McDonalds Pulls Ad after Pit Bull Owner Outrage

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Posted: Mon 8:49 PM, Feb 06, 2012

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McDonalds Pulls Ad after Pit Bull Owner Outrage

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- McDonald's apologized and pulled an ad that came back to bite them. The ad that said eating a Chicken McBite was less risky than petting a pit bull enraged pit bull owners and their defenders.

McDonald's spokeswoman Ashlee Yingling said Monday the Kansas City-area radio ad for Chicken McBites ran just a few days before it was pulled Friday.

The company issued an apology by email and social media sites and people who called a toll free number got a recorded apology.

Rachele Lizarraga of Sacramento says she found it reckless so she started a Facebook site and an online petition.

Some critics said McDonald's should also donate to pit bull causes or use a pit in an ad.

No word from McDonald's on those ideas.

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by Give me a break on Feb 7, 2012 at 03:06 PM

To all you people who spoke out against someones pet, you need a life. It was done because pet owners are a very large group of people heading to McDonalds and other fast food places. It could have spelled disaster for McDonalds if this add went futher, the pet owners may have chosen a competitor for their meals. It was a cost analysis and McDonalds would have lost. I can tell none of you are in management. If you were, you would have known this was the reason. Gee talk about stupid people in this area.

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- by Anonymous on Feb 8, 2012 at 12:37 PM in reply to Give me a break
  
  You lost all respect when you decided to appoint yourself as the only one capable of judging.
  
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by anon on Feb 7, 2012 at 10:34 AM

Its a commercial! There is always gona be someone that doesnt like it get over it, turn your tv off. Maybe these people dont like it because it will give more attention to them when there is another pit bull attack

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by Brad Location: Wausau on Feb 7, 2012 at 08:48 AM

Has anyone noticed. All of the older management in the Wausau area are gone ?

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by imbobim Location: up north on Feb 7, 2012 at 06:31 AM

False advertising? I doubt it, the truth hurts!

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