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Saturday, July 22, 2006
2 members of Black Eyes Peas buck chicken cruelty
EVERYONE knows Grammy Award winners "The Black Eyed Peas" kick ass, thanks to the Peas' knack for creating an irresistible mix of contagious beats and solid lyrics with straight-up positivity, but did you know that the hip-hop heavyweights recently kicked KFC's bucket too? When it comes to animal welfare, the Black Eyed Peas do not fool around. When Peas' members Fergie and Taboo found out about Kentucky Fried Chicken's cruel treatment of chickens, they wrote KFC chief executive officer (CEO) David Novak to find out "Where's the Love?" (for chickens).
So why did Taboo and Fergie pen a letter to Novak asking him to "implement Peta's list of the most basic things that KFC needs to do to improve the lives of the chickens raised and killed for its restaurants"? Peta is People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
There's nothing humane about the Colonel's secret recipe. Chickens killed for KFC restaurants are crammed by the tens of thousands into sheds that reek of ammonia fumes. They routinely incur broken bones from being bred to be top-heavy, from callous handling, and from being shackled upside-down at the abattoir. Chickens are often still conscious when their throats are slit and when they are dunked into tanks of scalding-hot water for feather removal.
For more information, check out www.KentuckyFriedCruelty.com.
The "Black Eyed Peas" Monkey Business tour will have its Manila stop on July 27 at the Araneta Coliseum. (Press release)
(July 22, 2006 issue)
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