Kentucky Fried Cruelty is a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is an American animal rights organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president. A non-profit corporation with 300 employees and two million members and supporters, it claims to be the largest animal rights...

 campaign that began in 2001, seeking to change KFC

KFC

KFC, founded and also known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, is a chain of fast food restaurants based in Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States. KFC has been a brand and operating segment, termed a concept of Yum! Brands since 1997 when that company was spun off from PepsiCo as Tricon Global...

's treatment of chickens raised for its restaurants. Since then, PETA says it has protested more than 12,000 times against KFC. KFC is the fourth restaurant chain to have been targeted by PETA, following campaigns against McDonald's

McDonald's

McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 64 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948...

, Burger King

Burger King

Burger King, often abbreviated as BK, is a global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants headquartered in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The company began in 1953 as Insta-Burger King, a Jacksonville, Florida-based restaurant chain...

, and Wendy's

Wendy's

Wendy's is an international fast food chain restaurant founded by Dave Thomas on November 15, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The company decided to move its headquarters to Dublin, Ohio, on January 29, 2006. It has been owned by Triarc since 2008...

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KentuckyFriedCruelty.com

KentuckyFriedCruelty.com was the legal name of Christopher Garnett, a youth outreach worker for PETA. He had changed his name to protest the treatment of chickens by KFC, also known as Kentucky Fried Chicken. At the time of his name change, Garnett was the Street Team

Street team

A street team is a term used in marketing to describe a group of people who 'hit the streets' promoting an event or a product. 'Street Teams' are a powerful promotional tool that has been adopted industry wide as a standard line item in marketing budgets by entertainment companies, record labels,...

 coordinator of peta2, which PETA describes as its "young adult division".

The PETA website shows a copy of KentuckyFriedCruelty.com's drivers license bearing what was his legal name. PETA member Pamela Anderson

Pamela Anderson

Pamela Denise Anderson is a Canadian-American actress, model, producer, author, activist, and former showgirl, known for her roles on the television series Home Improvement, Baywatch, and V.I.P. She was chosen as a Playmate of the Month for Playboy magazine in February 1990...

expressed her support for the name change, as did his parents, although they continued to call him Chris. KentuckyFriedCruelty.com promised his mother he would change his name back again when the PETA campaign against KFC was over, which he did in July 2006.

External links

• Kentucky Fried Cruelty Official website
• Meet Mr. KentuckyFriedCruelty.com, BlogEsoterica, January 4, 2006
• "My Name is KentuckyFriedCruelty.com", GreatestJournal.com, December 30, 2005.