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Subject: [petlaw] NJ:Animal rights group targets McDonald's

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Animal rights group targets McDonald's
Thursday, July 16, 2009
BY ERIN DUFFY
TRENTON -- An animal rights protest directed against McDonald's
methods of slaughtering chickens ruffled a few feathers yesterday
afternoon at the restau rant's Cass Street location.

Members of People for the Ethi cal Treatment of Animals (PETA)
organized a small protest on the sidewalk outside the fast food res
taurant, holding up signs reading, "McCruelty, I'm hatin' it," as part
of a demonstration calling on McDonald's to change its slaughtering
procedures.

In a release sent out Tuesday, PETA alleged birds supplied to the
restaurant suffer numerous abuses during the slaughtering process and
said the organization "is urging McDonald's to require its suppliers
to adopt a less cruel slaughter method called 'controlled- atmosphere
killing' (CAK), which eliminates some of the worst abuses that birds
suffer."

McDonald's vice president of corporate social responsibility Bob
Langert released a statement in response to the protest, saying,
"McDonald's expects humane treatment of animals by our suppliers in
every part of the world where we do business. McDonald's re quires our
food suppliers to do the right thing -- for animals, for humans, and
for the environment. "

At the protest, PETA campaign coordinator Kristina Addington handed
out "Unhappy Meals" to passing children, small boxes that modeled
Chicken McNugget containers and portrayed a ghoulish, knife-wielding
Ronald McDonald, while volunteer Claire Miller donned a yellow chick
costume. Addington said the "McCruelty" campaign was first started in
February, with protests being held nationwide.

The protest appeared to slow down traffic at the busy Cass Street
intersection, with some drivers slowing to read signs and honk ing or
yelling in either solidarity or opposition to PETA's message. At one
point, police asked Addington to move the demonstration from the side
of the McDonald's to the back, citing traffic hazards.

Although the protest seemed to attract significant attention,
reactions seemed mixed, with some people expressing skepticism toward
PETA's tactics.

"I just think they're going about it the wrong way," said Philadelphia
resident Josh Kim. "Why not go after Tyson or Perdue? They're far
bigger than McDonald's."

Trenton resident Dennis Scott said he would "possibly reconsider"
patronizing McDonald's after reading some of the PETA literature.

"I don't eat the chicken anyway," he said. "I don't want to be a part
of that."

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