Wednesday, February 7, 2007
PETA members sit naked downtown to protest wearing fur
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PETA "protest" outside of Pegasus Plaza
Enlarge photo | View thumbnailsNaked people protesting fur coats… that’s brilliant. Unless of course there are only three naked people that aren’t actually naked (they were wearing bed sheets and signs). Does that really make a statement against cruelty to animals? You could barely read the signs. Honestly, I expected something a little better. I pictured a sea of people lying naked on the ground. PETA is known for being passionate and relentless towards their cause, and this just seemed like an excuse to put some hot chicks on a mattress in a downtown area. I will say, however, there was one male activist handing out fliers and the like, and apparently he will be sitting naked tomorrow in St. Louis, but that’s beside the point. Unless you happen to run into the guy handing out fliers, I doubt half the people even understood why they were out there. Everyone seemed to be too busy taking pictures on their phones of the naked PETA members. Don’t get me wrong, I watched the video and it’s awful what they do to those animals, but if you’re going to protest something, don’t half ass it. I’d rather read about another creative heckling of Anna Wintour.
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Laura Evans Staff
The whole thing just seemed kinda sketchy to me. Three half-naked girls being gawked at by an audience that just so happened to consist of mostly men with camera phones by their side? Might have been good for publicity, but they just went down a notch in my book. I couldn't have put it better myself: half-assed was right.
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Chad Jones Staff
Also, maybe next time they could get some hotter "hot" girls.
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wmuboy Anonymous
Unfortunately, the media only responds to fur demos if someone is naked. It's not PETA's fault. They are trying to get attention for the animals any way they can. It's better than fur not being in the news at all.
Animals skinned for fur come from two places—fur ranches and trapping the animals in the wild. On fur ranches, animals lead miserable lives confined in small, filthy cages. They are cruelly killed by being gassed, suffocated, or by electrocution. They are electrocuted anally or through the mouth so that the blood doesn’t ruin the “clothes.”
Trapping animals in the wild for fur is not any more humane. There are many traps used to trap animals. One common trap is the steel-jaw leghold trap. This trap closes with bone-crushing force onto an animal. The animals often try to chew their own limbs off to escape. The traps also catch our companion animals such as dogs and cats. These traps are dangerous to children.
http://www.bancrueltraps.com
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Laura Seewoester Staff
wmuboy: I understand that this was a publicity stunt, and it worked to an extent because nudity makes the news. However, I agree with mike on this. Your friendly PETA representative handed me this DVD showing what happens to the animals (with intermittent pictures of J-Lo wearing fur, of course) and that had more of an effect on me than nudity and a small sign. Aside from anyone that also picked up a flier or DVD, the protest did nothing to educate the public. On that note, I want to thank you for your comment, as I'm sure a vast majority of the people don't know what the animals go through in the fur industry.
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