Sexy Activists Hit Duluth Urging 'Bare Skin—Don't Wear Skin!'
For Immediate Rlease:
November 7, 2011
Contact:
David Perle: 202-483-7382
Duluth, Minn. -- Wearing nothing but little pink panties bearing the PETA logo, two PETA beauties will stand behind a banner that reads, "Bare Skin—Don't Wear Skin," in downtown Duluth on Tuesday.
When: Tuesday, November 8, 12 noon.
Where: Southeast corner of N. Lake Avenue and E. Superior Street, Duluth
"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 their tightened skins while they're still alive.
For more information, please visit PETA.org.