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Thursday, February 22, 2001 1:21 PM

Sample " Month of Action Against Burger King " Press Release

 

This is the Washington, D.C., press release re:

 

MONTH OF ACTION AGAINST BURGER KING.

 

Demonstrations are already scheduled in hundreds of cities and more

than a dozen countries.

 

 

PLEASE EMAIL LanceM or

CALL HIM at : 757-622-7382, ext. 528

TO SCHEDULE YOUR EVENT OR FIND THE

EVENT CLOSEST TO YOU .

 

OR TO REGISTER A DEMO (if you have not done so): click :

http://www.murderking.com/demo.html

 

We need as many leafletings as possible. Thank you so much.

 

 

For Immediate Release:

February 28, 2001

 

Contact:

Bruce Friedrich (PETA) 202-244-3709 (in USA)

 

D.C. RESIDENTS JOIN INTERNATIONAL

" STOP BURGER KING CRUELTY " CAMPAIGN

 

Customers Confronted With Evidence of Inhumane Farming and

Slaughter Practices

 

Washington - Joined by a giant " cow " and members of Washington's

Compassion Over Killing, PETA will confront customers in front of

Burger King, showing video that documents abusive conditions supported

by Burger King, holding posters with a bloody cow's head that read,

" Have It Your Way, " and distributing graphic " Murder King " stickers

and leaflets that are enough to put anyone off their lunch.

 

Thursday, March 1

Time: 12 noon to 1 p.m.

Place: Burger King, 1606 K St. N.W.

 

PETA has launched an international campaign following Burger King's

refusal to take even minimal steps to ensure that its suppliers do not

skin and dismember conscious animals, starve hens for up to two weeks

to force them to produce more eggs, or cut off the beaks of baby

chicks with a hot blade.

 

" Burger King's suppliers could be skinning and dismembering every single

animal while still conscious, kicking and screaming, and yet the company

does not agree that it should stop buying from such suppliers, " says

PETA

Vegan Campaign coordinator Bruce Friedrich. " Unlike its chief

competitor,

McDonald's, Burger King uses suppliers that slice birds' beaks off with

a

hot blade and starve birds for up to 14 days to shock their bodies into

another egg-laying cycle. "

 

PETA tried negotiating with Burger King for three months to no avail.

It wants Burger King to at least commit to the minimum animal welfare

standards recently adopted by its chief competitor, McDonald's.

In September, PETA suspended its 11-month campaign against

McDonald's after the fast-food chain announced that it will conduct

unannounced audits of its slaughterhouses and stop purchasing from

suppliers that fail the audits, increase the amount of living space for

laying hens on factory farms, stop chopping the beaks off laying hens,

and prohibit force-molting (starving chickens to force them to

produce more eggs).

 

There will be demonstrations throughout March in more than a dozen

countries, hundreds of cities, and every U.S. state. For mor e details

about PETA's campaign and to see video footage, please visit

http://www.MurderKing.com

 

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For the latest Burger King campaign updates, be sure to check out

PETA's Web site at http://www.MurderKing.com

 

To or to this list, please visit

http://www.murderking.com/email.html

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

501 Front St., Norfolk, VA 23510

757-622-PETA

http://www.peta-online.org

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Thanks so much for your kindness, compassion and action .