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LCA Condemns CBS For Chicken Killing On "Kid Nation"
Animal Rights Group Also Slams YouTube For Posting Video
| Source: Last Chance for Animals
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - September 28, 2007) - Last Chance for Animals (LCA), one of the
nation's leading animal rights organizations with over 100,000 members,
today strongly criticized CBS for staging the killing of a chicken for
entertainment. CBS set up the brutal killing for the September 26 episode
of its television show "Kid Nation." LCA also questioned the website
YouTube's policy allowing the posting of this video and others promoting
animal cruelty.
The chicken-killing scene lasted over one minute, with one child saying, "I
can't believe we're about to do this," and others covering their eyes. Some
kids appeared to cry, while others clearly enjoyed the blood spectacle.
CBS explained on its website: "The Kids come closer to the realities of the
food pyramid when they realize they'll have to kill town livestock if they
want protein in their food." LCA challenges both the wisdom of this message
and its scientific validity: "CBS made a determined effort to argue, both
on the television show and on its website, that killing animals is
necessary to get protein to eat," stated LCA President Chris DeRose.
"Virtually every scientific study says that's false. Millions of
vegetarians and vegans get plenty of protein from non-animal sources, and
overall they're healthier than meat-eaters."
DeRose continued: "The more pressing issue is whether the killing of
animals can ever be staged purely for entertainment, as it was on Kid
Nation. We find that entirely unacceptable. And YouTube has magnified the
problem by allowing the video to be posted on its website. As with CBS,
YouTube is using animal suffering for entertainment and profit."
Last Chance for Animals (LCA), a national animal rights organization based
in Los Angeles, California, has been working to stop animal cruelty for
more than two decades. Founded and led by animal expert, author, and actor
Chris DeRose, LCA fights for the rights of animals by conducting
investigations that expose animal cruelty. For more information, visit
www.LCAnimal.org.
To interview Chris DeRose at LCA, please contact Eileen Koch @ Eileen Koch
& Company Public Relations at 310-441-1000 or email Eileen @
Eileen@Eileenkoch.com. For LCA campaign information, contact
campaigns@LCAnimal.org or 310-271-6096 x27