Rob Zombie has revealed shocking animal cruelty in a special Thanksgiving message recorded for PETA.
It is a response to the Butterball Turkey talk line which offers tips on how to boil, broil, roast and toast the seasonal animal, which Zombie thinks is more like the plot of a horror movie than a cooking resource.
Defending what he calls gentle, smart and social birds on PETA's holiday hotline, Zombie warns that Butterball Turkey, and other meat companies, torture turkeys before they end up in the grocery stores.
It may seem obvious that animals are killed en-masse for distribution to stores, but he reveals some utterly despicable behaviour discovered by undercover PETA workers.
"In one Butterball slaughter house, PETA found a worker sexually assaulting the birds, and another stomping on a bird's head until its skull exploded," he says on the pre-recorded hotline.
He adds: "Turkeys often become painfully crippled because they are given so many drugs to make them grow unnaturally large, and that their legs splinter. The bird's throats are often slit before they are conscious and able to feel the pain."
The hotline encourages people to visit GoVeg.com for tips on preparing animal-friendly vegan meals.
PETA's 2011 holiday hotline message:
In other Zombie news, his new film "The Lords Of Salem" is preparing for a release and he claims it is his "bleakest" movie yet. Zombie described the forthcoming movie to Empire (via Blabbermouth):
"There were twenty people that everyone knows about — obviously all innocent — executed as witches in Salem . . . there were a further four who actually were witches, who were killed secretly, and vowed one day to return to wreak havoc on Salem's descendants. That's when the movie jumps ahead to the present day and things start to go wrong."
Does the shocking treatment of turkeys put you off your Thanksgiving dinner, or do you just wish these workers would face tougher regulation? Share your reaction in the comments.
It really is sad and unfortunate how animals are treated in the meat industry but when you think about it, it makes sense that the sickos you hear about in these reports are employed by these companies. I have no idea how a decent Joe Ordinary could work at a slaughterhouse.
I've been going more vegetarian as I age because I keep hearing about all these stories on how animals are treated. I've been growing more fond of vegetables and spices as well. Its too bad chicken is too darn good!
I've heard these stories before. Doesn't change the fact that I will be eating meat for the rest of my life. Bring on those deformed delicious turkeys, yummy!
hahaha wow just when you think PETA couldn't be more idodic they pull this! I will enjoy eating turkey even more this year because i will be pissing off PETA!!
Rob Zombie??? Should've seen this coming from "educated horses" should've known that PETA payed Rob Zombie to write that album...
Hillbilly Deluxe 2 Sucks raped turkey buttholes so did that ****ing tide commercial, actually I wouldn't mind seeing that commercial on TV compared to some other stupid ones like the McDonald's "Sweat Tea Pie".
He's going to end up like ****ing Korn and their shit Dubstep attempt.
Please retire Mr. Zombie before you completely ruin your career.
Rob Zombie??? Should've seen this coming from "educated horses" should've known that PETA payed Rob Zombie to write that album...
Hillbilly Deluxe 2 Sucks raped turkey buttholes so did that ****ing tide commercial, actually I wouldn't mind seeing that commercial on TV compared to some other stupid ones like the McDonald's "Sweat Tea Pie".
He's going to end up like ****ing Korn and their shit Dubstep attempt.
Please retire Mr. Zombie before you completely ruin your career.
...wow someone sure has an unhealthy obsession with music. Simmer down there buddy, its retarded comments like yours that I'm sure he just laughs at if he reads them.
Man, I just lost respect for Zombie for supporting PETA. Animal cruelty sucks. It's often unnecessary. But there are groups that actually do shit about it that you can support! All PETA is good for is getting naked, and raising money to spending on themselves instead of actually helping any animals.
If God didn't want us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat.
WOW Zombie sold out, probably to some vegetarian biatch who'll still tongue his toad, far sooner than I'd imagined. Actually I kinda envisioned some Mattel sellout, but this is countable.
Birds aren't intelligent, ESPECIALLY TURKEYS! If one stands in the rain, he'll look up when a drop hits him. Continuing to look up the rain will keep hitting, running down his nostrils and the stupid thing would drown. Ruin of perfectly good MEAT! Silly birds need to be handraised. Dumbass Zombie, bitch'll just dump him for Bono who still bathes more frequently despite being Euro.
...Hillbilly Deluxe 2 Sucks raped turkey buttholes so did that ****ing tide commercial, actually I wouldn't mind seeing that commercial on TV compared to some other stupid ones like the McDonald's "Sweat Tea Pie".
He's going to end up like ****ing Korn and their shit Dubstep attempt.
Please retire Mr. Zombie before you completely ruin your career.
Hellbilly Deluxe 2 did suck... really bad, but, to be fair, it did come from a long line of suck, prior to it; your expectations should have been relatively low.
The last decent album he made was the first Hellbilly Deluxe (and it's not even that good).
And, in reference to your KoRn comment, Rob Zombie has kind of already done that. White Zombie had their Super Sexy Swingin' Sounds remix album that was kind of dance/techno/metal; then he left that band to embark on a solo career, practically focusing on that style of music -- metal music with electronic dance beats.
I honestly see no point in supporting PETA. They're a disorganized group of imbeciles that spread rumors on shock value that never existed in the first place. Remember: PETA are the same people that tried getting the new Super Mario Bros game banned because it "promoted the skinning of raccoons". They're basically the WBC of animal rights.
But back to the point at hand, nothing anyone says about meats & such will ever phase me. Vegans have tried for years to no avail. Do you realize what I've heard about chocolate milk? I still drink it every day.
Nothing against Rob, but if you're going to support an animal rights group, don't go with PETA. For ****'s sake, this group just attacked Mario for wearing a tanooki suit.
Also if cops or someone yeah ok but of course peta is going to say they found a guy banging turkeys and whatnot... and even if its true, its peta saying it so theres really no way to know for sure...
good for zombie - good to see someone has balls to stand up for something - btw - don't give up on meat just buy real meat that is locally raised - no hormones, antibiotics, fillers, etc. and you'll be supporting your local economy... just saying...
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