Sexy Activists Hit City Urging 'Bare Skin—Don't Wear Skin!'
For Immediate Release:
January 19. 2012
Contact:
Adam Miller 202-483-7382
Pittsburgh --Wearing nothing but flesh-colored panties, two PETA beauties will stand behind a banner that reads, "Bare Skin—Don't Wear Skin," in downtown Pittsburgh on Friday.
When: Friday, January 20, 12 noon
Where: The southwest corner of Forbes Avenue and Market Square, Pittsburgh
"By showing some of our own skin, we hope people will consider letting animals keep theirs," says PETA beauty Tracy Patton, 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.