A woman was ordered out of a KFC branch after urging customers to go vegan. Activist Tarion Partridge showed images of what she said were horrendous conditions inside chicken farms as part of her protest.
Tarion, 24, approached diners telling them the process of producing meat was cruel. But, according to reports, she got a less than welcome reception from staff and customers alike, including the daughter of a chicken farmer.
Her mission was met with laughs when she compared the plight of baby chicks to household dogs, reports LeicestershireLive. Tarion had targeted the chain's High Street branch in Leicester to film a YouTube video to promote the vegan cause.
Despite staff warning her they would call the police, she spent several minutes inside the branch before going outside where she apparently had a more positive exchange with two young people.
Her YouTube post reveals how she was met with some hostility after entering the restaurant, declaring the place “smells of death”. Tarion was told by a series of people that they didn’t want to see the footage. and wanted to be left in peace to eat their meals.
The video was posted on Tarion's YouTube channel at the end of May and has been viewed more than 8,000 times. Speaking to LeicestershireLive after the visit, Tarion said: "When they asked me to leave, I just thought that people were being denied the right to see this footage.
"Yes it's uncomfortable and shocking, but it needs to be seen. If the police did arrive I'd have tried to make them go vegan too. More people are waking up and seeing the truth which is great, but more people need to see what’s happening out there. I won’t give up doing what I’m doing.
"It's so easy to go vegan these days. It's 2022, there are so many alternatives out there - you don’t need to eat chicken or any other meat. They get treated in shocking conditions and it’s wrong. I’m doing what’s right and maybe I'll return to Leicester to see if more people have woken up to the cause.
"I was nervous, I'll admit that as it was the very first thing of its kind that I’d done in public. But I went into KFC to show the truth, the cause mattered most. I was doing it for the chicks."
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