Sexy Activists Hit Anchorage Urging 'Bare Skin—Don't Wear Skin!'
For Immediate Release:
November 23, 2011
Contact:
Adam Miller 202-483-7382
Anchorage -- 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 Anchorage on Friday. The action will be one of many held throughout the country to mark Fur-Free Friday—the day after Thanksgiving and one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
When: Friday, November 25, 12 noon
Where: The northeast corner of W. Fifth Avenue Ave and C Street, Anchorage
"By showing some of our own skin, we hope that people will consider letting animals keep theirs," says PETA beauty Jillian Hacker, 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 slated to be 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 skin while they're still alive.
For more information, please visit PETA.org.