Fast food giant McDonald's has been forced in to a humbling apology following active campaigning by dog lovers about its controversial advert that claimed eating a Chicken McBite was less risky than petting a stray Pit Bull.
It is reported by Canadian Business:
Learn about BSL (breed specific legislation)The radio ad for Chicken McBites only ran for a few days in the Kansas City area before the complaints started. The campaign against the ad circulated on social media sites, and the apology was delivered the same way. People who called a well-publicized toll-free number got a recorded apology.
"The ad was insensitive in its mention of pit bulls. We apologize. As soon as we learned of it, we tracked the source and had the local markets pull the ad immediately. We'll do a better job next time. It's never our intent to offend anyone with how we communicate news about McDonald's," Ashlee Yingling, spokesman for McDonald's Corp., said Monday, quoting from the apology.
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