PETA Fears for Chickens

Sometimes the jokes just write themselves (h/t The Corner):

Stillmore, GA (AP) — An animal protection organization has raised objections to convicted felons being used to process chickens at a south Georgia poultry plant whose workforce was decimated by a crackdown on illegal immigrants working there.People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said Wednesday that it was concerned that criminals with violent pasts could be among the workers being bused from a probation center. PETA said it wanted to point out "that chicken slaughterhouses are notorious for animal abuse and that staffing the plant with violent criminals is begging for violations of Georgia's cruelty-to-animals laws."

I think this could be a valuable emotional outlet for violent felons. They get to kill something and no humans are harmed in the process. A veritable win-win.

If PETA is really concerned about animals, they need to get over to Iraq right away. Check out this report from an Iraqi Police graduation ceremony (h/t LGF):

About 1,500 police officers and soldiers paraded on a soccer field, and other officers drove shiny new patrol cars and motorcycles around a dusty track ringing the field.

At one point, a small group of elite Iraqi special forces officers wearing dark green T-shirts stepped forward with a live rabbit and ripped it apart with their teeth.

The leader chomped out the animal’s heart with a yell, then passed around the blood-soaked carcass to his comrades, each of whom took a bite. The group also bit the heads off frogs.

Elite Iraqi forces have demonstrated their toughness by chewing on live animals during military ceremonies since the time of Saddam Hussein’s rule.

Sounds like these guys could use some time in a chicken factory.