PETA Abandons $1 Million Prize For Artificial Chicken 191
sciencehabit writes "Don't expect an artificial chicken in every pot anytime soon. Since 2008, the animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has offered $1 million to anyone able to create a commercially viable artificial meat from growing chicken cells. But although scientists are making progress toward artificial hamburgers, even a 2-year extension from the original deadline of 2012 wasn't enough to lure applicants for PETA's prize."
Revolution in a year (Score:5, Funny)
They've dangled a $1 million prize in front of everybody, with an impossible deadline, and when science actually does start coming close to earning it, they kill it.
That's chicken.
Re:Wouldnt want it (Score:5, Funny)
What the hell? There are a hell of a lot of vegetarians that don't eat meat for ethical reasons! There are also a lot of meat-eaters, like me, who have a sense of unease about eating animals but can stop because they are so delicious.
Re: Why didn't they leave it in place? (Score:3, Funny)
But who wants to eat some phony lab meat when they could be eating some tasty good healthy sea kittens!
Re:Why, oh why ? (Score:4, Funny)
*may have once been in close proximity to a real dead chicken.
Re: Why didn't they leave it in place? (Score:4, Funny)
No, otherwise they wouldn't go on massive slaughter-fests [petakillsanimals.com]. An animal PETA gets its hands on has an 84% chance of getting murdered within 24 hours.
To be fair to them they don't like it [peta.org] and only do it so that they can accept animals rejected by other shelters. I have mixed feelings on this, on one hand I think they should turn more away - but on the other hand if the alternative is the animals being dumped by the roadside or worse then maybe accepting and euthenising is best