Nationwide protests as fast food giant is linked to Amazon destruction
McDonald's outlets across Britain have been invaded by seven-foot-tall chickens this morning after a new report revealed the role played by the fast food giant in the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. Overnight, scores of restaurants from Edinburgh to Southampton were fly-posted with images of a chainsaw-wielding Ronald McDonald, while outlets in seven major cities are now occupied by the chickens, which have chained themselves to chairs.
The action comes as Greenpeace releases the results of a year long global undercover investigation into the links between high street brands and logging in the Amazon rainforest. Using satellite images, aerial surveillance, previously unreleased government documents and on-the-ground undercover monitoring, campaigners have for the first time been able to track the trade in soya beans from the Amazon rainforest to the Chicken McNuggets eaten in restaurants across Europe.
