PETA’s ‘Chickens’ Take Dire Bird Flu Warning to City Centre

PETA activists wearing gas masks and “chicken tails” descended on Pitt Street Mall this week to call on people to stop eating chicken. The flock aimed to remind consumers that eating the flesh and eggs of chickens and other birds funds factory farms, which are breeding grounds for zoonotic diseases such as the avian flu that’s currently tearing through Australian farms.Chickens are curious, clever individuals with distinct personalities, but those used for meat are farmed more