If giant millionaires concussing one another in an orgy of calculated violence isn't barbaric enough, it's estimated that 600 million chickens will be slaughtered to appease ravenous Americans in time for the Super Bowl. That includes 1.25 billion chicken wings—or 100 million pounds according to HuffPo. Everyone's favorite purveyor of tasteful nudity, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, is currently negotiating to put the image above on a billboard outside MetLife stadium.
PETA also notes that it's negotiating with Boston area advertisers to make Tom Brady choke on his Popeye's while he's tooling around in his Audi. The organization is touting their own "delicious vegan game-day recipes" on their website as alternatives to sucking the delicious hot sauce-soaked flesh off of the bone. To us, they sound like some vegan Sandra Lee voodoo, but maybe it is time to lay off the chicken...in the spring.
