August 24, 2009
Lunchtime diners at a downtown McDonald’s will get some food for thought on Monday, August 24, as Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders launches a provocative PETA campaign.
The singer will unveil her “i’m hatin’ it” parody ad (soon to be on billboards across the country) and present kids with PETA’s controversial “Unhappy Meals,” which include a menacing “Ronald McDonald” cutout, a mangled plastic chicken, and a “blood”-filled packet that urges McDonald’s to “Ketchup With the Times.”
The event will take place at 12 noon at McDonald’s, 242 S. 700 E., Salt Lake City.
Hynde and PETA are launching the campaign because McDonald’s in the U.S. refuses to adopt the less cruel slaughter standards that the company already uses in Europe. McDonald’s suppliers in this country use an outdated slaughter method that often causes birds to suffer broken wings and broken legs, have their throats cut while they are still conscious, and be scalded to death in defeathering tanks. PETA—along with McDonald’s own animal welfare advisory panel—has urged the company to require a less cruel slaughter method called “controlled-atmosphere killing” (CAK), which eliminates the worst abuses that birds suffer.
“McDonald’s means McCruelty as far as I’m concerned,” says longtime PETA spokesperson Chrissie Hynde. The rock star is also using her stage as a platform to urge a McDonald’s boycott and will toss “i’m hatin’ it” shirts to her audience. On Sunday, her world tour arrives in Salt Lake City, where she is playing at Red Butte Garden.
Source: PETA
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I heard someone talking on the radio about the McDonald's protest this morning, and all I could think to myself is WHO CARES. I'm in my 20's, I'm not overweight and I enjoy fast quick convenient food every now and then. I've seen arguments about the animals being treated inhumanely, which I agree with. The key word is "inhumanely". Animals that are meant for food are just that, food. If that's what it takes to get me my steak when I decide to treat myself, or a chicken sandwich when I need a quick bite, then so be it.
You say you are 20 something...wait until you are 40 something...with that mentality you won't go far. I feel sorry for people who talk like they have no compassion for anything. You are not impressing anyone more so showing a lack of education.
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