Animal rights Gathering: City centre fun

In addition to an all day general information stall which amongst other things collected hundreds of anti fur signatures, the following events took place:

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FCK KFC

A group of animal rights activists spent the afternoon protesting outside Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Many ordinary Bradford denizens were unaware of the cruelty behind KFC, and after a discussion with an activist or after reading a leaflet, pledged to boycott KFC there and then - some going so far as to take up a placard and join the protest, such was their disgust at the unscrupulous business practices of the factory farmed fast food giant.

To find out more about KFC, please visit:
http://www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com/

    - The roughly 1 billion chickens killed each year for KFC's buckets have their beaks cut off before being crammed by the tens of thousands into excrement-filled sheds that stink of ammonia fumes.

    - The birds’ legs and wings often break because they’re bred to be too top-heavy and because workers carelessly shove them into transport crates and shackles.

    - Chickens’ throats are slit and the animals are dropped into tanks of scalding-hot water to remove their feathers, often while they are still conscious and able to feel pain.

    - KFC lets frustrated factory-farm and slaughterhouse workers handle live birds, so many of the animals end up being sadistically abused. At a KFC “Supplier of the Year” slaughterhouse, workers were documented tearing the heads off live birds, spitting tobacco into their eyes, spray-painting their faces, and violently stamping on them. This was discovered more than two years after KFC promised that it was taking animal welfare seriously.

If you want to do something about the harrowing cruelty of KFC, get involved with your local animal rights group.
To find out who they are simply enter your town name and "animal rights" into google. Alternatively browse a contacts directory such as http://www.veggies.org.uk/directory/dirbrowse-126.htm







McDemo

Animal rights activists converged on McDonalds in the town centre of Bradford in protest at the faceless corporations animal cruelty.
The unpopular junk food company (condemned by human rights groups, animal rights groups and environmentalists alike) could only watch as the general public engaged with the protesters.

Whether it be due to the brutal suffering on McDonald's factory farms, the shameless advertising of lethal food to children, the wilful destruction of the rainforest, or the anti-union scroogery of their personnel policies, this company stands for everything that is wrong with the contemporary society and once an increasingly aware public cotton on to the awful McTruth, it will have no place on our high street.

The solution is education.
If you want to help spread the word, get involved with your local animal rights group (or any other positive, compassionate, grass roots NPO).
To find out who they are simply enter your town name and "animal rights" into google. Alternatively browse a contacts directory such as http://www.veggies.org.uk/directory/dirbrowse-126.htm

To find out more about the activist communities campaign against McCruelty, visit:
http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=50







The Alternative

In conjunction with Veggies Vegan Catering Campaign, a group of animal rights activists took to the streets to offer Bradford shoppers a free taste of the alternative to McRubbish and KFCrap. Supported by a compelling arsenal of pizza, burgers and various cake - all made with the finest ethical (including strictly vegan) ingredients - the case was pitched for a kinder, more environmentally friendly and healthier diet.
One lady commented "I didn't think it was possible to make cake without egg but that was delicious!", several promised at least to reduce if not to give up eating meat, and with a face full of the free treats, none begrudged taking a moment to peruse some literature explaining the vegan rationale.

The proverbial icing came when the proprietor of a traditional burger van (perhaps losing some customers) stopped by to investigate. Rather than cause trouble as perhaps expected, the open-minded individual yielded instead to their curiosity and on sampling the quite-obviously-not-lettuce-and-lentils and with a glance at the leaflets on display, had to agree there might be something in the veggie notion..