Chicken Tells Students Meat Leads To Food Poisoning, Obesity
Activists Target Orlando School
POSTED: Wednesday, October 13, 2004
UPDATED: 6:38 pm EDT October 13,
2004
A man in a chicken costume and other activists greeted students leaving Howard Middle School Wednesday with messages that eating meat would lead to food poisoning and obesity, according to Local 6 News.
The chicken and members of the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals delivered their messages at a street corner near Howard Middle School after being kicked off school property earlier in the day.
PETA group members gave out trading cards to the students telling them that eating chicken and beef is bad, according to the report. The students were also given letters for their parents.
"That wasn't appropriate for our kids to come out of the school house and have a protest or political statement being made," Howard Middle School Principal Tim Smith said. "We teach the appropriate things in the classroom."
PETA member Ben Goldsmith said Orlando is one of 12 cities on a list for the campaign.
"Our kids turn on the television and they are bombarded with ads from the meat industry, the chicken industry, telling them that eating dead animals is fun and it's good for their health," Goldsmith said. "That's not true."
The group said they will travel to Tampa, Fla., Thursday.
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