OK, here’s where I come out of the closet as an animal-rights supporter. PETA is running a campaign against Burberry and other companies that continue to use animal fur. Here’s part of a message I got from PETA recently:
What do Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, and J.Crew have in common?
They all refuse to use or sell fur. Many top designers and retailers have stopped using and selling fur for good as a result of constant pressure from PETA and our members.
Every day, PETA members fight hard for the animals who are maimed and killed for their fur. Together, we have made real changes in the fashion world and have spared millions of animals from torturous lives and grisly deaths. But there’s so much more to do—and so many more animals need our help right now.
In the fur industry, dogs, cats, raccoons, rabbits, and many other animals are commonly skinned alive, crushed to death, and painfully electrocuted.
As I’m sure you know, PETA will do anything—including take our clothes off—to get media coverage and the public’s attention in an effort to stop this cruelty. For more than 25 years, celebrities, PETA members, and other concerned animal advocates have joined us in the fight against fur. Many have even shed their clothes to announce to the world that they’d rather go naked than wear fur.
Activists of all ages and stars such as animal rights superhero Pamela Anderson, as well as many other celebrities, have taken a stand for animals by posing in PETA’s “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” ads. Recently supermodel Janice Dickinson and 30 other models made news when they hit the streets of Hollywood stripped down to their undies and holding signs with the message that wearing fur is heartless and cruel. You can see the photos here.
PETA’s groundbreaking and head-turning anti-fur ads are seen on taxi tops, buses, and billboards all around the world thanks to your support.
To see our latest celebrity anti-fur ads, click here.
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