All Hail Chickens!

Caldwell Idaho Mayor Garret Nancolas isn’t sure why he got mixed up in an animal rights group’s mission to change the name of Chicken Dinner Road to something it thinks is more poultry-friendly. 

PETA, which stands for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, sent the mayor and local media a letter on Wednesday. It asked the mayor to change the road name to “one that celebrates chickens as individuals, not as beings to kill, chop up, and label as ‘dinner.’”

On social media, PETA said the name was “speciesist,” and the organization hoped the road would be renamed, more simply, Chicken Road.

This led to swift responses from Idahoans and others on Twitter, most of whom thought this was a bizarre idea. Here’s some of what they wrote:

“Dear PETA, don’t cluck with our road. — Idaho.”