Fw: [Upcnews] Thank Howard Stern for Sticking Up for Chickens!

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> ACTION ALERT * ACTION ALERT * ACTION ALERT

> December 11, 2003

>

> Thank Howard Stern for Sticking Up for Chickens!

> Email: sternshow

>

> According to AR-News, this morning on the Howard Stern Show (radio station

> WXRK 92.3 FM), they discussed the KFC demo that was held in New York City

> this morning. Howard said how disturbing the information was about the way

> KFC treats its chickens. He cited the intense overcrowding, causing

chickens

> to peck each other to death. He talked about the debeaking that prevents

> chickens from eating normally. He talked about the antibiotics that make

> chickens grow abnormally fast and huge, and how unhealthy that is.

>

> Stern said that PETA's complaint against KFC is that the chickens raised

for

> the company should have a good life before they are slaughtered, which

they

> clearly do not have in Stern's opinion. His producer said he didn't

believe

> the chickens are treated badly, but Stern said he did believe it. Robin

> Quivers, Stern's sidekick, also noted how cruel foie gras production is.

>

> Howard Stern has a very popular program. He has condemned cockfighting,

and

> he had UPC President Karen Davis on his radio show on April 10, 2002.

Please

> thank Howard Stern for discussing the KFC-cruelty issue fairly and

> compassionately on the air, and for helping to make chickens real to

people

> instead of just gray blobs on a plate. Email your thanks to

> sternshow

>

>

> United Poultry Concerns is a nonprofit organization that promotes the

> compassionate and respectful treatment of domestic fowl.

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