Posted on 07/06/2019 11:38:03 AM PDT by PROCON
CALDWELL, Idaho — Chicken Dinner Road is ruffling some feathers.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, an animal rights organization, is requesting that the city of Caldwell, Idaho, rename the historical Chicken Dinner Road.
In a letter sent to Caldwell Mayor Garret Nancolas, PETA condemned the name of the road, saying, “Chickens are intelligent, sensitive animals who feel pain and empathy and form strong bonds with one another, and they shouldn’t be considered ‘dinner.’”
The request, apparently, has run afoul of the mayor.
“First of all, it’s absolutely ridiculous — it just is,” Nancolas told the Idaho Press. “It’s a ridiculous request. It’s not even in the city of Caldwell, but even if it was, the answer would simply be no.”
The road is under the jurisdiction of Canyon Highway District No. 3, according to Nancolas.
“It’s a waste of my time,” Nancolas said.
PETA’s letter — full of chicken puns — asks for Nancolas to listen to PETA’s “eggciting” idea to change the name to something kinder. The letter says if the city “hatches a plan” for a new name, PETA would be willing to pitch in for the costs.
The letter goes on to outline the “violent” treatment of chickens raised for the food industry and mentions that the numerous health benefits of a meat-free diet are “nothing to squawk about.”
PETA ends with one last plea to change the name, saying that they “believe you have a great opportunity to demonstrate a sign of the changing times, as more humans are showing compassion and respect for other species.”
Change it to Chicken Diner.
Motto: “Whiner, Whiner, Chicken Diner!”
Maybe open a Kenny Rogers, too.
Agreed. Inside those tiny little heads is a tiny little brain about the size of a BB. Enough neural connections to regulate bodily functions and instinctive behavior, but just barely.
Every chicken that reads that sign will flee in fear. Literate fowl should not be terrorized in such a fashion!
I hope the town renames Chicken Dinner Road to Chik-Fil-A Dinner Road. That ought to really upset the homo-lesbo group known as PETA.
My “associate” Rufus likes to share my Chick fil A. You don’t argue with 65 pounds of poodle who is a cousin of Duck Dynasty Cooper
My “associate” Rufus likes to share my Chick fil A. You don’t argue with 65 pounds of poodle who is a cousin of Duck Dynasty Cooper
From a group that kills 90% of the animals that it gets control of.
Thanks PROCON. And no more hosting water pollo, either! It's humanocentric!!! Wait, what?
Thats Mike the Headless Chicken. There is a big statue of him in Fruita , Colorado. Seems he was being prepared for Sunday dinner back around 1945 and the axe did not take enough of his brain stem. He got up and ran around the farm. Being Capitalists, his owner turned him into a County and State fair spectacle, making some big 1940’s money. As he was fed by dropping a grain of corn down his gullet he choked on one and Mike was no more. Real interesting. Look him up!
I’m thinking “All You Can Eat BBQ Buffet Lane”.
I learn something new every day. Thanks!
How about Colonel Sanders Lane?
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