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Dozens of chickens were injured or killed in an SC crash. PETA wants pay tribute to them
The State ^ | 9/21/2017 | Cynthia Roldan

Posted on 09/21/2017 9:19:16 AM PDT by Gamecock

A billboard is set to go up to memorialize dozens of chickens injured or killed during a crash on Interstate 95 earlier this month.

People for Ethical Treatment of Animals announced through a news release that the billboard aims to encourage drivers to “think about the ill-fated animals on transport trucks.

The crash took place on Sept. 15 on northbound I-95 at mile marker 91 near Santee, according to Lance Corporal Judd Jones, of the S.C. Highway Patrol. Only one vehicle was involved and no humans were injured in the crash.

“This devastating crash left countless birds mangled and suffering,” said Tracy Reiman, the organization’s executive vice president. “PETA’s billboard will let travelers know that the best way to prevent such tragedies is to keep smart, sensitive chickens off the road in the first place by going vegan.”

The billboard will feature an image of a chicken with the words, “I’m me, not meat. See the individual. Go vegan,” according to the release.


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To: Gamecock

To get to the other side.


21 posted on 09/21/2017 9:58:09 AM PDT by VietVet876
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To: MeganC

“Fall asleep with you”

I’m sorry, but I draw the line on sleeping with chickens.

Even in college, I never got that drunk.


22 posted on 09/21/2017 10:05:14 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Gamecock

Funny I never hear of PETA paying tribute to the animals they put to sleep?

Still happens this was from August 17 in VA.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/17/peta-sorry-for-taking-girls-dog-putting-it-down


23 posted on 09/21/2017 10:07:12 AM PDT by zek157
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To: MeganC

“Cut their heads off and fry them”?

The leftists?

OK.

What kind of wine do you serve with leftist?

Listerine?


24 posted on 09/21/2017 10:07:57 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: blueunicorn6

I’ve been sitting in my hammock when I’ve had one of our girls hop up and sit in my lap and fall asleep. It’s really kind of flattering to be trusted by a creature that God designed to be natually afraid of everything. They have to overcome their instincts to make the conscious decision to be your friend.


25 posted on 09/21/2017 10:09:19 AM PDT by MeganC (Democrat by birth, Republican by default, conservative by principle.)
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To: Gamecock

It’s a free country, if PETA wants to pay tribute dead chickens they can knock themselves out. However, I think this is much more about fund raising than consciousness raising.


26 posted on 09/21/2017 10:16:24 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: MeganC
That said, don’t dismiss the chicken until you’ve had one jump up in your lap, preen your hair, and then fall asleep with you. They can be really sweet pets.

I've known a few people who had chickens that really were excellent - if messy - pets by nearly any of the usual standards.

Mr. n77

27 posted on 09/21/2017 10:17:08 AM PDT by niteowl77
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To: blueunicorn6

I can’t stop laughing at your post!

A true story. Someone called me years ago to help her. She was waaay preggers and her husband got called into work unexpectedly. He didn’t want to leave her home alone so he left her at the home of his workmate whom he had to pick up on the way to work.

I could hear fear in her voice when she called, so I said I’d be right there.

Now, I’ve a had a pretty weird life and have seen a lot of weird things, but …

The home was off the highway and down a steep hill onto a very shaded lot. I could see two young girls, around 12 years old or so, whose white t-shirts were covered in blood. So too were their faces and their arms and their legs. I could see them flailing and flinging their arms about.

I couldn’t make sense of what I seeing, and was hesitant but also wanted to help them so drove up a little closer.

Then I could see more and could hear the squawking and carrying on.

They were throwing … seriously … live chickens at each other and having the time of their lives laughing and carrying on. I sat there stunned, not believing what I was seeing. Blood was flying everywhere. And the blood was from the girls, not the chickens.

It was then I had to decide if I really wanted to help the person who called; I started reevaluating our relationship. I DID NOT want to get any closer because I’d have to go by the girls to get her out.

My heart got the better of me and I got out and walked cautiously around them and the chickens hurtling through the air, and said, “Look. I’m going in to get “Jane”. She’s very, very pregnant. You throw one of them *&^%%$ when she walks past and I’ll wring your damn neck right off your shoulders, you hear?” If you could’ve seen one of these girls you’d know why I spoke that way – which under no other circumstances could I ever. There wasn’t much going to scare a couple of girls who didn’t mind playing toss the live chickens.


28 posted on 09/21/2017 10:18:35 AM PDT by SouthernClaire (God Bless America)
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To: MeganC

They are just lulling you into a false sense of security.

You’ll be in your hammock thinking about Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass and one of those chickens will pull a switchblade on you.

Chickens are like short, feathery, tasty velociraptors.

Have you looked at their feet? I mean when they take their shoes off.

Those are some scary feet!

And don’t even get me started on their lips!

They can tear a lion to pieces with those chicken lips!

No thank you.

Not me.

There’s a reason they keep chickens in prison.

And it ain’t because they write bad checks.

They do, though.

Write bad checks.

Never take a check from a chicken unless it has two photo IDs.


29 posted on 09/21/2017 10:20:50 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: butlerweave

Presbyterians Eating Tasty Animals


30 posted on 09/21/2017 10:21:50 AM PDT by Gamecock ("We always choose according to our greatest inclination at the moment." R.C. Sproul)
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To: SouthernClaire

Sounds like my family reunion last July.

We heave all kinds of animals at each other.

My cousin Mike threw a emu at me.

I didn’t even know what an emu was.

Dang near took my head off.

I got him back.

I threw a possum at him.

It was a 9mm possum.

He always was the fastest cousin.

Not the brightest, though.

My cousin Marty is the smart one.

He can do quadratic equations, whatever the heck those are.

He tried to be the next Evil Knievel.

He was in Las Vegas and going to jump like twenty buses.

You should have seen the looks on the bus drivers faces.


31 posted on 09/21/2017 10:31:25 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Gamecock

People for the Eating of Tasty Amomsls????


32 posted on 09/21/2017 10:35:30 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Gamecock

They should put up dozens of little white crosses along the roadside.


33 posted on 09/21/2017 10:40:37 AM PDT by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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To: 2111USMC

...made out of chicken bones.


34 posted on 09/21/2017 10:42:07 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: RightGeek

Memorial Services to be held at Breakfast, lunch and dinner at all KFCs this week.


35 posted on 09/21/2017 10:52:26 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: blueunicorn6

The upside of chickens, though, is that while they are not as deadly as, say, laser guided nuclear weapons, they are far, and by far, a more effective deterrent to North Korean aggression than was the 14th Annual Berkeley Hills Bicycle Race.


36 posted on 09/21/2017 10:57:25 AM PDT by MeganC (Democrat by birth, Republican by default, conservative by principle.)
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To: MeganC

Laser-guided chickens on bicycles.

Now I won’t be able to sleep tonight.


37 posted on 09/21/2017 11:02:45 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: blueunicorn6

And even if I could sleep, I wouldn’t sleep with a chicken.

Maybe a Hooded Merganser duck.

Ducks aren’t all they’re quacked up to be, though.


38 posted on 09/21/2017 11:06:21 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: blueunicorn6

Please invite me the next time you dare to bring out your relatives from the overcrowded attic for another family reunion. I’ll bring some roadkill. Can’t promise it’ll be chickens though, so don’t go getting all excited.

(Thank you for the laughter, Blue! God bless you.)


39 posted on 09/21/2017 11:35:50 AM PDT by SouthernClaire (God Bless America)
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To: Gamecock

(from an email...)

My Favorite Animal

Our teacher asked what my favourite animal was, and I said, “Fried chicken.”

She said I wasn’t funny; but she couldn’t have been right, because everyone else laughed.

My parents told me to always tell the truth. I did. Fried chicken is my favourite animal.

I told my dad what happened, and he said my teacher was probably a member of PETA. He said they love animals very much.

I do, too. Especially chicken, pork and beef.

Anyway, my teacher sent me to the principal’s office.

I told him what happened, and he laughed, too.. Then he told me not to do it again.

The next day in class my teacher asked me what live animal was my favorite.

I told her it was chicken. She asked me why; so I told her it was because you could make them into fried chicken.

She sent me back to the principal’s office.

He laughed and told me not to do it again.

I don’t understand. My parents taught me to be honest, but my teacher doesn’t like it when I am.

Today, my teacher asked me to tell her what famous military person I admired most.

I told her, “Colonel Sanders.”

Guess where I am now...


40 posted on 09/21/2017 12:29:30 PM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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