Chrissie Hynde Gives Lowdown On Zoo Show Cancellation
Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 in Animal Issues, Female Musicians, Female Singers.
Chrissie Hynde and her Pretender crew was originally scheduled to perform at the Minneapolis Zoo.
However, that show was canceled and the concert promoter cited numerous reasons for doing so such as crowd size and zoo curfew.
Now, Chrissie’s getting the chance to talk about how she really felt about the zoo show.
Psst. We think the cancellation had a little more to do with Chrissie’s values.
After asking people at PETA to research the zoo thoroughly, Chrissie learned some of the animals are eventually sold for slaughter.
Uncool. Very uncool.
From popmatters.com:
“That’s how I decided not to play there. I thought it would disturb the animals anyway. As zoos go, they have some really good policies. But I’m not zoo-friendly myself. I actually had people calling and complaining about it being at the zoo before I knew it was at a zoo. It wasn’t just me.”
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