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   Friday, November 07, 2003

NOW IF THEY COULD JUST LET THE BUFFALO KEEP THEIR WINGS

First things first: I think the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals do a wonderful job of consciousness-raising and such vigourous activism is welcome in an apathetic age like this. That said, they do scare me a little.

PETA's aggressive campaigning borders on the fanatic occasionally but, more often, just ends up being silly and nothing I've seen lately is as funny as the headline "Pamela Anderson Speaks Out for Chickens." Apparently, the former "Baywatch" star is most upset -- and rightfully so -- at KFC, whose horrific treatment of chickens goes well beyond merely frying them Kentucky-style.

I just love that it falls to Pamela Anderson to get this injustice sorted. Apparently, "Seinfeld's" Jason Alexander was dropped from his subsequent job as KFC pitchman after PETA showed him some videos of poultry-torture. The story goes that he then asked the suits at KFC if they could find less barbaric ways of preparing the animals for dinner and his TV commercial contract was mysteriously ended. KFC claims that this is merely a coincidence, as in this hilarious bit of PR.

So let's hope Pamela can succeed where Jason failed. After all, the chickens are counting on her!