Friday, February 04, 2005

Al Sharpton Calls for KFC Ban

Al hasn't been in the press recently, so this gets him back in the game...

From Yahoo!

Sharpton is urging the black community to join the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' boycott of the franchise, the animal protection group announced Thursday.

"If KFC wants to take our money and use it to pay for sloppy practices that hurt animals, I say we send them a message that this is not going to happen," Sharpton says in the ad.

Sharpton and PETA are seeking improvements to KFC's practices regarding the defeathering and debeaking of chickens, as well as a halt to using growth-promoting drugs. Last June, PETA recorded footage of the mistreatment of birds at a KFC supplier in West Virginia.

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