Ye Old Fighting Cocks Pub in St Albans, UK |
In
an open letter sent to the chief executive of Mitchells and Butlers, which owns
the pub, and its landlord Christo Tofalli, Peta requested that the pub end its
association with the sport of cockfighting, which was banned in the UK in the
1800s. The pub was founded in the eighth century and has been called the
Ye Olde Fighting Cocks since 1872 because of its history of cockfighting.
Peta
said the name change would “encourage people to rethink the way that we
treat chickens and grant these birds the respect and kindness that they
deserve”.
Making
its case, Peta compared the pub’s associations to cockfighting with slavery
adding: “We understand that the pub has long been called Ye Olde Fighting
Cocks and that there may be some resistance to making a name change, but just
as many pubs with names tied to slavery changed their names to match modern
sensibilities, so it’s high time for The Cocks to change.”
Today
Tofalli told the St
Albans Review that it would not be changing its nameRead More at http://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2015/05/fighting-cocks-pub-is-offensive-to-chickens/
When are these groups going to pull their heads out of the proverbial ground and realize that the world doesn't rotate around the feeling of chickens? This is utterly ridiculous. ;o)
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