Sexy Activists Hit Detroit for 'Bare Skin—Don't Wear Skin' Rally
For Immediate Release:
August 31, 2011
Contact:
Adam Miller 202-483-7382
Detroit -- Wearing nothing but their underwear, sexy PETA activists will stand behind a banner that reads, "Bare Skin—Don't Wear Skin," in downtown Detroit on Thursday.
When: Thursday, September 1, 12 noon
Where: Dittrich Furs, 7373 Third Ave., Detroit
"By showing some of our own skin, we hope that people will consider letting animals keep theirs," says PETA's 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 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 the animals' tightened skin while the animals are still alive.
For more information, please visit PETA.org.