go pam!!! i am so glad she is here in aus. i"ve been telling all my friends and family not to eat KFC!!!! and finally the truth is getting out to the rest of the country. when will peta be on our doorstep????

Posted by: nicole | July 12, 2008 01:51 AM

what? Pensacola, what and where is that.

Posted by: heather carlisle | July 12, 2008 10:45 AM

I worked in the poultry industry for 10 yrs. start to finish. one that sells to Kfc. Go and watch. your miss stating the facts to fit your cause. How can an bird feel with its spinal coard cut. the water is warm to make the blood flow out. Not scalding. The scalding is later in the process just before the rubber fingers pull the feathers. List the truth of the process Please!!!!

Posted by: Gary | July 12, 2008 12:40 PM

intensively bred chickens.. the fact taht they're all crammed into sheds for their entire lives (with not even a sliver of natural day light to be seen ever) ankle deep in their own waste and intoxicating fumes of ammonia in the air enough to make you choke even worst down at their level.. that they are crammed cheek by jowl with hardly any room to move.. suffering joint disabilities beucase they are fed growth hormones in their feed to enhance their 'super growth'.. relentless excessive artificial lighting to encourage to keep feeding.. deprived of minimal dark hours so they can rest.. I think just these are bad enough.. and ehrm.. maybe yes the killing process is pretty awful to.. if you buy cheap chicken in your supermarket (ie not free range or even higher standard chickens) and .. yes.. the ubiquitous KFC.. then these are the chickens that suffer and you are supporting it becuase you are buying this product .. and if PeTA is not totally correct.. on the killing process then pls do enlighten us all..
pps. eating less meat is good for everyone !!!!

Posted by: yvonne | July 12, 2008 04:13 PM

Hey all!

Can anyone tell me why KCF is worse than other fast-food restaurants? Certainly not defending them, just wondering if McDonalds or Wendy's isn't just as bad, only they use cows and pigs as well.... On the upside, Burger King has veggie burgers now - woohoo!

Posted by: Jackie | July 12, 2008 05:47 PM

Gary,

I think what they are saying is that during PETA's and other groups' numerous undercover investigations, a significant percentage of birds missed the throat-slitting, and thus were dropped alive into the scalding tank. Hopefully, most of them were electrically stunned, though. But many miss the stunning bath, too.

But the point is that better procedures can reduce unneeded suffering like that.

Posted by: Mark | July 12, 2008 07:23 PM

Gary, with all do respect, any animals life that is taken out of this world unnaturally, regardless of how it is done, is cruel.

I have stated the truth.

Posted by: Ashley | July 12, 2008 07:50 PM

yeah people like the ones that run kfc are disgusting and like to ruin everything

Posted by: jada | July 13, 2008 02:32 AM

Can you prove any of this?

Posted by: Dave | July 13, 2008 02:48 PM

KFC gets their chicken products from reputible vendors. They donot have anything to do with the way these animals are treated. Poultry, Beef & Pork are replentishable products. The animals are raised to feed human kind. You people need to get a life; stop these endless; mindless games.. Another thing, I used to work in a slaughter house, we processed both beef and lamb; none of what is on your video ever happened there. GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT AND LEAVE THE CONIVORS OF THIS WORLD ALONE. YOU WILL NOT CHANGE MY MIND; VEGETARIANS ARE MORE PRONE TO CONTRACT DISEASES DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM IS NOT KEPT EFFICIENT DUE TO LACK OF NECESSARY NUTRIENTS.

Posted by: P. MCW | July 13, 2008 04:23 PM

That is true about what happens to the chickens that make up the meat at KFC, and it is sickening! Anyone with a brain and feelings will not eat KFC anymore after reading that!

Posted by: Jacy | July 13, 2008 05:49 PM

I personally am offended by number one, even if it did come from a woman.

Number three...I think that applies to this organization as well.

And number five...be really careful with that statement. Apparently Pam's done ALOT.

Posted by: Tabitha | July 13, 2008 08:06 PM

I'm not a huge fan of Pam's but what she is doing is fantastic. Something needs to be done here. yeah we have the RSPCA but the fines here for animal cruelty is an absolute joke. I live in Tasmania & we have a meat works place here that kills meat for Muslims by blindfolding them & then cutting their throat. Makes me think its like Agri. I can't imagine cruelty goes on there. PETA Please come to Australia & give it a shake up, or set up an office here. For people to treat animals like this they must be gutless pathetic scum of the earth pieces of s***

Posted by: Kimberly | July 14, 2008 12:55 AM

KFC dosn't own any poultry farms or slaughter houses. If you want to protest you should go after the farms that raise them.

Posted by: rick | July 14, 2008 08:27 AM

Love 'em all!! All the best Peta!! I know heather it sounds like Pepsicola, lol!!

Posted by: Carla | July 14, 2008 11:04 AM

Actually,P.MCW, my good cholesterol is high and my bad cholesterol is very low;my blood pressure is excellent and my blood iron is great(I give every 58 days and it sinks like a stone!) All this from the benefit of a vegan diet. Don't speak for us until you know what you are talking about.You "conivors" will just have to put up with us rascally vegans- we are NOT going away. Get used to it.

Posted by: Coleen Tew | July 14, 2008 01:04 PM

I like 3 and 8.

But I certainly wouldn't make a reason "If Pam is doing it, I want to do it, too." Um no. There are things she has done that I would never consider doing. As far as not supporting KFC goes- yes, that I have already done and do.

But I get the point.

Posted by: brandie r | July 14, 2008 02:06 PM

1. I find that a bit offensive to women. But I guess since you're all obsessed with nudity, it's not surprising.

5. No, I don't want to do it because Pam is doing it. I will do my own independant research and decide for myself. For all I know, videos could be edited, facts skewed. The PETA website won't tell me all I want to know.

Posted by: S.Q. | July 14, 2008 05:24 PM

yes. "KFC doesn't 'own' any slaughter houses or poultry farms" but this is where they SOURCE their chickens .. taht is the point..! if they sourced their chickens from better or higher welfare chicken suppliers in order to turn into those fried chicken pieces then maybe Peta would get 'off their backs'.. but higher welfare chickens, eggs etc.. costs a tad more.. this is why they're diggin their heels deep into the sticky tarmac and seemingly refuse to budge an inch.. profits comes first and foremost in their eyes each and every time over animal welfare..
SHAME on KFC!!!

Posted by: liz | July 14, 2008 05:38 PM

Ok I will say this God put animals on this Earth to eat(well most of them).He want's all of his creatures to have a good life and to be happy!What I have seen of just about all the meat using animals is not happy!And all the stupid ppl that were talking about how it is ok(all this that ppl are doing to animals)they never once mentioned how they were living b4 the slaughter!plz all of you go veg!

Posted by: Anny | July 14, 2008 05:47 PM

P. MCW,

Research funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, show that the average Seventh Day Adventist in California following a vegetarian diet lives 4 to 10 years longer than the average Californian.

"In a study of over 25,000 Seventh Day Adventists, vegetarians were found to have significantly lower rates of diabetes. Among men in the study, risk for diabetes was a whopping 80% higher in men who ate meat, after adjusting for weight."

Not bad for people who are "lacking" necessary nutrients.

Posted by: Mike Quinoa | July 14, 2008 07:16 PM

i hated KFC's food even before i found out about the cruelty that the animals suffer. but you should instead of going after KFC, go after the suppliers that give them the meat. i think that would help out the chickens a lot more than protesting the place that the meat goes to (not that i LIKE their food beacuse i don't)

i remember eating the mashed potatoes and then spitting them out they were that nasty. and they almost hit the person that i was eating with.

Posted by: erika | July 14, 2008 08:14 PM

the chicken stuff is mean and my friend hates you for that sooooooooooooo ha!!!

Posted by: nick | July 14, 2008 09:36 PM

I'd eat at any fast food restaurant except KFC. I was reading a book about what they do to those chickens and lemme tell ya-NASTY. The book is called "Chew On This" and it made me a vegitarian.

By da way, I agree with 2 and 4.

Posted by: Paul | July 14, 2008 10:54 PM

Wooooo!!!
Go Pam,finally they listen.
You don't have to hurt a innocent animal,yer you all say that it dosen't hurt them but,of course it does.
Just because they can't talk,dose'nt mean you can get away with hurting/slaughtering little animals.
I back Pam up all the way.

STOP ANIMAL CRUELTY!

Posted by: Jess | July 15, 2008 03:32 AM

collen we r not "conivor" tat is just bull. if u dont even noe the difference between canivor and omnivor. second u need both the nutrient of the meat and the veggie to have a balance diet not just veggie and take vitamin pills to replace the meat tat r missing out of daily life. third you cant complain to kfc tat they treat there chicken "wrongly", becaus eit not them it is the slaugterhouse. lastly wat is the difference between a none well treat chicken and a well treated farm raised chicken after they r kill. both of them would feel pain when they die but after they r dead it is the same for both.

Posted by: dan tran | July 15, 2008 09:53 AM

i will take you through the process for killing a chicken. the chickens are hung upside down on shackles, they are then put through a bath with an electric current flowing through it, their throats are then slit and pass over a tank that collects the blood, when all the blood has drained out of them they get put through the boiling water, the boiling water isn't used to kill them, they are already dead. the hot water softens the skin so that the feathers can be removed. this process is a lot more humane than pulling a chickens neck or slitting its throat. I am all for animals being treated well, but I think your efforts to improve the world might be better placed elsewhere

Posted by: mark lynch | July 15, 2008 10:37 AM

My husband is the General Manager at a KFC. He is the sole provider for me and our 2 children. And I truly agree with this Mark Lynch guy when he said your efforts would be much better placed elsewhere.

Posted by: Keshia T. | July 15, 2008 05:55 PM

I'm top heavy.

I also have back problems, neck problems, my shoulders hurt all the time...

Am I gonna be put to sleep?

Posted by: Tabitha | July 16, 2008 10:47 AM

P. MCW,

I think you need to do a little more research yourself before you write something like that again. First off, you spelled "carnivore" wrong, and scientists have actually found that vegetarians have stronger immune systems than "carnivores" like yourself.

Posted by: Kate | July 16, 2008 04:43 PM