The mayor of a small Idaho town said there was "NO WAY, NO CHANCE" he would consider a request from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to rename a street called Chicken Dinner Road to something more fowl-friendly.

PETA sent Caldwell Mayor Garret Nancolas a letter on July 3 asking him to change the name of the mostly deserted rural road. The animal-rights group said it opposes "speciesism" and asked the name be changed to just Chicken Road.

“Just like dogs, cats, and human beings, chickens feel pain and fear and value their own lives,” said the letter from Tracy Reiman, PETA's executive vice president. “PETA is asking Mayor Nancolas to change this road’s name to one that celebrates chickens as individuals, not as beings to kill, chop up, and label as ‘dinner.'”

Nancolas responded to the group in snarky fashion in a July 4 Facebook post.

“When I first received the letter, I thought it was a joke," he wrote. "I literally laughed! When I realized the letter was for real, it made me extremely irritated that they would waste our time with such a ridiculous request!"

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The road in question is not even in Caldwell's jurisdiction, the mayor said, adding that even it if was, there would be "NO WAY, NO CHANCE I would ever consider this truly unbelievable request!!"

The road is the responsibility of Canyon County, the Idaho Statesman reported. Most locals agree the road was named after Laura Lamb, who lived along the road and was known in the 1930s for her fried chicken.