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PETA and Outback talk chicken

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) wants Outback Steakhouse, Inc. to look into a method of chicken slaughter that is allegedly more humane, according to the Tampa Bay Business Journal. Called controlled-atmosphere killing, the method basically gasses the birds, thus putting them "to sleep." PETA raised the suggestion at the annual Outback shareholders meeting this week in Tampa. How did PETA get their item on the table? They own 80 shares of Outback stock, enough to have an issue voted on at the yearly meeting. According to the TBBJ, PETA has put similar items up for a vote to Kroger, KFC and Hormel. Every time, the proposals for investigation of controlled-atmosphere killing have received more than three percent of the vote. While that isn't much, it's apparently enough to allow the issue to be submitted again next year.

[Via Restaurant News Resource]

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