PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) accused BTS via social media of contributing to animal cruelty due to their promotions for McDonald’s. The BTS x McDonald’s collaboration meal officially launched on May 26, and the international fast food chain also released a commercial with the Big Hit Music group.
Soon after, PETA Asia began accusing BTS of promoting cruelty to animals.
The animal rights organization posted a picture on their Instagram account in which they said: “The association with McDonald’s on BTS’s food shows that BTS doesn’t care about chickens that suffer and cut their throats by McNuggets. Promote love, not cruelty!“.
BTS @bts_bighit @BTS_twt, don’t let your fans down. Stop promoting dead chickens! 😔
The #BTSMeal at McDonald’s includes chicken nuggets that are made from the flesh of tortured birds.
Chickens are not nuggets, but rather living, feeling beings. 💛 https://t.co/CiOKHChZCc #BTS pic.twitter.com/yPLTq5ASeP
— PETA Asia (@PETAAsia) May 31, 2021
The organization also shared on their Twitter an image of a fan holding a sign that reads: “This fan was disappointed. BTS, stop promoting dead chickens!
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In other BTS-related news, the group hasn’t stopped thanking ARMY for giving them the first spot on the Billboard Hot 100 this week with the single “Butter” As soon as the rankings were shown, the group took to Twitter to post two new celebratory selfies!
💜 x7 pic.twitter.com/3o9VDjIU1w
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) June 1, 2021
“Butter” completed a week of its release on Friday, May 27 and, in addition to the top of the Billboard chart, it also obtained major marks on Spotify and five Guinness World Records. It was no surprise when BTS appeared on Twitter to celebrate their recent achievement with fans! They first posted a photo of V with the “Butter” logo.