People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals brought its anti-KFC campaign to Santa Cruz, California in June.
Seven activists protested outside a KFC on June 15 carrying signs with slogans such as “Chicken Love,” “The Colonel’s Secret Recipe — KFC Cruelty” and “KFC Tortures Chickens.” One demonstrator was wearing a “sickly, slightly off-white chicken suit” according to the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
PETA KFC campaign coordinator Joe Haptas told the Santa Cruz Sentinel,
This is part of an international campaign of trying to get KFC to get rid of chicken abuse. . . . Our society has an obligation to treat those animals that end up on our plates ethically and morally.
At least one passerby, Nancy Kusich, was not impressed by the demonstration. She told the Santa Cruz Sentinel,
The chickens are tested by government authorities, so I don’t think consumers are getting bad meat. But I know there are some people who believe the chickens could be treated better. I don’t think the chickens are that smart.
The Sentinel noted that “the small group [of protesters] was greeted with honks, waves, cheers, jeers and even a one-finger salute by a passing motorist.”
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PETA demonstrators protest in front of KFC. Ramona Turner, Santa Cruz Sentinel, June 16, 2003.