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Kentucky Fried Contrite

Contributed by VeggieGirl

Chalk up another victory for the animal rights crusaders at PETA, who this week convinced their former nemesis, KFC, to start buying chickens from suppliers who kill the birds in a more humane method

(called controlled atmosphere killing).

KFC isn't the first chain to have ended up in PETA's cross hairs. ... ... KFC foolishly fought the animal rights group beak and claw (apparently oblivious to the fantastic and free PR its competitors were getting by working with PETA). John Bitove, CEO of Priszm Income Fund, which operates KFC in Canada, even got into a public spat with PETA's celebrity supporter Pamela Anderson. He once invited her to lunch at a KFC saying he wanted her "kept fully abreast'' of KFC's ethical standards. A cheap joke, indicative of what was one of the most terribly ill-advised PR strategies of all time.

-- read full article: http://blog.macleans.ca/2008/06/02/kentucky-fried-contrite/

Approved by andyba on June 06,2008 | 12:56:46

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