On May 7th, in broad daylight and in front of the gathered media, protesters dressed as chickens dug up GM maize from one of the farmscale trials in Dorset. They also hoped to draw attention to the findings of a study in which chickens feed the GM maize had a higher mortality rate than those feed on conventional varieties. About a dozen people took part in the action in Littlemoor near Weymouth. There were no arrests and the free ranging chickens had a quick organic picnic in the field before heading home.