By lucky

January 17, 2008 12:25 PM | Link to this

I lost my two beloved cats to the poisoned pet food from China. PETA has remained silent on this issue - there have been no recrimination against Menu Foods or anyone else.

And they are now worried about CHICKENS? CHICKENS raised for food, not beloved pets for crying out loud. What Michael Vick did was reprehensible, but he only killed a few dogs, none of which were someone’s beloved pet, yet they were and still are all over his case.

They are useless kooks.

By PETA Lover

January 17, 2008 12:52 PM | Link to this

People Eating Tasty Animals….

By PETA - HELP

January 17, 2008 1:07 PM | Link to this

PETA, please take on the FDA for the cloned animals being used in our food! This is very disburbing news that needs to be taken seriously.

Thank you.

By Vikki

January 17, 2008 1:09 PM | Link to this

Shame on you people! Animals feel pain and should have the right to being treated with compassion just like us. Please remember when it comes right down to it we are all made of meat!

By Vikki

January 17, 2008 1:10 PM | Link to this

Shame on you people! Animals feel pain and should have the right to being treated with compassion just like us. Please remember when it comes right down to it we are all made of meat!

By John

January 17, 2008 1:10 PM | Link to this

Top of the food chain, baby!

By Jessica

January 17, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this

Bash PETA all you want, but someone has got to stand up for the animals. I’m not a vegetarian, but I would prefer if the animals I eat are not tortured and urinated on. That is why I shop at Whole Foods. You know that you are getting free range, not injected with hormones, quality meat. And yes, it tastes way better. Just go to Wally World and buy yourself some chicken there, then pick up some at Whole Foods and you’ll taste and see the difference. You are what you eat people!!!!! Yes, call me a tree hugging hippy…I don’t fricken care!!!

By Jane

January 17, 2008 1:22 PM | Link to this

PETA goes to far all the time - chickens are food! If you go anywhere looking for sensationalism then you will either find it or create it.
I am not a vegan nor do I ever intend to be. I do eat a variety of foods within the food groups.
If PETA members are vegens then why would they care about a chicken plant which basically produces a MEAT product. Sounds fishy to me.

By yum yum

January 17, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this

PETA, People Eating Tasty Animals !

PETA is a farce, read the record on thier animal shelters and see how many animals they put down.

By Nate

January 17, 2008 1:26 PM | Link to this

PETA needs to get a life and get their priorities straight with their hypocrisy..or better yet..tell PETA to go to CHINA with that animal loving crap and see how far they get…We have homeless PEOPLE..BATTERED WOMEN in shelters..the list goes on…but they’re concerned about chickens?!?!…PETA…puuhhlllleeeezze get a real life…if animals were really worth as much as humans then they’d live as long as humans…but they don’t..so shut your idiotic pieholes..

By Jane

January 17, 2008 1:28 PM | Link to this

From the Tyson Webpage: “We believe we know the identity of the PETA supporter who posed as a worker to take undercover video. This person was employed at each plant for about a month last year and signed a document confirming he had completed the company’s animal welfare training program. The training emphasizes that workers must immediately tell management of any animal abuse they observe. However, this individual apparently chose to secretly videotape activities rather than report them as required by Tyson’s training and policy.

While PETA representatives and supporters profess to be concerned about animal welfare, their real agenda is to go to whatever extremes necessary to stop people from eating meat. In fact, at the end of the on-line video narrated by the PETA supporter who posed as a worker, he says “please, go vegetarian.”

Sound to me like Tyson has PETA’s agenda nailed.

By Jen

January 17, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this

I’m still not going vegetarian. I have naturally low iron already and I need a good steak every now and then. If I don’t then I don’t feel well at all. Bring on the chicken and beef!

By jeed

January 17, 2008 1:40 PM | Link to this

Cruelty to chickens awaiting slaughter? Oh, the irony.

By Bob

January 17, 2008 1:46 PM | Link to this

Aren’t chickens rolling around in their own urine and poop all day long in their cages before they’re slaughtered, anyway? Who cares? That’s why we pluck their feathers and cook them before we eat them!

Give me a break. There’s more important things to be worrying about than how Chuck the Chicken suffered when he died. His sole purpose in life was to be killed, cooked, and put on my plate.

By Drew

January 17, 2008 1:48 PM | Link to this

First, I’m not a member of PETA. To quote Batali, “Some of my favorite things to eat are vegetarians.” All joking aside, I am an avid carnivore but I do believe that humane treatment and a quality product go hand in hand. When workers are p-i-s-s-i-n-g on the floor of a chicken coop, that doesn’t spell tasty dinner in my book. If PETA has to be the one to expose that, so be it.

By Rob

January 17, 2008 1:48 PM | Link to this

Okay, Lucky, here you go: http://www.peta.org/feat/iams/menu-index.html The PETA was quite concerned about the Menu Foods issue. Get your facts straight, please.

Nate: Abuse of any living creature, regardless of species, is not good. Being the longest-living or ‘most powerful’ does not necessarily mean you can or should eat and abuse whatever you wish.

Jane: If people always followed the rules bad guys set to protect themselves, the wrong people would always be in power. Go tell an African-American they “ought to be slaves” just because it was acceptable in the South until 1865 and see what happens. We as people have the ability to enforce change, and it’s usually for the better, overall.

We have the ability to help care for other species and be more compassionate. We also have the pick of the world for our dinner. Why eat abused, tortured animals when there are so many delicious, non-meat foods to choose from??

By lp

January 17, 2008 1:49 PM | Link to this

Be real - the meat you eat is pumped full of steroids and anti-biotics; animals are raised in disgusting conditions; and they are fed EACH OTHER (called rendering). We ignorantly buy our animal flesh neatly packaged up. But there is a brutal and bloody reality behind it all. What does spending all day; every day slaughtering animals to feed an over-consuming populace do to a person’s psyche?

By Drew

January 17, 2008 1:53 PM | Link to this

Bob quality chickens and humane farmers don’t pack their chickens into cages. Go find some good pastured poultry from a farm.

By Meat Market

January 17, 2008 1:56 PM | Link to this

It’s rare to find a woman willing to admit that she’s just a piece of meat. Thanks, Vikki!

By Nate

January 17, 2008 2:00 PM | Link to this

@Rob, I never said or insinuated animal cruelty is good. My argument is that they need to pick their battles..who gives a sh!t how chickens are killed..most people don’t because to us chicken is FOOD. Let me guess Rob…you must be a vegan or better yet you’re probably one of those punk @ss PETA advocates..trust me..there are bigger chickens to fry and I”ll tell you like I said in my aformentioned post…Go to China with that animal loving crap and see how far you get..I will give you credit though..you made a very good point with the “Slave” comment..but again…you can’t compare the two..because there’s a considerable difference between HUMAN rights and animal rights…and as Human we have the right to go and eat as much chicken as we want and not give a rats @ss aobut how it was killed….

By Nate

January 17, 2008 2:00 PM | Link to this

@Rob, I never said or insinuated animal cruelty is good. My argument is that they need to pick their battles..who gives a sh!t how chickens are killed..most people don’t because to us chicken is FOOD. Let me guess Rob…you must be a vegan or better yet you’re probably one of those punk @ss PETA advocates..trust me..there are bigger chickens to fry and I”ll tell you like I said in my aformentioned post…Go to China with that animal loving crap and see how far you get..I will give you credit though..you made a very good point with the “Slave” comment..but again…you can’t compare the two..because there’s a considerable difference between HUMAN rights and animal rights…and as Human we have the right to go and eat as much chicken as we want and not give a rats @ss about how it was killed….

By Lynne

January 17, 2008 2:12 PM | Link to this

Did Rob interject an analogy of slavery and African-americans to this discussion about a chicken plant and PETA?? Is he serious??

By El Bubba

January 17, 2008 2:22 PM | Link to this

What do PETA people feed their dogs and cats? Are they vegans?

El Bubba

By Jane

January 17, 2008 2:36 PM | Link to this

Rob a) you have proven you are a member of PETA b) need to get a life c) trying to say that the death of a chicken is the same thing as slavery-is ignorant and d) pushing your views (Why eat abused, tortured animals when there are so many delicious, non-meat foods to choose from??) when I prefer to eat from all the food groups is like trying to say you are right and I am wrong for my opinions. Chicken slaughter houses are precisely what they say they are (i.e., slaughter houses - please utilize your dictionary should this concept prove to be too much for you).

In the statement by Tyson it states: the employee (PETA member) did not inform managment of the problems chosing to videotape it instead. Like I said where there is not an issue one can be created and in this case was.

By jabster

January 17, 2008 2:40 PM | Link to this

PETA’s agenda is to outlaw/stop the eating of meat, outlaw/stop animal research that saves the lives of animals and people, outlaw/stop fur, leather, and other animal products, etc., by any means necessary, including terrorism.

But thanks to animal research, PETA members can protest 23.5 years (and counting!) longer! (https://secure5.webfirst.com/fbresearch.org/store/detail_23Years.htm)

PETA supports terrorism by giving money to the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) and other FBI-recognized terrorist organizations. (go to http://www.activistcash.com and look up PETA)

Don’t be fooled by their incrementalist agenda! This isn’t the American Humane Association we’re dealing with.

And, comparing “animal rights” with the historical plight of black PEOPLE is an insult to black PEOPLE.

By Jane

January 17, 2008 2:41 PM | Link to this

Rob The concept of the wrong people being in power is also a matter of opinion. What I consider the right person for the job -you may consider to be a jerk and vise versa.

If it is your opinion alright however if it is part of a hidden or not so hidden agenda of PETA then just drop it please.

By Jessica

January 17, 2008 2:48 PM | Link to this

“Go to China with that animal loving crap” Nate…ummm no. China sucks. That’s why I live in America, because people can choose to NOT eat meat that was fed their own crap as their primary diet. China has no clue when it comes to food safety, toy safety, or anything. Do you really think that people who are paid pennies an hour give a $hit about sending quality products to Americans? If you love poorly manufactured products like chicken that was fed it’s own excrement so much—maybe YOU should go to China. PETA is just trying to inform people. But I guess the ignorant don’t really care do they??? You probably think Britney’s custody battle is more newsworthy.

By El Bubba

January 17, 2008 2:49 PM | Link to this

One can tell by looking at the design of my teeth that they are meant to eat a combination of meat and grains. I don’t have a deer’s teeth and I don’t have a wolve’s teeth, I have a design just between the two. I assume that my digestive system is also designed to eat the same variety.

El Bubba

By J

January 17, 2008 2:54 PM | Link to this

In the statement by Tyson it states: the employee (PETA member) did not inform managment of the problems chosing to videotape it instead.

SO what?!? If the guy did report it, they wouldn’t have cared, he would have got fired or it would have been brushed under the rug. The kind of people that work at a slaughterhouse don’t give a crap about the welfare of animals. Duh. Companies hide details like these from the public all the time!

By Earl

January 17, 2008 3:14 PM | Link to this

If they close the plant where will all the illegal, undocumented, non law abidding, no tax paying border crossers work? Back in Mexico perhaps.

By Cruzin

January 17, 2008 3:18 PM | Link to this

I’m surprised PETA is going after Tyson. I thought he stopped boxing several years ago!

By Jane

January 17, 2008 3:28 PM | Link to this

Alot of people in North GA work in the polutry plant mentioned in the article. This is the Plant that is in the area where they live. Closing it would only mean that productive citizens would lose their jobs, houses and more would be on the unemployment roles.
J - do you KNOW that Tyson does not do what they say or are you narrowmindly passing judgement?

By Eon

January 17, 2008 3:28 PM | Link to this

I don’t agree with PETA’s vegetarian stance because our bodies are designed to eat meat, however I refuse to defend a company that is p** on the food that I eat. That is disgusting, no matter how you slice it. I will switch to whole foods, high meat prices be damned.

By Terrance

January 17, 2008 3:32 PM | Link to this

why don’t PETA portest the horse tracks. are they scared of the RICH!

By Nate

January 17, 2008 3:50 PM | Link to this

@Jessica…I’m not gonna waste my time on you because you CLEARLY missed the undertones..your last name is probably Simpson(i.e. airhead)..anyway and to rebutt your statement about Britney you are wrong..her dumb @ss IS NOT news worthy and neither are these d@mn chickens..”PETA is trying to inform people” No Jess..PETA advocates which sounds like who you are, are trying to IMPOSE their animalistic “ANIMALS ARE PEOPLE” beliefs on everyone else…NOT THE CASE..your boyfriend is probably a poodle you kiss in the mouth daily…

By VIC LAMPKIN

January 17, 2008 4:03 PM | Link to this

F*** PETA, U STUPID MUTHAFUCKAS. FIRST YA’LL ON MY BOY VICK AND NOW THE DAMN CHICKEN PEOPLE. YOU MUTHAFUCKAS NEED SOME REAL JOBS. YA’LL ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT SOME DAMN ANIMALS GO CHECK ON YO KIDS, THEY MIGHT BE PLANIN TO BLOW SOME S** UP OR GO SHOOT THERE DAMN SCHOOL UP. GET YO PRIORITIES TOGETHER. AND IF YOU GOT A PROBLEM WIT WHAT IM SAYIN MEET ME IN MY HOOD HOMEY. COLLEGE PARK. IM WAITIN. HOLLA!!!! GOOD DAY A*****

By ELLE

January 17, 2008 4:06 PM | Link to this

Yes throw the book at them i want my chicken breast to have a nice pain free death before i roast the heck out of them and smother them with gravy HAHAHA GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!…whats next?!??!

By MrLiberty

January 17, 2008 4:38 PM | Link to this

Not only do I applaud them, I support them financially. Good job PETA.

I was a big meat eater, and while I have given up on the lunch-righteousness (people have to find their own way at their own time), I am more than happy to work to stop cruelty, mostly because it brings us down as a species.

I find it sad that folks won’t even put out the minimal effort to support a boycott of a horrible place like KFC even when footage like this confronts them. I have boycotted Proctor and Gamble and dozens of other companies for well over a decade. Who knows how many thousands of animals are alive and not suffering as a result of my minimal efforts.

Can you really say that this is the way you want your food treated before it is killed? If so, what sort of person are you?

Vegan is best, short of that, a little compassion please. You are supposed to be a human being after all.

By Jane

January 17, 2008 4:52 PM | Link to this

Boycotting KFC for purchasing chicken that is already dead and ready to be deep fried for consumption. What specifically is that going to prove? That dead animals deserve a proper burial? Chickens, Cows, Pigs etc are raised for the purpose of feeding human beings. If you want to be a vegan be a vegan but don’t push your ideals on me. I do not want to be a vegan - it simply does not work for me any more than eating meat works for you. Whether you protest Proctor & Gamble or not testing will be done - either on animals or human beings - drug companies being a prime example. It is not a perfect world and unfortunately testing does need/is required, before getting thru FDA approval. Would you rather no testing be done and you simply take you chances that the product works as described?

By pete

January 17, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this

Rob, Jessica, MrLiberty,

Perhaps you might want to look at (www.petakillsanimals.com)(http://www.petakillsanimals.com/). It is an interesting opposite view.

By Rob O. Vegan

January 17, 2008 5:02 PM | Link to this

Either most of you are a bunch of clowns or are heartless jerks. I can’t decide which.

We all die but it’s what happens before that that counts. Sure the chickens are going to be killed and then you people are going to do god only knows what with the carcasses, but I don’t see how that justifies torturing the chickens beforehand or killing them in an especially cruel way. They are god’s creatures too. If you must have them killed, why can’t it be done “humanely”?

Also, who here believes that Tyson really wants to hear from whistle blowers? I’ve got land to sell you in “Lake” Lanier.

If Tyson’s statement were true there would have been nothing for the undercover person to see because the upstanding caring people who work there would already have reported the problem and the caring and concerned management would have fixed it. Right? Lastly, do I wish you all were vegans? Yes, I do. But as long as you are going to eat dead animals, which you are, please just try to minimize their suffering and kill them quickly. Is that too much to ask?

By Mike

January 17, 2008 5:03 PM | Link to this

This is Georgia, not civilization. Empathy doesn’t live here. There is not a single redneck in the state who can imagine an animal gone mad with pain and fear at the hands of some slack-jawed hick. Every creature desires life and like us, in the face of death, would pray that it be pain free. The moment we are able to affect the happiness or suffering of another sentient being, we assume an ethical responsibility.

By Ju-C Peach

January 17, 2008 5:06 PM | Link to this

I watched a documentary on HBO about PETA. These people are serious about those chickens! Some of the animal cruelty that they showed was uncalled for. I think everyone is entitled to their opinion and no one should down another person for what they believe no matter what it is. I am not a vegaterian…I eat and enjoy the taste of all kinds of meat.

By Lila

January 17, 2008 5:14 PM | Link to this

“A constant problem with reverence for life is that it is all too frequently simplistically interpreted as a sentimental regard for animals…while overlooking the absolute sense of awe that one should feel in the presence or manifestation of any and all life…” Albert Sweitzer

By Miranda

January 17, 2008 5:17 PM | Link to this

PETA is full of it…they don’t have the courage to go head-to-head with ESPN and its multiple domestic and exotic locale hunting shows, the rodeos, horse racin (oh PETA is DEFINITELY not messing with the horse racing)or even the dog tracks. Here they are fussing over chickens…..for goodness sakes. I’ll be stopping at KFC tonight just outta spite for this nonsense.

By jabster

January 17, 2008 5:20 PM | Link to this

What really riles me are the PETAphiles who like to boycott eevill Big Businesses like Revlon and P&G for animal testing, when the animal testing they do is required by the GOVERNMENT! I used to work in the medical device industry, so I know what I am talking about.

Against animal testing? Go talk to the FDA!

And don’t give me any BS about “cruelty-free” products:

—“Against animal testing”=we test anyway. I’m against paying taxes, but I do it anyway.

—“This product not tested on animals”=No, just the ingredients were.

—“We don’t test on animals”=we farm it out to a subcontractor.

By Red Foreman

January 17, 2008 5:24 PM | Link to this

“I love cats…They are delicious!”

or

“Cats…The other white meat!”

These lefty loon’s need to get a life!!! It’s a friggin chicken.

By jabster

January 17, 2008 5:26 PM | Link to this

Rob O. Vegan:

Please don’t tell me that you are so naive as to think that the PETA mole didn’t set something up to film. You grease a chicken-plucker’s palm enough (not like they make megabucks) and he’ll whiz on the floor and breakdance in it.

Also, do you own a car? If so, you’re not vegan. Car tires contain stearic acid (from cows).

By John in Tampa, FLA

January 17, 2008 5:33 PM | Link to this

“To Serve Man” It’s a cookbook!!! It’s a cookbook!!!

By Rob O. Vegan

January 17, 2008 5:52 PM | Link to this

Lila - as long as we are quoting Schweitzer:

We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty with which we treat the animals.  Animals suffer as much as we do.  True humanity does not allow us to impose such sufferings on them.  It is our duty to make the whole world recognize it.  Until we extend our circle of compassion to all living things, humanity will not find peace.  ~Albert Schweitzer, The Philosophy of Civilization

By Clarity

January 17, 2008 6:10 PM | Link to this

So according to some posters, animals know/feel creulty vs. compassion and all that jazz? Is that what I’m reading?

I don’t necessarily disagree with that, but um, do tell me how compassionate bears and tigers feel when they kill humans for physical recreation. Anyone?

By Katie

January 18, 2008 8:17 AM | Link to this

I am not a big PETA fan but I hate people that abuse animals. Chickens are animals. I guess I’m going to have to quit eating chicken again. It’s my own personal boycott against Tyson.

Clarity, we’re not wild animals, tigers and bears are—that’s the simple answer. We are not at the top of food chain in forests and the ocean. When we enter either, we must keep in mind that we’re no longer at the top. Now people can argue that we shouldn’t keep them in captivity but we need to so that people can see them, learn about them and be interested in their conservation. We shouldn’t be mocking them or thowing sticks and rocks at them either. If that is truely what happened at the SF zoo, then I’d say the boys deserved to be mauled. Just my opinion on that though.

By Dorrie

January 18, 2008 8:43 AM | Link to this

I think it would have been worthwhile to note in this article that PETA is not an animal welfare organization. They do nothing and give no monies to actually help animals. They are an animal rights organization and spend money on publicity and lobbyists. They have a mission statement that includes their desire for a “pet-less, meat-less society” and therefore want to close this chicken plant, not reform any practices. They have a clear agenda and no credibility as an organization that wants better treatment of animals going to slaughter. They want no slaughter plants at all.

By Sean

January 18, 2008 8:50 AM | Link to this

I am so sick and tired of PETA and these other worthless organizations. They never take a stand on important issues, such as racial and social injustice. They are a joke.

By Clarity

January 18, 2008 9:07 AM | Link to this

@ Katie - makes sense.

By dont bite me bro

January 18, 2008 9:33 AM | Link to this

Mary J Blige fights dogs.

By Tray

January 18, 2008 10:04 AM | Link to this

Wow…so many ignorant comments…where do i start, lol??

How about this: Have you ever seen a healthy vegan, really? didn’t think so. Next: to PETA supporter who said-‘why eat chickens when they walk and roll in their own pee and poop? How about this buddy-what are your vegetables and plants grown in?? MANURE!! what is that? If you don’t know, look it up!

Finally (until i read more stupid comments): Tyson put out that statement that the undercover PETA employee violated their rules. Then some idiot above said “like they would do anything anyways, companies hide stuff all the time”.

YEAH THEY DO- SO WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR PRECIOUS PETA IS HIDING??

Look, every company has bad employees, but the worse ones are the ones (like the PETA informant)that see stuff happening and don’t report it.

Oh, and a bonus point: To the religious FREAKS out there saying chickens are god’s creations, too. Yeah, so are spiders and cockroaches, so when you see one crawling on your floor in your house, YOU BETTER NOT KILL GOD’S CREATION. But I’m pretty sure you all have swatted a few flies, so SHUT UP RELIGIOUS HIPOCRITES!