PETA Protests Colorful Scene At Raising Cane’s Launch

Portage, Michigan, has been buzzing the last few days over the grand opening of Raising Cane‘s and their chicken at 6005 Southwest Ridge Ave. in Portage on Tuesday, February 17.

The grand opening had hundreds of people lined up before the door is opened, trying to win a chance to get free chicken for a year. However, the grand opening was a bit overshadowed by the presence of PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

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A recent report captured just how obnoxious these people are and described the theatrics that they put on before Raising Cane's was able to open their doors.

We DO Need To Treat Animals Ethically
Now, first things first, I am a huge advocate for the fair and humane treatment of all animals. I have watched documentaries like Food Inc., which does a great job of exposing how many serious problems we have and how we mass-produce our food here in the United States.

There are a lot of changes that need to be made, because there are animals living in terrible conditions.

But informing the public about important facts, in my opinion, has always been secondary for the people of PETA. Marnie Chambless, a pita tour campaign specialist, drove all the way from Atlanta to be at the grand opening and was joined by a PETA campaign coordinator from Detroit, Ciara Lowe.

They had a bracket with fake chickens that had been skinned alive and blood dripping down onto a canvas.

Then at one point, Lowe put on a naked suit and hung herself upside down on the same pole as the fake chickens, as another PETA demonstrator pretended to saw into her neck with a fake knife as she howled out,

That hurts, that hurts. Why me? Please don’t hurt me. Please don’t kill me.

 

According to the report, Chambless said that she was hoping that the performance would help people realize the “shocking reality” about what is happening to chickens.
I’m sorry, but hanging a bunch of fake chickens with fake blood and putting on an obnoxious performance is far from the shocking reality she hoped to present.

She called it a "shocking reality." You know what you actually call that? Theater. That is theatre folks.

It’s not informative. It’s not intelligent. It is virtue signaling at its finest, and it is more of a theater performance than anything else.

I think it’s important that people understand where their food comes from, how the animals are treated, and ways we can improve those conditions.

But instead of taking the time to put together a well-thought-out presentation, which may have served to inform people to look a little further into it, they once again put on a bunch of theatrics and nonsense that swayed nobody from going in or wanting to learn more about why they do what they do.

(This article was an opinion-based article based strictly from the author, and not that of Townsquare Media)