Sexy Activists Hit Oakland Urging 'Bare Skin—Don't Wear Skin!'
For Immediate Release:
January 11, 2012
Contact:
Adam Miller 202-483-7382
Oakland, Calif. -- Wearing nothing but little pink panties, two PETA beauties will stand behind a banner that reads, "Bare Skin—Don't Wear Skin," in downtown Oakland on Thursday.
When: Thursday, January 12, 12 noon
Where: The corner of Broadway and 12th Street, Oakland
"By showing some of our own skin, we hope people will consider letting animals keep theirs," says PETA beauty Danielle Barnett, who will lead the traffic-stopping demonstration.
Why all the fuss over what to wear? Fashion guru Tim Gunn lays it on the line in PETA's video short, which shows how animals who are killed for their fur are electrocuted, poisoned, or gassed or have their necks broken. Cows who are slated to be killed for their skins endure painful mutilations and physical abuse on factory farms and cruel treatment during transport and slaughter. Snakes have hoses rammed into their mouths and are pumped full of water so that workers can more easily cut off their tightened skin while they're still alive.
For more information, please visit PETA.org.