People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals dropped a lawsuit against KFC Tuesday, according to The New York Times.
PETA sued the poultry giant in July, claiming the company gave misleading information about its treatment of animals. PETA dropped the suit because KFC and its parent company, Yum! Brands, changed their policy of having their telephone operators deny that their birds suffer pain and injury.
Operators will now say \KFC disagrees with PETA's claims. KFC believes that animals should be treated humanely. For this reason, KFC has established animal welfare guidelines for vendors who supply KFC restaurants with chicken.""
PETA spokesperson Bruce Friedrich said the group would continue its seven-month boycott of KFC, because the company did not actually agree to change its treatment of animals. The group wants KFC to discontinue such practices as fostering rapid growth in its chickens, which makes the chicken's leg bones collapse under its body weight. PETA also wants KFC to kill the birds by gas rather than stunning or throat slitting.
The city council Tuesday night threw its disapproval at a pro-concealed weapons bill pending consideration by the state Legislature.
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz added his name to the council resolution, which denounced the Republican-led effort to allow concealed weapons in Wisconsin after a 131-year ban.
Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said the resolution passed by a voice vote and received no discussion and no public comment. He said much of the public probably did not know the council was voting on the measure Tuesday.
""It's in the Legislature's court. We don't have the authority to enact [legislation] on our own,"" Verveer said, adding that the measure was purely symbolic.
""There's something to be said to the fact that the resolution did not get much publicity in advance,"" he said.
Wisconsin cities had the power to enact their own gun-control laws until the state Legislature took away their authority to do so in the '90s, Verveer said.
Citizens may voice their support or opposition to the state weapons bill at a public hearing Sept. 9 in room 411 South of the state Capitol building.
