Philadelphia — Wearing nothing but a banner reading, “We’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur,” three PETA members will protest outside a Burberry store in Philadelphia on Wednesday. Other PETA members will hand
out leaflets and show PETA’s fur-farm expos — narrated by world-famous fashion designer Stella McCartney — to let Christmas shoppers know how countless animals suffer and die for Burberry’s coats.
Why strip and brave Philadelphia’s late-December chill? PETA showed Burberry executives video footage of how animals caught in traps often resort to chewing off their own legs in order to escape and how animals on fur farms are gassed, electrocuted, or have their necks broken, yet Burberry continues to sell fur.
“I’ll gladly bare my skin if it will help save animals’ skins,” says PETA’s Stephanie Wood. “Even in the 21st century — with so many stylish, comfortable alternatives to fur — Burberry is supporting one of the most hideous industries on the planet.”
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