Group Urges bebe Corporate: Ditch the Fur
For Immediate Release:
December 4, 2012
Contact:
Sophia Charchuk 202-483-7382
Brisbane, Calif. --- Holding the "bodies" of a skinned "fox" and a skinned "rabbit" and brandishing signs that read, "bebe: Ditch the Fur!" and "bebe Butchers Bunnies," PETA members will hold a spirited protest outside bebe headquarters on Valley Drive in Brisbane on Wednesday. Their point? That the fur trade is a violent, bloody industry that beats, drowns, and electrocutes animals before ripping the animals' skins from their backs.
When: Wednesday, December 5, 12 noon
Where: Outside bebe, 400 Valley Dr. (near the intersection with N. Hill Drive), Brisbane
"Every fur jacket or piece of fur trim came from animals who were tormented and painfully killed in the name of 'fashion,'" says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. "If bebe doesn't want to be a target of caring consumers everywhere, the company should drop the fur."
Undercover investigations have revealed that rabbits on Chinese fur farms—one of the countries from which bebe obtains fur—are pulled out of cages by their ears and stunned with electrical devices while they scream. Another investigation of a Chinese fur farm shows a skinned raccoon dog on a heap of carcasses who lifts his bloodied head and stares into the camera.
PETA urges bebe to follow the lead of companies such as Ralph Lauren, J.Crew, Forever 21, Wet Seal, and many others and remove all fur from its shelves immediately. More than 80,000 people have taken action against bebe because of its use of fur.
For more information, please visit PETA.org.