 Nothing to see here guys. Just some illegal swan meat here. Hello, Mr. Swan. Hello, buddy. Hello, darling. You coming to say hello, have you? I don't have anything for you. Probably not going to be happy with this, Mr. Swan, but don't worry, it's not real. This is vegan. This is vegan. Trying to educate people on speciesism. Yeah, so here we are out at Swan Lake in Round Pond and we're going to be handing out Kentucky fried swan. Okay, so would you like to try some of that? Why not? It's a good free range here out here in the pond. So it's actually Linda McCartney's vegan fried chicken, but you know we're gonna see why people won't eat a swan but they're happy to eat turkeys, you know chickens, ducks and other birds here in the UK. So let's do it. Swan? We've given it away for free. They're free range. This is swan meat, so we thought we'd come to the Swan Lake, give it up. Do you want some? You want to taste some with you? You don't eat swan? Do we eat other birds though, chickens and turkeys? Yeah? See any eat fishes? Do you eat other birds? I do eat other birds. You wouldn't try a swan? I would not try a swan. Why is that? Actually I'm leaning on myself. We're actually trying to promote it as like a lean source of protein, because they're bigger, they've got more meat on them and people already eat chicken and turkey, so we kill them in the same way. We raise them in a very similar way. These ones here, swans like this, they're free ranging so it's better welfare. Do you want to try some? You want to taste some? You don't eat swan? Why not? Do we eat chickens? Yeah, well they're free range here so. Yeah sometimes. Oh we actually farm them in factories like chickens and turkeys as well. Haven't you heard of swan meat? Every now and then we get a free range swan, but that's higher welfare, they're more expensive. But these ones here we farm about 10,000 in the shed just like with turkeys or chickens. We kill them in the same way, so slit their throat. Sorry, no. We're trying to bring it in as a lean source of protein. Thanksgiving was yesterday, Christmas is coming up, so we're hoping people will just choose swan instead of turkey. Well we've already breaded it, so I don't know if you wanted to... Do you want to try some? You don't eat swan? Well we don't think they're any different to turkeys, but why are they protected in turkeys aren't? So like recently in the paper there was a story about some kids they destroyed a mother swan's eggs and they were saying something like this they found a swan dead like after they said the swan died of a broken heart it was a really sad story but so much of the the public in the UK were outraged that someone had abused this swan and killed her young but then you know they go to lunch and they're eating a chicken or they're eating a turkey at Christmas time and would you like to try some swan mate? So it's just it's utter hypocrisy and this is what we're trying to do with this action here we're trying to point out the hypocrisy these swans are protected species over in the UK I think the Queen owns them all swans in the UK or something like that which is pretty crazy but yeah we're trying to highlight the hypocrisy and the species is an inherent in society by doing this action. Do you want to try some swan? We're giving it away today to promote. Do you want to eat some swans? No you're good. The swan's looking at me sorry swans it's a circle of life like do you guys like to try some we're giving it away today for free. Kentucky fried swan it's free range you can take it if you like try it at home so guess one it's from free range here we're frying them up just like a turkey or chicken but swan it tastes like a chicken yeah we put them in there so that we put the swans in the same slaughterhouse with the chickens and we turn them into fried Kentucky fried swan are they free? Yeah you can take one if you like okay okay here you go yeah we're also giving out I'm gonna give you this as well because this is what it really is suitable for vegans there you go some information it's all plant-based so there's no animals in this at all little trick I gave her the actual container from the Linda McCartney's and I also gave her some vegan information too but it's interesting she's like I've never tried swan I might try it you know what I mean like it so people can be disconnected from swans too other people would be outraged some people will eat swan some people will eat dogs some people will eat cats you know it's just all these animals should not be eaten should not be slaughtered free range swan get your swan here hello you eat swan huh do you eat swan organic free range basically it's the swans food yeah Kentucky fried swan we thought it's organic and free range people might like it do you eat chicken you don't eat turkeys same stuff same stuff different bird hey buddy how are you once would you like to try some no it's free range the Queen the Queen protects the swans but there's no difference between a swan swan and a turkey do you eat chicken you eat chicken no no we're really trying to promote swan meat we think because people eat turkeys and chickens and there's plenty of swans around otherwise I'll go to waste so what's the company this is from the circle of life Kentucky fried swan company at the moment we call it circle of life you wouldn't eat you wouldn't eat a swan you say to be honest you know I did like Indian Sony cows you know I don't understand you know Koreans eat dogs I have no problem an animal just because it's cute you shouldn't eat it I have no problem so you don't discriminate between animals no I think I think we basically we eat animals that we think either a stupid or ugly that's right I think we should eat all animals well I think include what about humans well exactly but the argument is if we think we should be able to eat ugly and and stupid animals then we'll have our finance humans so I think it's a weird thing that we discriminate some people say it's outrage sweet cow or something what about stupid humans should we eat them no and ugly humans I don't think they taste good but what they did this is a prank I don't quite know how it's a prank though this is not real because like pigs are more intelligent than dogs it's a message you know we eat turkeys you eat chickens I mean why not swans is your vegetarian vegetarian this guy's smart you are a suspicious he's onto it we're trying you know what speciesism the word is speciesism so like people eat turkeys pigs chickens and fish but they won't eat dogs and cats and swans yeah well my argument would be like similar to yours but the opposite would be we shouldn't be eating any of them because they have moral value if I if I really examine my conscience I agree with you I yeah so I get I get the whole bunch I know one or two and I get the whole argument I haven't quite got myself to take that leap but but you're it's illegal for you to be here anyway in the park but you'll get moved on probably but I'm an activist so we do things that are a bit bending we're bending corners being an activist but we one lady actually said she'd try we're giving out just information about animal rights if you want to take information about you know you take a picture yeah yeah yeah okay so we're called a circle of life my company's called circle of life most most chickens here are factory farmed over 95% a factory farmed here treated horribly well you can take one it's just Linda McCartney's vegetarian chicken but what this is vegetarian it's this is like the new burgers yeah so the difference between a vegetarian and a vegan is a vegan doesn't use any products that exploiting harm animals like eggs or dairy either so we this is Linda McCartney's a vegetarian but she does a lot of vegan range and yeah we just try to promote different plant-based options and get people thinking about speciesism peace brother it's gonna show you the this is chicken in the UK I just want to talk about it okay okay because I'll tell you the truth okay Israel yeah and also there are a lot of vegan in Israel I've been to that once yeah I once saw a rally you know yeah yeah that day they shout with they shout meat is murder murder there's good activists in Israel yeah what do you still I try to be yeah I really try for a week I just feel that I have to eat but I don't eat a lot of yeah I just eat so you think a little bit a little bit of animal cruelty is okay less less a little bit less animal cruelty yeah what if you can survive without the animal cruelty you have to be meat have to eat meat to be healthy strong satisfied okay but I've been vegan now for seven years haven't eaten any meat okay I've been fit I've ran marathons I feel satiated for my food we have a lots of protein rich vegan food as well maybe it's just that you don't know about a lot of the different foods you can have that are very similar to me you know there's a lot of foods that are plant-based that are very similar to me they have they're the same they have the same protein some artificial you can have tofu and substitute yeah yeah yeah hey my friend hello would you want to try some I mean this is really vegan sorry I thought you were you were vegan no I don't trust me trust me trust me trust me anything but you you would eat one half is vegan thank you is she yeah she she would be proud of you well so we want people to like we're trying to see if people eat swan and if they won't hey brother we're wondering why they wouldn't eat swan but they're happy to eat chickens and turkeys you know well you're telling me this is well assuming this is actually KFC in there but I was what like chicken you think that's a real chicken what do you think it is you know what the only way to find out if you're tasting it but I'm not gonna do that because clearly in front of very good I wouldn't put chickens in there I don't want anyone to be hurt you want to take it you take it out for you go we only bought these this morning they're still fresh there's no I'm wrong with them super there you go happy show it for us you should you should actually eat it mate I might you should actually eat it you want to take some swan with your free range swan we get it from the pond here it's Kentucky fried have you eat swan your vegetarian it's a bit extreme don't you think it's a bit extreme not eating swan what about you guys are you extreme vegans as well but do you eat other birds like chickens and turkeys and ducks we sometimes get in free range but we've got farms to factory farms for swans no that's free we're trying to get we're trying to promote different species of animal we think it's a bit boring just eating chickens and turkeys all the time so well we kill the swans in the same slaughterhouse that they kill the chickens and the turkeys so it's completely humane and fine sorry do you eat chickens and turkeys you eat chickens okay so you wouldn't have a moral problem with eating a swan then because it's the same as they're a bird and we just slaughter them the same way and we put him we fried them up it's the circle of life how would I be doing does it make you think a little bit I think it's too it's too raise awareness but does your title say vegan it says Megan that's my girlfriend what's inside this you want to say this I can show you what's inside this if you want we can show people the the birds that's true that's too raise awareness isn't it this is UK RSPCA approved what's what's on that and what did you put inside to raise awareness well yeah well I mean culture well can I ask you something if I took one of these swans here and I slaughtered them in the halal way and only talk what I needed would you be okay okay well luckily luckily it's not the end of the world bless you bless you but if there was no swans left you'd probably have to eat a human he told you that he told you this I've been vegan for seven years police are coming police are coming I've been vegan for seven years I've been vegan for seven years now but there's nothing to do with body types everyone can eat plants I promise you wait have you got any science to back up what you say I hand up in the hospital vegan yeah no eggs no dairy everything what were you eating I'm my arm went so down my blood you had no iron you can't get iron from from plants but what were you eating like what what explain a meal what's your example of a other dinner would you have give me an example of a dinner vegetables seeds quinoa and they put you in a hospital eating fruits and vegetables vegetables not good for your blood so you only eat me okay I'm gonna stay here the iron from the veg is not enough for my blood it so you couldn't supplement with any iron but you're against animal cruelty they're not killing like it discusses the society of consummation they're not killing consciously yeah killing just to to to to feed the nation and that I don't agree I want I want something okay what is it can I ask you something if I was gonna if I needed orange can I'm allowed to go and kill that swan to get the iron yeah can I kill a dog to get iron can I get it can I kill a dog to get iron yeah but what okay what if there's a what if I can get an iron supplement who told you who told you this you can't have an iron supplement given giving you other things so only you can only get iron from what beef cows a lamb or a sheep do you eat a lamb or a sheep to get iron that's interesting I've never heard of that before but you know because I need thousands of vegan do that but like a lot of people now are awakening to a new reality that you know what your body is not made to starve only in Asian countries because your body is not made everything has to be nurturing the meat the vegan whatever it doesn't nurture your body it just make you start and that's the reality that's weird I'm not starving yeah I don't know any I don't know any I don't know any I know people who have anorexia that have heart failure but not vegan there is research on veganism no we have less heart disease less cancer live longer yeah I'm pretty sure that's true less definitely less heart disease and less cancer no no that's true I mean we've got the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics as well we'll flash that up here but I'm pretty sure that's more scientific than you know hello how are you we're trying to get people to try swan meat our free range swan meat we just are bringing it back out in the market so hey you're a vegan that's a bit extreme don't you think you don't you don't want to eat wait why don't you want to eat any animals you don't want to eat swans why not where do you get your protein from soy beans don't you know that plants feel pain I'm only joking I'm a vegan as well yeah I thought I'd throw the plants feel pain thing out you see how you respond yeah yeah of course film everything yeah speciesism you would have learned that wouldn't you really yeah well I don't think we should be killing and eating any animals what do you think mate would you eat this one if I was to kill a needed killer swan right now it's free range organic like it's humane yeah it's humane take care guys thanks for you understand yeah yeah you see the point I'm trying to make hey why do we do it to other animals yeah yeah yeah why not just leave the animals alone all of them you know but chickens and turkeys are the same as swans in the way that they want to live in the way that they feel pain people will happily go to the store and pay for a chicken to be killed but they if they see me do something to a swan they'd probably you know be upset I'd get arrested actually hypocrites yeah that's true hey mate if you want to we were just given out of it information okay okay people are hypocrites oh that's what I'd like to hear you wouldn't you wouldn't have a moral issue with me killing a swan and eating them you would you'd be that angry