As a vegetarian I do feel sorry for the chickens. I don't expect everyone to become vegetarian but I wish people would pay a bit more and eat meat ( and less of it) from animals that have been reared and killed in happier circumstances.
I don’t really expect the issue to have been thought through like that really by youngsters - I’m not a vegetarian at all but I do understand that passion about animal welfare is a cause very often taken up by younger people and I just think it’s great they care enough to protest like this when you think what else they might be getting up to. There’s something very dispiriting I find when older people just start criticising the young for not knowing enough ie for being young.
Also, would they have better spent their time holding their protest at the UK HQ of Nandos, rather than invading the personal space of people quietly going about their business, and enjoying a meal in the company of friends and family?
total animal liberation would lead to no farm animals , they couldn't survive in the "wild" Anyway there would be no point in cute lambs gambolling about or hens pecking in the fields , as for cows ...... no one wanting milk or cheese , we could end up with walking skeletons
That's true Anja . People have the right to protest of course, think they would be better educating others about animal welfare in learning centres etc. This way they just alienate the public.
Here’s a link. It all depends on how the protest was conducted and if there were any violence. The police were called, there were no arrests. As a general rule, peaceful even if disruptive protests are perfectly legal and should be. Note I said ‘as a general rule’.
I think they should have been rounded up, then turned into tasty kebabs? Seriously though, what self rightous clots they are...their ideas will only alienate people out enjoying a meal.
“An Occupy Nando's spokeswoman said: 'We wanted to make Nando's customers aware of the way chickens are exploited for their flesh so they can make an informed choice if they wish to go on consuming violence.
'[We] urge Nando's to make their entire menu vegan.
'We are not asking for better conditions for these animals, we want total animal liberation and will keep showing up in places that sell this violence until that happens.'”
What do GNers think of their protest in a Kent restaurant at the weekend?