The internet went wild when, in 2016, Jared Cookâat the time, a tight end for the Green Bay Packersâmade an alarming discovery after digging into his takeaway chicken wings from Buffalo Wild Wings: a fried chicken head. âNot the first time itâs happened, I remember a news story back in the 90âs when [McDonaldâs] had a head in nuggets,â one Twitter user commented. Now, five years on, thereâs been a similar disturbing discoveryâthis time, involving a Pennsylvania pizza joint. Diner Brittani Paulhamus found what appeared to be a chickenâs severed head in her takeaway chicken wings order. âI turned it and whenever I seen the beak and the eye, I threw it and I screamed,â she reportedly admitted. âSo weâre in, like, disbelief at this point.â
But some folks commenting on the viral post werenât exactly shocked: âOh no thereâs chicken in my chicken
the cognitive dissonance is real here,â one remarked.
First it was pigsâ nipples, then chickensâ noggins. Animals need us to stop being shocked when an order of parts of their dead bodies includes dead animalsâ body parts.
Once theyâre severed, battered, deep-fried, and coated with Buffalo sauce, itâs perhaps easy to forget that âwingsâ were once truly chickensâ wingsâand that chickens need their wings and we donât. These are our fellow earthlings who are capable of feeling pain, grief, motherly love, joy, anxiety, and more, just as we do. Nippled bacon, a âzombieâ chicken carcass, a frozen duck head, a leaping fish corpseâthese viral anecdotes serve as dramatic reminders that no one wants to be killed for food. If folks are tired of finding body parts in their food, thereâs only one thing to do: Go vegan!
Vegan Chicken Is Body PartâFree
Chickens are inquisitive animals whose cognitive abilities are on par with those of cats, dogs, and even some primates, according to leading animal behavior scientists. But unlike the beloved animal companions who share our homes and hearts, on filthy farms, the vast majority of chickens spend their lives in total confinementâfrom the moment they hatch until the day theyâre killed. At slaughterhouses, most birdsâ throats are slit while theyâre shackled and hung upside down and other birds are scalded to death. Chickens are arguably the most abused animals on the planet. Head, wing, breast, thighânone of these should end up in your takeaway order. And the good news is that leaving chickens and other animals off your plate has never been easier: These days, there are too many vegan chicken options to count! Click below to discover a few of our favorites and to order a free vegan starter kit:
Vegan Chicken Brands No One Had to Die For
Source: Peta.org