupid KFC.

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