AR-News: (Canada) A disturbing anti-meat commercial

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

TORONTO (AP) _ A disturbing anti-meat commercial that shows a chick getting 
debeaked has run afoul of the organization that clears TV ads for Canada's 
private broadcasters. 

Although the 30-second spot by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is 
running on several American stations, the group says the Television Bureau of 
Canada decided the commercial was "just too graphic" and would anger Canadian 
viewers. 

"Its depiction of violence to animals has caused us to reject it," the 
bureau's president, Jim Patterson, said Tuesday. 

The bureau says the spot depicts "brutality against animals" and would spark 
"major complaints" if aired, PETA said. 

The country's public broadcaster, the CBC, was still deciding Tuesday whether 
the spot would fly although the expectation was it, too, would say no. 

PETA, which referred to the TV bureau as "censors," made news last month when 
Canadian billboard companies nixed the group's ad against Kentucky Fried 
Chicken. 





full story:

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--canadianbriefs0210feb10,0,932
644.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire

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