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ANIMAL rights protesters are to demonstrate outside Katie Mac’s chippy amid accusations of cruelty – apparently a fish was battered there last week.

Ah, it’s good to dust down an old joke and put it back on display in the front window. And I should know, recycling old jokes is my bread and butter.

After the punchline I was going to add: “I’m here all week, try the veal,” but I fear animal rights activists might picket the Echo offices waving “Ditch the Veal, Have a Parsnip” banners.

As the Echo revealed this week, members of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) are to march, maybe even frogmarch, on the Pennywell chippy in protest against the sale of battered frogs’ legs.

I’m sure they mean well. And I’m all for looking after our fellow creatures, but I think these animal rights activists often take their loyalty to the wee beasties a tad too far.

If I were to find myself and our pet rabbit Rockta in difficulties in the River Wear following a bizarre animal/human water-skiing accident (not again, I hear you cry) I can’t help feel that Peta activists would race to the scene, only to throw the rescue rope to Rockta.

I accept this would happen if my wife were involved, but surely a fellow human being would put people before animals?