{"id":744868,"date":"2022-07-14T15:20:28","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T15:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radiofree.asia\/?guid=6b3f68e360f4476333d0c3a678010b2c"},"modified":"2022-07-14T15:20:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T15:20:28","slug":"hell-on-wheels-is-coming-squawking-chicken-truck-to-ruffle-feathers-near-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/07\/14\/hell-on-wheels-is-coming-squawking-chicken-truck-to-ruffle-feathers-near-capitol\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hell on Wheels\u2019 Is Coming: Squawking Chicken Truck to Ruffle Feathers Near Capitol"},"content":{"rendered":"

Diners downtown might just think twice about chowing down on chickens\u2019 wings after they see\u2014and hear\u2014\u201cHell on Wheels,\u201d<\/strong> PETA\u2019s new guerilla-marketing campaign featuring a life-size chicken transport truck<\/a> covered with images of real chickens crammed into crates on their way to a slaughterhouse, complete with actual recorded sounds of the birds\u2019 cries. The truck will stake out Capitol Hill and head up Central Avenue\u2014where chicken-serving eateries include Capital Fried Chicken, Crown Fried Chicken, and bb.q Chicken Albany\u2014on Saturday and Sunday as part of the group\u2019s national tour.<\/p>\n

\u201cBehind every chicken sandwich or Buffalo wing was a once-living, sensitive individual who was crammed onto a truck for a terrifying, miserable journey to their death,\u201d says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. \u201cPETA\u2019s \u2018Hell on Wheels\u2019 truck is an appeal to anyone who eats chicken to remember the meat industry\u2019s cruelty to birds and that the kindest meal is a vegan one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Birds killed for their flesh are bred to grow such unnaturally large upper bodies that their legs often become crippled under the weight, and the sheds in which they\u2019re confined are so filthy that the red, watery goo in packages of chicken is referred to as \u201cfecal soup.\u201d They\u2019re trucked through all weather extremes, sometimes over hundreds of miles and without any food or water, to slaughterhouses, where their throats are slit\u2014often while they\u2019re still conscious.<\/p>\n

\u201cHell on Wheels\u201d just visited Buffalo and Syracuse, and upcoming stops on its tour include the Times Square Chick-fil-A store in New York City and, in Tennessee, a slew of fried-chicken restaurants in Nashville and the Memphis Chicken & Beer Festival.<\/p>\n

PETA\u2014whose motto reads, in part, that \u201canimals are not ours to eat\u201d\u2014opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETA.org<\/strong><\/a> or follow the group on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>, Facebook<\/strong><\/a>, or Instagram<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Diners downtown might just think twice about chowing down on chickens\u2019 wings after they see\u2014and hear\u2014\u201cHell on Wheels,\u201d PETA\u2019s new guerilla-marketing campaign featuring a life-size chicken transport truck covered with images of real chickens crammed into crates on their way to a slaughterhouse, complete with actual recorded sounds of the birds\u2019 cries. The truck will… Read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

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