During an interview with Simon Armitage in 2010 , Morrissey said that " you ca n't help but feel that the Chinese are a subspecies " due to their " horrific " treatment of animals . Armitage said : " He must have known it would make waves , he 's not daft . But clearly , when it comes to animal rights and animal welfare , he 's absolutely unshakable in his beliefs . In his view , if you treat an animal badly , you are less than human . " At a concert in Warsaw on 24 July 2011 , Morrissey stated , " We all live in a murderous world , as the events in Norway have shown , with 97 dead . Though that is nothing compared to what happens in McDonald 's and Kentucky Fried Shit every day . " His comments , referencing the 2011 Norway attacks which resulted in the killing of 77 people , were described as crude and insensitive by '' NME '' . He later elaborated on his statement , saying , " If you quite rightly feel horrified at the Norway killings , then it surely naturally follows that you feel horror at the murder of ANY innocent being . You can not ignore animal suffering simply because animals ' are not us ' . " In February 2013 , after much speculation , it was reported that the Staples Center had agreed for the first time ever to make every vendor in the arena completely vegetarian for Morrissey 's performance on 1 March , contractually having all McDonald 's vendors close down . In a press release , Morrissey stated , " I do n't look upon it as a victory for me , but a victory for the animals . " The request was previously denied to Paul McCartney . Despite these reports , the Staples Center retained some meat vendors while closing down McDonald 's . Later in February , Morrissey cancelled an appearance on '' Jimmy Kimmel Live ! '' after learning that the guests for that night also included the cast of '' Duck Dynasty '' , a show about a family who create duck calls for use in hunting . Morrissey referred to them as " animal serial killers "
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2011 Norway attacks
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