PETA’s “Unhappy Meal”: Organization Criticized for Targeting Kids with Carnographic Images

Those crazy cats at the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) are at it again with a new campaign entitled “McCruelty” featuring “Unhappy Meals” with a knife-wielding Ronald McDonald and bloody rubber chickens. Parents are complaining that PETA is targeting kids with the macabre meals.

PETA spokeswoman Lindsay Rajt spokesperson insists “I think children and adults deserve to be told the truth — and that’s that behind Ronald McDonald’s smile is cruelty to animals.” Besides she says, the kids “are usually very excited to see the free T-shirts and they like our person in the chicken costume.” Well, that is better than the PETA porn show. But does the “Unhappy Meal” come with a PETA toy?

Below is one account of the response of children to the PETA campaign:

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