PETA outraged over sexy chicken

On Wednesday The New York Times ran a picture in the Dining & Wine section of a naked chicken lounging in a very seductive manner, accompanied with an article about the appeal of crispy, delicious chicken skin. Now PETA’s outraged over the sexy photo.

Can chicken be too sexy? PETA thinks so. Screen grad from New York Times.

PETA’s president and founder Ingrid Newkirk told The Atlantic Wire, “It’s down-right offensive, not just to people who care about animals but almost to everyone. It’s a plucked, beheaded, young chicken in a young pose.”

Despite Newkirk’s opposition to the sexy ad, PETA has relied on sex based ad campaigns for years to drive home their message and to capture the attention of the media and the public.

But this doesn’t seem to be good old fashioned sex based media to Ingrid Newkirk who has a different take on what the picture means, “It’s necrophilia. It’s not amusing. It’s just ghastly and sickly. It’s not fitting of The New York Times,” she told The Atlantic Wire.

Tina Loit, photo editor of the Dining section, doesn’t agree with Newkirk saying that once they got the chicken propped up correctly (having to use wires and weights) that “The chicken had attitude.”

Coincidentally, PETA announced a few days ago that they will be launching  their own pornography site to promote the organizations animals rights message.