Poor little cockroaches.

[bdh802]

PETA IS DEFENDING COCKROACHES!


PETA Upset at Six Flags Roach Contest

GURNEE, Ill. - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants Six Flags Great America to scrap its Halloween-themed cockroach-eating promotion.

A spokeswoman for the animal rights organization says the contest at the amusement park's FrightFest is "gratuitously cruel."

The park in Gurnee, Ill., is joining other Six Flags parks in offering unlimited line-jumping privileges to anyone who eats a live Madagascar hissing cockroach. The bugs are up to three inches long.

The contest begins next month.

Amusement park officials are defending their menu choice. Great America spokesman Jim Taylor says the bugs are nutritious, high in protein and fat free.

 

[forever jewel]

If they're so upset with Six Flags, I'm surprised they haven't attacked Fear Factor! :shrug: I swear they eat a different bug on every episode

 

[chernmax]

If they're so upset with Six Flags, I'm surprised they haven't attacked Fear Factor! :shrug: I swear they eat a different bug on every episode

No Sh!t!!!

 

[Sharon]

I swear they eat a different bug on every episode

I'd favor the bugs over some of the other choices I've seen.

 

[jazz lady]

I'd favor the bugs over some of the other choices I've seen.

I've never watched the show but I saw a commercial for it where they were blending up rats and other crap for the contestants to drink.