Rooster Rescue Project (anyone?)

[Guest guest]

I just got back from an awesome monthly KFC protest in San Jose

where someone brought a real rooster! Complete with a little read

bow around its neck and all. I felt it made the protest 10 times

more powerful to have people pointing and checking out this rooster

pecking on the KFC lawn.

 

It really inspired me and got me thinking about the possibility of

organizing a group to rescue some roosters from a trash at a factory

farm and try and coordinate that with possible homes for them.

 

As many of you may know from seeing the movie " Peaceable Kingdom " ;

male chickens (roosters) are discarded at birth due to their useless

ness in providing eggs and lean, " un-tasty " bodies. Often they are

killed by being dumped in the trash, leaving them to suffocate or

die from exposure. My understanding is that often rescuing them can

be a simple as going to the right trashcan and picking them out.

 

If anyone is interested in this, or knows of other people who

currently do this please contact me. I see 2-4 possible ways to

help:

 

Rooster care research (which I am getting started on)

Rooster care providers (owners, guardians...what ever)

Web site to coordinate info? (unless there is already one out there,

which it does not look like)

Donations of materials or something?

 

I AM NOT INTERESTED IN BEING PUT INTO CONTACT WITH PEOPLE WHO BREAK

LAWS.

 

The way I see it, this project is simply claiming what some one else

is throwing away anyways. I do not believe that is illegal (or else

there would be a lot more imprisoned homeless people in the bay

area).

 

If you are interested please email me at:

 

TeamChicken

 

 

Thanks,

 

east bay sean

[Guest guest]

Sean

Are you aware that many cities, including San Jose, outlaw roosters in

the city limits? Some animal sanctuaries will not accept them either

because the really beat the heck out of the hens. so be careful before

you start rescuing, be sure you have a place where they can stay.

]Judy

On Saturday, January 8, 2005, at 04:16 PM, sobaysean wrote:

 

>

>

> I just got back from an awesome monthly KFC protest in San Jose

> where someone brought a real rooster! Complete with a little read

> bow around its neck and all. I felt it made the protest 10 times

> more powerful to have people pointing and checking out this rooster

> pecking on the KFC lawn.

>

> It really inspired me and got me thinking about the possibility of

> organizing a group to rescue some roosters from a trash at a factory

> farm and try and coordinate that with possible homes for them.

>

> As many of you may know from seeing the movie " Peaceable Kingdom " ;

> male chickens (roosters) are discarded at birth due to their useless

> ness in providing eggs and lean, " un-tasty " bodies. Often they are

> killed by being dumped in the trash, leaving them to suffocate or

> die from exposure. My understanding is that often rescuing them can

> be a simple as going to the right trashcan and picking them out.

>

> If anyone is interested in this, or knows of other people who

> currently do this please contact me. I see 2-4 possible ways to

> help:

>

> Rooster care research (which I am getting started on)

> Rooster care providers (owners, guardians...what ever)

> Web site to coordinate info? (unless there is already one out there,

> which it does not look like)

> Donations of materials or something?

>

> I AM NOT INTERESTED IN BEING PUT INTO CONTACT WITH PEOPLE WHO BREAK

> LAWS.

>

> The way I see it, this project is simply claiming what some one else

> is throwing away anyways. I do not believe that is illegal (or else

> there would be a lot more imprisoned homeless people in the bay

> area).

>

> If you are interested please email me at:

>

> TeamChicken

>

>

> Thanks,

>

> east bay sean

>

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