'Wear Your Own Skin,' Says PETA
For Immediate Release:
August 8, 2011
Contact:
Adam Miller 202-483-7382
Lousville, Ky. -- Lying naked in coffins decorated with flowers and holding signs that read, "We Wouldn’t Be Caught Dead in Animal Skins," three PETA members will expose the cruelty of the fur, leather, and wool industries in Louisville tomorrow. Other activists will hold signs reading, "Wear Your Own Skin—Let Animals Keep Theirs," and hand out leaflets asking residents to cross all animal skins off their shopping lists.
When: Tuesday, August 9, 12 noon
Where: Outside “The Leatherhead” Skins Store at 1601 Bardstown Rd., Louisville
What's wrong with fur, leather, and wool? For the animals who are mutilated, treated like unfeeling machines, and denied everything that is natural and important to them on factory farms and in slaughterhouses, there's no difference between fur, leather, and wool. All three cause great suffering that can be avoided simply by choosing from the many warm and fashionable alternatives to animal skins.
"I'll gladly bare some of my skin if it will help save animals' skins," says Ann Cashell, one of the "deceased" protesters. "With all the luxurious alternatives available, there's absolutely no excuse to wear animal skins."
For more information, please visit PETA.org.