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AFP Naked chicken protesters ruffle Hong Kong feathers Mon Oct 31,12:13 PM ET HONG KONG (AFP) - Two naked animal rights protesters attracted hundreds o f onlookers in one of Hong Kong's busiest shopping streets causing the c losure of a main road and a heated exchange with police.
The two women, painted deathly grey and lying in cardboard coffins covere d in flowers, pulled the Halloween stunt outside a branch of US fastfood chain KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) in the Causeway Bay district. Their call for a boycott of the chain over its alleged mistreatment of ch ickens was almost lost as a huge crowd jostled for a better view of shap ely protesters Korean Christina Cho from Seoul, and American Brandi Vall adolid from Scottsdale, Arizona. "The police were worried by the size of the crowd we were attracting," sa id Jason Baker, a spokesman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Anim als (PETA) the international animal rights group behind the spectacle. Police closed the road and pavement and called for reinforcements as the crowd of onlookers swelled and eager passersby clambered into the melee to take photos. Nervous officers told Baker to call off the protest after 30 minutes and a police van with flashing sirens escorted the women as they left the sc ene in a taxi. "In three years of protesting in Hong Kong I have never seen anything lik e this," said Baker afterwards. The protesters have already taken their stunt to Tokyo and Seoul and plan next to cause a stir in Singapore.
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