Boycott KFC

[shereads]

Yes, Wild, it is slightly misleading and it's probably an effort to use this video to serve a larger purpose: bring about awareness that modern chicken-farming and meat-packng practices in the U.S. are crueler than necessary, even when workers aren't using animals as footballs.

Edited to add: Read "Fast Food Nation" and you'll see what I mean. The belief by McDonalds, KFC and other super-powers of the meat and poultry industries that we, the public, would not be willing to pay an extra two cents for a quarter-pounder, has created pressure on their suppliers to endanger human lives and create horrible conditions for the animals, in order to achieve super-fast kill rates. It's in your interest to know that the government three years ago stepped in to revoke stronger health and safety regulations in the industry, instructing FDA meat inspectors to IGNORE FECAL MATTER on meat "unless there is a visible fibrous structure."

It's not just unappetizing. It's toxic. And if you buy meat pre-ground, your own kitchen hygeine can't protect you from what was in the vat.

I don't believe in the torture or abuse of any animal. Only kill it if you're going to eat it. If you're going to eat it, kill it as quickly and humanely as possible.

With that being said, there's something really starting to bother me about all of this.

Pilgrims Pride is the place where the abuse/torture occurred. KFC buys 15% of the chickens that come out of that facility. PETA is waging a full blown campaign against KFC in this matter, Pilgrims Pride is rarely if ever mentioned in this campaign by PETA.

Why isn't PETA waging the same campaign against Pilgrims Pride, or the other places that buy the other 85% of the chickens that come out of this facility?

Methinks that PETA is using this as a part of their agenda to go after KFC in their longstanding feud. If the interests of truth and fairness were being served by PETA in this particular matter, they would be campaigning against Pilgrims Pride, and the other companies that buy chickens from that facility.

Go to PETA's website and look at all of the info on this issue. Every article they have posted has the headlines of "KFC". KFC only constitutes 15% of the business from the facility that committed the acts, so why is KFC getting 100% of the bad press and blame from PETA?

 

[Wildcard Ky]

Yes, Wild, it is slightly misleading and it's probably an effort to use this video to serve a larger purpose: bring about awareness that modern chicken-farming and meat-packng practices in the U.S. are crueler than necessary, even when workers aren't using animals as footballs.

Edited to add: Read "Fast Food Nation" and you'll see what I mean. The belief by McDonalds, KFC and other super-powers of the meat and poultry industries that we, the public, would not be willing to pay an extra two cents for a quarter-pounder, has created pressure on their suppliers to endanger human lives and create horrible conditions for the animals, in order to achieve super-fast kill rates. It's in your interest to know that the government three years ago stepped in to revoke stronger health and safety regulations in the industry, instructing FDA meat inspectors to IGNORE FECAL MATTER on meat "unless there is a visible fibrous structure."

It's not just unappetizing. It's toxic. And if you buy meat pre-ground, your own kitchen hygeine can't protect you from what was in the vat.

Actually I've read that book. It is quite scary the things that can be in your food. That's why I've always been an advocate of "killing your own food".

I hunt deer, and have the meat processed by a friend of mine that owns a small local processing business. He's doing a cow for me and a friend right now, we expect the meat back sometime this week. I've also taken pigs to him before as well.

Doing it like this is a much healthier alternative to mass produced, store bought meat. I don't worry about the cleanliness of the meat because I know the guy that does the work and owns the slaughter house. I don't worry about chemicals, steroids or hormones in the meat, because I raised the animal myself, or killed the wild animal (turkey or deer).

You'd be amazed the difference in beef from store bought meat versus fresh off the farm and processed locally meat. The taste is quite different, and the amount of fat is much less in the local meat. That difference in taste lets me know that the beef factories are adding something to the meat.

 

[shereads]

You'd be amazed the difference in beef from store bought meat versus fresh off the farm and processed locally meat. The taste is quite different, and the amount of fat is much less in the local meat. That difference in taste lets me know that the beef factories are adding something to the meat.

I know, from my few experiences visiting relatives' farms when I was a kid. There are some sources where I live now for fresh, free-range poultry. Without even considering the cruelty and risk of contamination inherent in factory farming, free-range chicken tastes so much better than the brand-labeled stuff in the supermarket that the two kinds of birds might as well be from different planets.

Edited to add: Remember when you could eat raw eggs in a Caesar salad without the risk of botulism? As these industries have grown sloppier, food we used to take for granted is getting scarier all the time.

 

[BlackSnake]

This is a sad issue. Shereads, the real power is in our spending habits. Hopefully we all can follow our convictions and reflected it with our wallets.

Good stuff here.