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06.03.08 |
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2008/06/01/5739946.html
‘Kentucky Fried Cruelty’ comes to an end
Vegan `chicken’ on menu as KFC Canada pledges better animal welfare to end protest
By COLIN PERKEL, The Canadian Press
TORONTO — Following a five-year roasting by animal-rights activists, KFC Canada is promising improved welfare for the chickens it buys for its fast-food outlets in exchange for an end to a boycott campaign that will continue in the U.S. and elsewhere.
The Canadian Press has learned that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has agreed to call off its Canadian “Kentucky Fried Cruelty� campaign, which featured high-profile actress Pamela Anderson among others, following a signed agreement with the company.
Among other things, the deal obliges KFC Canada to begin buying from suppliers who use gas to kill their chickens painlessly, considered to be the least cruel method of slaughter.
The company is also promising to insist on other “animal-welfare friendly� measures relating to how the birds are kept, including a maximum on crowding and phasing out non-essential growth-hormones and other drugs.
Customers of the popular restaurant chain will also be able to order a vegan “chicken� item, according to the deal that followed almost seven months of at-times “sticky� closed-door negotiations.
“It’s going to drastically reduce the suffering of chickens in slaughterhouses and also . . . improve the living conditions for animals while they’re on the farm,� Matt Prescott, PETA’s assistant director of corporate affairs, said from Norfolk, Va.
KFC Canada President …
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06.01.08 |
*this comes after five and a half years of intense campaigning and 7 months of negotiations
*KFC Canada is run separately from KFC in other countries, and is feeling major heat about their bold move from the world hq in Louisville.
*According to our deal, KFC Canada will do the following:
* Purchase 100 percent of its chickens, through a phase-in plan, from suppliers that use controlled-atmosphere killing (CAK)—the least cruel form of poultry slaughter ever developed. This will prevent live-scalding, sadistic abuse by workers (since with CAK, workers never even touch live birds), broken bones, painful electric shocks, live throat slitting and other abuses. AND this is the first time any company has committed to a total phase in of CAK. What’s most remarkable is that currently, only ONE chicken slaughterhouse in Canada uses CAK, so this will require the industry as a whole to switch over the next few years.
* Add a vegan faux-chicken item to the menu of about 65% of KFCs in Canada (!!!!!)
* Improve its animal welfare audit criteria to reduce the number of broken bones and other injuries suffered by birds and send us the detailed results of all their audits every six months…from now until the end of time.
* Urge its suppliers to adopt better farming practices, including improved lighting, lower stocking-density and ammonia levels, and a phase-out of growth-promoting drugs and breeding practices that painfully cripple chickens
* Form an animal welfare advisory panel and allow …
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05.05.08 |
From PETA’s site click here for original article
For years now, the horse racing industry has systematically ignored efforts by the animal protection community and its own disgusted insiders, including some veterinarians who aren’t afraid where their bread is “buttered,� to make life more tolerable for the horses it profits from. Given this weekend’s horror at the Kentucky Derby, we’re hoping that the members of the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority and others within the industry will now be forced to take these issues seriously. If they don’t care about the suffering of these animals, perhaps their PR people will give them a reason to care.
This morning, PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk sent a letter to the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority proposing changes in the rules that would result in a drastic reduction of the types of injuries that claimed the life of Eight Belles in the running of the Kentucky Derby. The maudlin expressions of regret and sadness over the Eight Belles incident that we’re hearing from people within the industry are ringing pretty hollow right now. If they genuinely want to do something to try and prevent incidents like this in the future, they can start with the following:
- Suspend the jockey and bar the trainer from racing other horses
- Thoroughbreds under the age of three should not be permitted to race
- Synthetic surfaces or grass turf—which result in dramatically …
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04.25.08 |
I’m in washington!
Very exciting-
CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLE IN WASHINGTON POST!
For Immediate Release:
April 24, 2008
PAMELA ANDERSON TARGETS ANIMAL TESTS IN DEBUT TRIP TO D.C. AS U.S. CITIZEN
Star Will Deliver Report to Capital Hill Blasting U.S. Government for Lagging Years Behind Europe In Replacing Outdated Animal Tests
Washington — Pamela Anderson—in her first visit to Washington since becoming a U.S. citizen—will make a personal appeal to her new government to replace a profusion of outdated animal tests with modern technology that is already widely used in Europe. In the shadow of the nation’s capitol, Anderson will hand-deliver a PETA science report—the impetus for a recent front-page Washington Post story—condemning the failure of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to use sophisticated, non-animal test methods in place of animal tests.
Date: Friday, April 25
Time: 2 p.m.
Place: HHS, 200 Independence Ave. S.W., Washington, D.C.
Anderson’s D.C. visit comes in the wake of a recent National Academy of Sciences study that also criticizes HHS for failing to keep pace with European non-animal test methods.
The U.S. Congress created the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) to replace crude, unreliable, and fatal chemical tests on animals with more modern, accurate, applicable, and cost-effective non-animal test methods. However, in the last 10 years, ICCVAM has approved only four “alternative” methods, while …
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04.12.08 |
link to Article on WashingtonPost.com
Panel Has Produced 4 Options in 10 Years By Gilbert M. GaulWashington Post Staff WriterSaturday, April 12, 2008; A01
Each year, American doctors inject more than 3 million doses of Botox to temporarily smooth their patients’ wrinkles and frown lines. But before each batch is shipped, the manufacturer puts it through one of the oldest and most controversial animal tests available.
To check the potency of its product under federal safety rules, Allergan Inc. injects mice with Botox until it finds a dose at which half of the animals die — a rough gauge of potential harm to humans.
Animal protection groups consider "lethal dose 50," as the test is known, to be "the poster child for everything that’s wrong with animal testing," said Martin Stephens, vice president for animal research issues at the Humane Society of the United States. "It’s as bad as it gets, poisoning animals to death."
Allergan officials say they have no choice. Without a federally approved safety test that does not use animals, a company spokeswoman says, lethal dose 50 “is by default the required test.”
The controversy over the Botox test highlights the slow pace of government efforts to replace or reduce the large numbers of animals used by pharmaceutical companies, chemical manufacturers and consumer firms to ensure that their products are safe for people. A decade after Congress created a panel to spur the development of …
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04.07.08 |
E! ANNOUNCES DOCU-STYLE SERIES WITH SUPERSTAR PAMELA ANDERSON
“Pammy� (Working Title) Premieres Summer 2008 on E!
Los Angeles, CA, DATE – E! Entertainment Television will debut an observational documentary series that goes inside the life of Pamela Anderson. A Hollywood icon and international megastar, Pam is one of the most recognizable women in the world. With the style and intimacy of a feature documentary, audiences will be pleasantly surprised to see the many dimensions of Pam. Produced by award-winning filmmakers World of Wonder Productions (“Inside Deep Throat,â€? “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”), the half-hour series, “Pamelaâ€? (Working Title), will debut summer 2008 on E!
Pam is chaotic, funny and always entertaining. Viewers will get to know the real woman behind the famous breasts and follow Pam as she tries to juggle love, career and peace of mind. Going beyond the fame and fortune, this is Pam at her core, living her life with no regrets. The series will focus on Pam as an individual and will not feature her kids.
“Pamela Anderson is one of the most captivating personalities in pop culture today,â€? said Lisa Berger, Executive Vice President, Original Programming and Series Development for E! “E!’s cameras capture Pam’s fabulous adventures, emotional journey and all the surprises that come along the way. It’s going to be a wild ride.â€?
“‘Pamela’ will be an artistically rich and visually stunning series,â€? said Randy …
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03.19.08 |
To be clear—I flew 4 x week between Thurs night and Sunday night late- for
6 months—I was with my kids all week of course- then on the weekends I’d
fly back and forth after shows, before games etc…so I could get to my kids
games and/or bring them to Vegas with me.
I was offered a big deal to perform in Vegas-big money/tremendously talented
people involved- etc- but it would have mean’t moving my family there- and
performing 8x week-working 6 days/week- think I’m getting too old for that
now–though it was a generous offer- I was very flattered.
I chose to keep it simple - and stay at the beach- hard to leave the ocean.
And gives me more time to dedicate to my family and animal rights- my 2
greatest loves and achievements.
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The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality. — Schopenhauer, 1788-1860
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