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Animal Activists Speak Out Against Road Kill Candy

The KRAFT company, via their Trolli Gummy candy, released a new type of gummy: Road Kill Gummies. They're in the shapes of squirrels, snakes, etc. that have been squished by vehicles, and include tire treads as well. Animal activists were upset by the candy saying that it encouraged children in thinking that it's okay to harm animals.

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I don't know about encouraging animal cruelty, but that sure is funny! Road kill candy, it looks so funny and ridiculous, I can hardly picture a child using it as justification for animal cruelty. If a child is going to harm animals, its because something is going wrong in his life, not because he say some gummi animals. Animal rights activist never see the true reason behind animal cruelty. Its not a taught behavior, its a symptomatic behavior that reveals that something bad is going on in his life. I think thats the cause most of the time, I'm sure there are exceptions to the rule. But I'm pretty sure that no kid ever saw the gummi road kills and made the jump to torturing a cat.

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I think I would enjoy these candies. I used to love animal crackers. I would bite the heads off, then often the legs, etc. However, I never imagined I was eating a real lion, tiger or bear. I would never harm any animal. I couldn't even kill a mouse (although it would be perfectly fine to me if someone else killed it for me ).

I think it is just a cute mold of candies. Kids like to think of eating some really gross things. I think it will appeal to them that they are eating "road kill." I doubt, mentally, that they will make the jump to eating kitty or spot, the family pets.

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This is FANTASTIC marketing!

If this causes children to torture animals, then the Road Runner Cartoons should definitely be put on the shelf never to come off. At one time (not sure if they are any more), the Road Runner was the most violent cartoon ever. I think that there was a act of violence every 3 seconds on average.

Now if you want to get a bit concerned about fostering the thought of road-kill, take a look at this cookbook. I always wondered if this guy was really serious or was this just a lucritive joke?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0898152003...742#reader-link

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Well, they sucumbed to the pressure.

Animal Activists Speak Out Against Road Kill Candy

I haven't seen the advertisment but I do not think it will cause anyone to hurt animals. I do understand why animal activists may be a little upset over it but I think they usually get a bit too fanatical about issues like this one Too bad that Kraft did not stick to the candy adverstisment...well, I guess they were afraid someone will start boycotting their products.

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See, being from the South, I thought it was absolutely hilarious. We make jokes about road kill all the time. (I.e. "Hey, there goes dinner! Pull of the side of the road, pop the hood, and lets have some roasted possum.")

I agree about it not encouraging children to harm animals. It's not saying "Go out and run over an animal." If a child believes it okay to harm animals, then the parenting issue might be brought into question, not a type of candy.

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For anyone who has kids, and have sat down and watched 15 minutes worth of commercials on any of the kids channels such as Nickelodeon or Disney, has seen many commercials for apple sauce that is green, or candy that looks like slime. Kids are into gross-looking treats, and this is exactly what Kraft was going after. Once again the animal activists have to come up with their own agenda to go after the big bad powers that be. Oh well.