Peta enlists help of the homeless

Third Sector, 5 October 2005

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is paying homeless people £5 an hour to keep potential customers out of KFC restaurants around London.

They are being employed to hand out leaflets describing the alleged cruelty in the way the fast-food chain treats its chickens. The leaflets are being distributed outside five of the chain's London restaurants on Wednesdays to Sundays between 11am and 2pm. "We're always looking for interesting ways to get our message across," said a...

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