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What Do YOU think about PETA's latest action - 30/09/03 05:14 AM
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PETA LAUNCHES "GLOVES ARE OFF!" ANTI-FUR CAMPAIGN WITH SKINNED FOXES AT MET GALA
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Fur-Clad Opera Buffs Will Get a First-Hand Look at the Rest of Their Coats
For Immediate Release:
September 26, 2003
Contact:
Michael McGraw 757-622-7382
New York — Holding bloody, skinned animals and signs reading, "Here’s the Rest of Your Fur Coat," PETA members will greet attendees of the Opening Night Gala of New York’s Metropolitan Opera to protest the cruelty supported by those who buy and wear fur. In a preemptive strike, before cold weather sets in, the activists will confront opera attendees—who are notorious fur-wearers—with the gory reality of where fur coats come from and will hand out cards showing a photo of a trapped fox on one side and explaining the gruesome details of fur procurement on the other. The protest marks the kickoff of PETA’s new "Gloves Are Off!" anti-fur campaign.
Date: Monday, September 29
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: The Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center
In the aftermath of the September 11 tragedy, PETA took a kinder, gentler approach and temporarily suspended its confrontational tactics to avoid upsetting an already shell-shocked public.
So why has PETA decided to take the gloves off now? Most Americans were deeply affected by the events of September 11, but furriers used the time as an opportunity to push their bloody wares as "comfort wear." And, although many people have embraced a more thoughtful, peaceful lifestyle, animals continue to be caught in steel-jaw traps where they suffer excruciating pain, often for days, before having their chests stomped on or their necks broken by trappers. Beavers caught in underwater traps struggle frantically for up to 20 minutes before drowning. On fur farms, animals are confined to tiny, filthy cages where they suffer physical pain and psychological stress before being killed with painful methods such as neck-breaking, suffocation, and anal electrocution—which causes the animals to convulse, shake, and even cry.
"Although pelt prices have plummeted and the image of fur is in the toilet, some callous people still wear it," says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. "Die-hard fur-wearers can expect to be confronted all winter with graphic illustrations of animals who have suffered and been slaughtered for their skins."
Persia White, star of the top-rated UPN sitcom Girlfriends, appears in PETA’s latest anti-fur ad, in which she holds the lifeless body of a skinned fox next to the tagline, "Here’s the Rest of Your Fur Coat." Persia will also be attending the protest.
For more information, please visit PETA’s Web site FurIsDead.com.
PETA LAUNCHES "GLOVES ARE OFF!" ANTI-FUR CAMPAIGN WITH SKINNED FOXES AT MET GALA
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Fur-Clad Opera Buffs Will Get a First-Hand Look at the Rest of Their Coats
For Immediate Release:
September 26, 2003
Contact:
Michael McGraw 757-622-7382
New York — Holding bloody, skinned animals and signs reading, "Here’s the Rest of Your Fur Coat," PETA members will greet attendees of the Opening Night Gala of New York’s Metropolitan Opera to protest the cruelty supported by those who buy and wear fur. In a preemptive strike, before cold weather sets in, the activists will confront opera attendees—who are notorious fur-wearers—with the gory reality of where fur coats come from and will hand out cards showing a photo of a trapped fox on one side and explaining the gruesome details of fur procurement on the other. The protest marks the kickoff of PETA’s new "Gloves Are Off!" anti-fur campaign.
Date: Monday, September 29
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: The Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center
In the aftermath of the September 11 tragedy, PETA took a kinder, gentler approach and temporarily suspended its confrontational tactics to avoid upsetting an already shell-shocked public.
So why has PETA decided to take the gloves off now? Most Americans were deeply affected by the events of September 11, but furriers used the time as an opportunity to push their bloody wares as "comfort wear." And, although many people have embraced a more thoughtful, peaceful lifestyle, animals continue to be caught in steel-jaw traps where they suffer excruciating pain, often for days, before having their chests stomped on or their necks broken by trappers. Beavers caught in underwater traps struggle frantically for up to 20 minutes before drowning. On fur farms, animals are confined to tiny, filthy cages where they suffer physical pain and psychological stress before being killed with painful methods such as neck-breaking, suffocation, and anal electrocution—which causes the animals to convulse, shake, and even cry.
"Although pelt prices have plummeted and the image of fur is in the toilet, some callous people still wear it," says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. "Die-hard fur-wearers can expect to be confronted all winter with graphic illustrations of animals who have suffered and been slaughtered for their skins."
Persia White, star of the top-rated UPN sitcom Girlfriends, appears in PETA’s latest anti-fur ad, in which she holds the lifeless body of a skinned fox next to the tagline, "Here’s the Rest of Your Fur Coat." Persia will also be attending the protest.
For more information, please visit PETA’s Web site FurIsDead.com.