Wing Fest? Giant Chicken Has a Message for Sheffield Festival-Goers
Have you heard that Sheffield is holding Wing Fest? Around 45,000 intelligent, gentle birds will be killed and cut up so that festival-goers can eat their wings this October. Ahead of the festival, two billboards have appeared streets away from the event site at Peddler Market. The provocative appeal features a giant chicken who has a life-saving message for passers-by:
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Their Wings, Not Ours
Think of the individual behind the wings. Chickens are smart, social birds who feel joy, pain, and fear and don’t want to be chopped up for someone’s meal.
Chickens killed for their flesh are bred to grow such unnaturally large upper bodies that their legs become crippled under the weight. They are crammed by the tens of thousands into filthy sheds, where they’re forced to live in their own waste. At the slaughterhouse, their throats are often cut while they’re still conscious, and many are scalded to death in defeathering tanks.
Don’t Eat Birds – Try Vegan Chicken Instead
High street chains and local joints are packed with vegan chicken options that are good for birds and our tastebuds, including KFC’s Vegan Burger and Burger King’s crispy Vegan Royale.
Just around the corner from Peddler Market in Kelham Island, epic vegan eatery Church – Temple of Fun is serving Kentucky Fried Cactus wings throughout October, and all chicken burgers and wings on Sheffield-based The Common Room’s menu can be made vegan.
Check out PETA’s favourite vegan fried chicken options:
You can help expand the vegan chicken options! Chicken shops need to hear from customers like you. Please tell these chicken shops that you want to see vegan options on the menu:
Do It for Chickens – Go Vegan This November
Every person who goes vegan spares nearly 200 chickens or other animals each year a miserable life and a terrifying death. Why not to give it a go? November is World Vegan Month, so take PETA’s World Vegan Month Challenge and get all the support you need to make this compassionate switch:
