PETA UK Launches ‘Best Chicken’ Contest!
PETA UK Launches ‘Best Chicken’ Contest!
London – Lay it on chick! Starting today, PETA’s first-ever “Best Companion Chicken” competition is open for submissions from loving chicken guardians across the UK and Ireland. The new contest seeks to showcase chickens’ personalities, special skills, and overall cuteness – and to send a clear signal that they should be protected and adored, not killed and consumed.
The winning chicken will receive toys and treats – and the winner’s guardian will receive a prize pack that includes a T-shirt, a vegan cookbook, and more (plus bragging rights, of course).
“Chickens are individuals who value their lives and deserve dignity and compassion, not the abattoir knife,” says PETA Vice President of Programmes Elisa Allen. “PETA is inviting anyone with a chicken who rules their roost to enter this contest and help the public see these specktacular birds in a new light.”
Chickens can recognize the faces of more than 100 other chickens; communicate with at least 24 unique vocalisations; establish complex social hierarchies; and roost together companionably. Yet chickens killed for their flesh are crammed into filthy sheds, where they’re forced to live in their own waste – and the runoff from these operations pollutes the environment and poisons local wildlife. At abattoirs, chickens’ throats are often cut while they’re still conscious, and many are scalded to death in de-feathering tanks.
Competition entrants must be UK and Ireland residents and guardians of chickens who live as animal companions, and a video submission is required. The entry round ends on 7 March. By 17 March, PETA will announce the finalists – to be determined by a PETA panel – and voting will then open to the public to help determine the winner, who will be revealed by 31 March. PETA will make the final choice based on several factors, including vote count. See full contest details here.
PETA – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat” – points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits. For more information, please visit PETA.org.uk or follow PETA on Facebook, X, TikTok, or Instagram.
Contact:
Jennifer White +44 (0) 20 7837 6327; [email protected]
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