United Poultry Concerns sent out a press release today urging people to contact NBC and protest an animal act that Jay Leno featured on the December 30th episode of “The Tonight Show.” According to UPC,
On December 30, “The Tonight Show,” on NBC at 11:30 p.m., featured a woman which a chicken act. She made an obviously scared chicken jump through a hoop from one elevated table to another, with a space between, boasting that there was “no net.” She also made a chicken “walk the tight rope” about 7 feet high, again boasting “no net. Jay Leno and his guests made comments like “Do you sleep with the chickens?” and references to Col. Sanders. This woman and The Tonight Show put these birds in danger and made fun of them.
Source:
Protest Chicken Abuse on NBC’s “Tonight Show”. United Poultry Concerns, Action Alert, January 2, 2003.