Wed, 31 Oct 2007
DPA
Phnom Penh - An international animal rights group has urged Prime Minister Hun Sen to ban proposed Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) outlets from the country and threatened protests by celebrities if the fast-food chain opens, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) spokeswoman Ashley Fruno said by email that celebrities like actress Pamela Anderson and singer Morrissey were staunch supporters of PETA's campaign against KFC.
"We hope to use creative ways and colourful protests to educate Cambodians about KFC's horrific treatment of animals in the future," she wrote in an email Wednesday.
PETA has mounted a sustained campaign against KFC, dubbing it "Kentucky Fried Cruelty" for alleged infringements of animal rights. KFC would be Cambodia's first global food chain.
KFC plans to open outlets imminently in the major tourist centres of Sihanoukville, Siem Reap and Phnom Penh in partnership with Malaysian-based QSR Brands Bhd, Rightlink Corp Ltd and Cambodian partner Royal Group Ltd.
"We hope you will act to protect Cambodia's health and culture by refusing to allow KFC and the abusive farming practices it perpetuates from entering your country," PETA Asia Pacific director Jason Baker wrote in an open letter to Hun Sen.
"With every KFC restaurant comes cruelty to animals, the threat of deadly diseases and blight on the urban landscape," Baker wrote in a separate press release. "We are asking Hun Sen to do his people, his country and his legacy - not to mention countless chickens - a big favour."
Under secretary of state for the Ministry of Culture, Ching Chhorng, said by telephone Wednesday that he doubted KFC would destroy Cambodian civilization. "Cambodians need jobs. Chains like KFC can provide them," he said.
"We hope to use creative ways and colourful protests to educate Cambodians about KFC's horrific treatment of animals in the future," she wrote in an email Wednesday.
PETA has mounted a sustained campaign against KFC, dubbing it "Kentucky Fried Cruelty" for alleged infringements of animal rights. KFC would be Cambodia's first global food chain.
KFC plans to open outlets imminently in the major tourist centres of Sihanoukville, Siem Reap and Phnom Penh in partnership with Malaysian-based QSR Brands Bhd, Rightlink Corp Ltd and Cambodian partner Royal Group Ltd.
"We hope you will act to protect Cambodia's health and culture by refusing to allow KFC and the abusive farming practices it perpetuates from entering your country," PETA Asia Pacific director Jason Baker wrote in an open letter to Hun Sen.
"With every KFC restaurant comes cruelty to animals, the threat of deadly diseases and blight on the urban landscape," Baker wrote in a separate press release. "We are asking Hun Sen to do his people, his country and his legacy - not to mention countless chickens - a big favour."
Under secretary of state for the Ministry of Culture, Ching Chhorng, said by telephone Wednesday that he doubted KFC would destroy Cambodian civilization. "Cambodians need jobs. Chains like KFC can provide them," he said.
9 comments:
LOL, "KFC's horrific treatment of animals"? Just how are they supposed to treat chicken? hahaha, LOL, hahaha.
well i'm not sure how KFC kills chicken, if it is as Cambodian way of killing, i think it is part of meal, more job, better for chicken farmer as showcase to other big chain of investment.... i think it is good to have them here.
Cruelty? Do you think Hun Sen knows?
I would let Pamela Anerson and her friends come to Phnom Penh for the alledged protest, so that she can bring along tourists and Cambodians can enjoy "their colorful protest" too.
Chicken is the descendent of T-REX vicious meat eating dinosaur and the people deserve to eat it any way they want it! If you were to live 75 million years ago and you confronted the T-REX and do you think the T-REX will give a shit about you? You better run for your life! Ahahha!
I have a second thought sometime about how they raise those little chicken dinosaurs in captivity! These chicken are force feed, hormone injection to make it grow faster, live in a very confine environment for month, force not to sleep by 24 hours a day lighting so it gains weight more quickly...and million will be slaughtered and the waste from the slaughter house will be a major problem effecting the environments and even advance country arm with high technology have a major problem with chicken waste pollution!
In addition, health problem such heart disease from eating any deep fried chicken will have long term affect which can cost Cambodian government more money and burden Cambodian healthcare system!
You become what you eat!
fUCK OFF, We want KFC in Cambodia. It also create job and chicken is good.If you want to ban killing animal ,how about all the fish, do you want to protect them too.
Yes, yes, yes, we desperately need job, job, job.
I wish chickens smoke; that way, at least, we can offered it their last cigarette to make it looks more humane.
To 12:58AM and 1:15AM!
Don't blame the chicken when your children have pubic hair at the age of 13 because of growth hormone! Ahahahhahah!
To 2:11AM!
TVK is Hun Sen government sponsor programs and full of misleading information and full of propaganda!
No, TVK is our public TV program. It does not have anymore propaganda than any other public TV program around the world.
Okay what we will do with KFC then is to keep them from using hormone. I aint so concern about hair because we (Khmer) don't mind having ticker sideburns like Taliban, but I worried about is the explosion of gays and lesbians population from the damn hormone.
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