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Caged activists carted off from KFC protest | National news | The Phnom Penh Post
Absurd, pointed and certainly eye-catching to curious passers-by, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) brought its regional road show to Norodom Boulevard yesterday, drawing a crowd of perhaps 50 onlookers before its two activists were unceremoniously escorted away by police.
At just after 12pm, Jason Baker, director of PETA’s international operations, and PETA supporter Nadia Chalabi planted themselves on the street corner outside a busy KFC location, lowered a tiny cage over themselves and waited.
Within 10 minutes, a crowd of gawkers was spilling into the street. Within 30, the two activists were gone.
The duo’s protest was organised to highlight the slaughter of KFC chickens as well as the use of antibiotics and other drugs they claim cause the birds to grow to unnatural sizes, crippling them from the weight of their own bodies.
Absurd, pointed and certainly eye-catching to curious passers-by, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) brought its regional road show to Norodom Boulevard yesterday, drawing a crowd of perhaps 50 onlookers before its two activists were unceremoniously escorted away by police.
At just after 12pm, Jason Baker, director of PETA’s international operations, and PETA supporter Nadia Chalabi planted themselves on the street corner outside a busy KFC location, lowered a tiny cage over themselves and waited.
Within 10 minutes, a crowd of gawkers was spilling into the street. Within 30, the two activists were gone.
The duo’s protest was organised to highlight the slaughter of KFC chickens as well as the use of antibiotics and other drugs they claim cause the birds to grow to unnatural sizes, crippling them from the weight of their own bodies.
