KentuckyFriedCruelty.com

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KentuckyFriedCruelty.com was the legal name of Christopher Garnett, a youth outreach worker for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). He had changed his name to protest the alleged animal abuse to chickens by the American fast-food chain KFC, also known as Kentucky Fried Chicken.[1]

The PETA website shows a copy of KentuckyFriedCruelty.com's drivers licence bearing what was his legal name.[2] PETA member Pamela Anderson expressed her support for the name change, as did his parents, although they continued to call him Chris.[2][3] KentuckyFriedCruelty.com promised his mother he would change his name back again when the PETA campaign against KFC is over,[3] which he did in July 2006[4], though PETA's campaign against KFC and the website which shares his former namesake both continue.

[edit] Involvement with PETA

Garnett is currently the Street Team coordinator of peta2. The organization credits him with boosting numbers to over 100,000 members.[citation needed]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "PETA staffer legally changes name to KentuckyFriedCruelty.com", Associated Press, December 30, 2005.
  2. ^ a b "What's in a name?", PETA, retrieved July 12, 2006.
  3. ^ a b Interview with KentuckyFriedCruelty.com, The Situation with Tucker Carlson, MSNBC, January 18, 2006.
  4. ^ PETA activists go back to given names, 2006-08-14

[edit] Further reading

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