McCruelty

Did you know....in the slaughterhouses of McDonald's (http://www.mcdonalds.com/) U.S. and Canadian chicken suppliers, birds are dumped out of their transport crates and hung upside down in metal shackles, which can result in broken bones, extreme bruising, and hemorrhaging. Workers have the opportunity to abuse live birds, and birds have their throats cut while they are still conscious. Many birds are immersed in tanks of scalding-hot water while they are still alive and able to feel pain.  This is why PETA's McCruelty campaign is one of my favorites.  Don't believe me?  Watch the video below for proof (warning: not for weak stomachs)....


McCruelty: I'm Hatin' It--Learn More.

Many think People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA (http://www.peta.org/) is an extremist group who villainizes anyone who doesn't conform to their standards of living (going vegan or vegetarian), but as long as I've been a member, I've never been pushed into a direction I didn't believe in, even when I wasn't ready to make the vegan switch yet.  For the purposes of their McCruelty campaign (http://www.mccruelty.com/), they aren't trying to eliminate McDonald's altogether (for those of you who are absolutely unwilling to change their meat-eating ways), they're just trying to provide more humane alternatives to how they kill the animals, which as one of the largest sellers of chicken meat, I'd say that's their corporate responsibility.

To sign up for McCruelty updates: http://www.mccruelty.com/signUp.aspx
To make your own McCruelty sign: http://www.mccruelty.com/generator.aspx
To take the McCruelty Facebook challenge: http://www.mccruelty.com/facebook.aspx
Ways to share the McCruelty campaign: http://www.mccruelty.com/share.aspx
To play PETA's new Super Chick Sisters game: http://www.mccruelty.com/SuperChickSisters.aspx
What you can do to help: http://www.mccruelty.com/whatYouCanDo.aspx
Take action: https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1696
Part of PETA's street team?  Want more points?  Check out what more you can do for the McCruelty campaign here: http://www.peta2.com/TAKECHARGE/t-McCrueltyActions.asp

<3 and peace, Helena