INDIA – PETA
September 1st, 2003
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE
THE ANIMAL rights group People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has taken its battle against Kentucky Fried Chicken to India, demonstrating in Bangalore outside a branch of the fast food chain. One activist was dressed as a crippled chicken, to the bemusement of passers-by. PETA India claims KFC birds are de-beaked without pain-killers.
THE ANIMAL rights group People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has taken its battle against Kentucky Fried Chicken to India, demonstrating in Bangalore outside a branch of the fast food chain. One activist was dressed as a crippled chicken, to the bemusement of passers-by. PETA India claims KFC birds are de-beaked without pain-killers.
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