Animal rights activists staged a graphic protest outside a KFC in south London on Wednesday, hanging a woman upside down and simulating the slaughter of a chicken. The demonstration took place in Brixton Road at 12pm, with a female activist in a nude-like beige bodysuit suspended by shackles around her ankles.
The woman had fake wounds on her legs and was covered in fake blood before a male activist approached with a prop meat cleaver. He then pretended to slit her throat as fake blood spurted from her neck, while the woman let out fake screams. The protest was accompanied by placards reading: 'Chickens: Shackled and bled out. Please, try vegan.'
PETA claimed the stunt was intended to highlight the slaughter of chickens by KFC and other Lambeth shops. Elisa Allen, PETA's vice president of programmes, said: 'Chickens are curious, social, and full of personality, and they don't want to be killed for a fleeting taste of their flesh any more than any human would.'
A PETA spokeswoman added: 'The gruesome display highlighted that billions of chickens raised for their flesh endure terrifying deaths, and that humans and chickens are the same in all the ways that matter, encouraging passersby to show kindness to birds by eating vegan.'
