PETA to picket outside McDonald's to denounce cruel chicken slaughtering practices

RIVERSIDE - Activists with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals will picket outside a Riverside

McDonald's today to denounce what they call cruel chicken-slaughtering practices by the fast-food giant's suppliers -- a claim McDonald's denies.

PETA plans 90-minute ''McCruely'' protest at the restaurant at 7474 Indiana Ave. at 1 p.m.

Demonstrators will hand out leaflets and carry signs decrying what they say is animal cruelty.

''Chickens raised for McDonald's are slaughtered using an outdated method that results in extreme suffering,'' according to PETA. ''As one of the biggest sellers of...