Animal rights group urges world music festival to shed falling feathers act

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A WOMADelaide centrepiece involving thousands of feathers being poured over crowds should be removed from next year's schedule, PETA says. But the festival's director has defended its inclusion.

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But PETA said there is "simply no way to guarantee" that, because "supply chains are so murky and regulations so often breached". "At the end of the day, when those feathers come showering down from above, that is symbolic of the thousands of birds that have had to die for that to happen." Mr Scobie said he did not think the use of the feathers "undermines at all what WOMAD is about", and compared them to leather that "goes into shoes and belts as a by-product of the farming of cattle".

 

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Although these feathers come from birds treated within PETA's own standards, it's hard to imagine that they would be happy with the activity even if they're collected off the ground after moulting. (How were they treated? What caused them to moult?) Just not their thing!

I prefer biodegradable feathers over plastic confetti 🎊 The birds have already been processed for meat.

I love it when Leftards start eating each other.

My sinus clamped up just reading that. I do hope they have clear allergy warnings.

I prefer my roast chooks plucked first thanks.🍗😎

huh? was that my taxes that just flew out the ABC window

I don't think feathers drops are good optics.I'm no tree hugger environmentalist,but think it would negatively trigger those types,animal rights people etc needlessly,upsetting them for zero gain.

Meanwhile An American wind energy company that pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges after at least 150 eagles were killed, most hacked by turbine blades, has agreed to spend as much as $27 million on efforts to prevent more deaths.

Shut up and take my money, surely there's some chicken or ducks legs that were under those feathers, yumbo

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