Greenpeace activists take on Mcdonalds over Amazon Rainforest

James | 07.04.2006 08:36 | Ecology | Globalisation | Birmingham

On Thursday Morning Greenpeace launched its campaign against Mcdonalds with a series of actions across the UK.

chickens in Mcdonalds

chickens outside mcdonalds

chainsaw ronald

During the early hours of Thursday morning Greenpeace activists flyposted Mcdonalds outfits across several cities in the uk (London, Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and Southampton) with posters depicting ronald mcdonald in forest trashing gear, with speach bubbles saying 'trashing the amazon for fast food'. (43 stores were done in Manchester).

Then when the stores opened some activists dressed as chickens locked on inside the stores while others leafleted the public and got them to sign petitions.

for full details on the link between mcdonalds and the rainforest destruction see:-

http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/forests/forests.cfm?ucidparam=20060404182511&CFID=2785603&CFTOKEN=88975343

for a flash animation see :-

http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/mcdonalds/

guardian article on it:-

http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1748511,00.html

bbc reports of the actions:-

Manchester

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4882444.stm

Southamton

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/4882318.stm

Bristol

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4882174.stm

James

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Take action against rainforest destruction... — Tommy
You don't even have to be vegan.... — m= meat
Or maybe not. — the middle finger
Health risks of bovine milk — Danny
Danny — m= meat
Milk, Sulphate and Albie Starvation — Danny
A vegan would only step foot in Mcdonalds to piss on the floor — Mcvegan
A vegan would only step foot in Mcdonalds to stuff bog roll down their toilets — You

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