PETA 'Animals' Will Remind Valentine's Day Celebrants to Have a Heart for Animals and Never Buy Fur
For Immediate Release:
February 8, 2013
Contact:
Sophia Charchuk 202-483-7382
Newport News, Va. -- Dressed as a fox and a raccoon and holding signs that read, "Love Us—Don't Wear Us," two PETA members will lead a protest against fur outside Silverman Furs in Newport News on Saturday, five days before Valentine's Day. Their point? That every time someone buys fur—even if it's "just a little trim"—they're supporting one of the cruelest industries on the planet.
When: Saturday, February 9, 12 noon
Where: Silverman Furs, 10301 Warwick Blvd. (near the intersection with Main Street), Newport News
"We're encouraging people to have a heart for animals by not wearing fur on Valentine's Day—or any other day," says PETA Associate Director of Campaigns Lindsay Rajt. "Every single piece of fur means that an animal endured excruciating pain and died horrifically."
PETA wants consumers to know that foxes, raccoons, and other animals on fur farms spend their entire lives in cramped, filthy cages before they are killed by poison, gas, anal electrocution, or neck-breaking. Animals trapped for fur experience excruciating pain before trappers stomp on their chests or break their necks. In China—which is now the world's largest fur exporter—animals, including cats and dogs, are sometimes skinned alive.
For more information, please visit PETA.org.
