Small Idaho town defends Chicken Dinner Road from PETA

The mayor of a rural town in Idaho responded to a request from PETA to change the name of the local Chicken Dinner Road, saying, “NO WAY, NO CHANCE.”

A July 3 letter to Caldwell Mayor Garret Nancolas written by PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman said in part, “Would you consider changing the name of Chicken Dinner Road to Chicken Road as a kinder alternative? … Just like dogs, cats, and human beings, chickens feel pain and fear and value their own lives. PETA is asking Mayor Nancolas to change this road’s name to one that celebrates chickens as individuals, not as beings to kill, chop up, and label as ‘dinner.'”