PETA's "Give fur the cold shoulder" ad campain -- Merry Christmas, guys ....

Jolie Rouge

Pam Strips, Stares

Pam Anderson has found an altruistic way to combine her two passions -- animal rights and looking totally hot. The hypermammiferous bombshell is set to show off her considerable assets across China in anti-fur billboards courtesy of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

"I'm perfectly happy to bare my skin if it will help save animals' skins," Pam explains. "With so many fashionable and comfortable fur alternatives available today, there's no excuse for killing animals and stealing their skins."

The nearly nekkid Anderson poses seductively above the tagline, "Give fur the cold shoulder," and alongside Chinese characters that translate to "Please don't wear fur" and "Cold shoulders are nothing compared to the pain they feel."

But the steamy posters are raising, uh, eyebrows with censors. A PETA spokesman in China tells the AP they may have to trim the picture to get the thumbs up from the conservative watchdogs.

So why is China graced with in-the-buff images of Pam? According to PETA, the country was responsible for 40 percent of U.S. fur imports in 2000, most of which we're guessing ended up being worn to Star Jones' wedding.


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nanajoanie

No thanks on Peta. I'll wear my future mink coats and jackets thank you very much. I'd even settle for one of the white seals they spray paint with red paint to ruin their pelts. I wear lots of red to it would match my wardrobe Good post Jolie. Sure to get a few comments. Hope we don't get marked with some weird color of paint

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In this photo supplied by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), tattoo-resplendent former NBA star Dennis Rodman appears completely nude in a celebrity anti-fur ad by PETA.The ad made its debut at New York Fashion Week.(AP Photo/PETA)



Rodman Strips for PETA Ad at Fashion Week
Mon Feb 7, 2005
By BRUNO J. NAVARRO, Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK - Often his own fashion statement on the basketball court, Dennis Rodman made one at New York Fashion Week, revealing all in an ad for PETA.


The tattoo-resplendent former NBA star appears nude, in profile, in the celebrity anti-fur ad for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Rodman's 6-foot-8 presence appears with the slogan, "Think Ink, Not Mink: Be Comfortable in Your Own Skin and Let Animals Keep Theirs."

"I'm very against people mistreating animals in any fashion," Rodman told The Associated Press Monday. Rodman, 43, who has sported hair in a rainbow of colors and once appeared at a New York bookstore to sign autographs in a wedding dress, said he gained "a totally different perspective" after watching a PETA video. "I'm not ashamed to show my body," he added.


"We are very happy to work with PETA," said Fern Mallis, executive director of 7th on Sixth and the lead organizer of New York Fashion Week. "We think that everybody's position and point of view should be heard. We wanted to do it in a peaceful, productive way ... no more violence and paint on the runway and damaging or harming people's property. This is a democracy," she added. "Everybody's entitled to their opinion and to wear what they like."


The billboard ad — unveiled Monday at the tents that house invitation-only designer runway shows at Bryant Park this week — will appear in Hollywood, Calif., and New York in the next few weeks.


In past years, PETA members have disrupted events and protested designers who use animal hides in their clothing lines. But that began to change in 2003, when PETA joined Fashion Week and presented its own line, designed by Gaelyn & Cianfarani, to draw attention to animal-friendly collections.


PETA spokesman Michael McGraw called the collaboration "an indefinite truce" and praised organizers for helping to coordinate Monday's event. "It will allow us to get our anti-fur message precisely to those who need to see it," he said.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp..._dennis_rodman


On the Net:


http://www.olympusfashionweek.com


http://www.peta.org


http://www.drodman.com/

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stresseater

I'll take one of those red coat too. Actually I am very happy with my long black leather duster. I am a firm believer in the food chain and the natural order of things.

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My ABSOLUTE Favorite PETA campain .....





PETA campaigns against eating fish
Tuesday, November 16, 2004 Posted: 5:33 PM EST (2233 GMT)

NEW YORK (AP) -- Touting tofu chowder and vegetarian sushi as alternatives, animal-rights activists have launched a novel campaign arguing that fish -- contrary to stereotype -- are intelligent, sensitive animals no more deserving of being eaten than a pet dog or cat.

Called the Fish Empathy Project, the campaign reflects a strategy shift by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals as it challenges a diet component widely viewed as nutritious and uncontroversial.

"No one would ever put a hook through a dog's or cat's mouth," said Bruce Friedrich, PETA's director of vegan outreach. "Once people start to understand that fish, although they come in different packaging, are just as intelligent, they'll stop eating them."

The campaign is in its infancy and will face broad skepticism. Major groups such as the American Heart Association recommend fish as part of a healthy diet; some academics say it is wrong to portray the intelligence and pain sensitivity of fish as comparable to mammals. "Fish are very complex organisms that do all sorts of fascinating things," said University of Wyoming neuroscientist James Rose. "But to suggest they know they what's happening to them and worry about it, that's just not the case."

PETA, headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, has campaigned for years against sport fishing, challenging claims by Rose and others that fish caught by anglers do not feel pain. PETA also has joined other critics in decrying the high levels of mercury or other toxins in many fish and the pollution discharged by many fish farms.

The Empathy Project is a departure in two respects -- attempting to depict the standard practices of commercial fishing as cruel and seeking to convince consumers that there are ethical reasons for not eating fish. "Fish are so misunderstood because they're so far removed from our daily lives," said Karin Robertson, 24, the Empathy Project manager and daughter of an Indiana fisheries biologist. "They're such interesting, fascinating individuals, yet they're so incredibly abused."

The project was inspired by several recent scientific studies -- widely reported in Britain but little-noticed in the United States -- detailing facets of fish intelligence. Oxford University researcher Theresa Burt de Perera, for example, reported that the blind Mexican cave fish is able to interpret water pressure changes to construct a detailed mental map of its surroundings.

"Most people dismiss fish as dimwitted pea-brains. ... Yet this is a great fallacy," wrote University of Edinburgh biologist Culum Brown in the June edition of New Scientist. "In many areas, such as memory, their cognitive powers match or exceed those of 'higher' vertebrates, including non-human primates."

Chris Glass of the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences in Massachusetts led another recent study, showing how North Sea haddock developed abilities to avoid trawlers' nets. "There's no doubt that fish of all shapes and forms are capable of learning fairly complex tasks," Glass said. "They can learn from their environment and experience."

Yet Glass declined to endorse the don't-eat-fish appeals. "We don't want to be caught between warring factions," he said. "We're interested in helping the fisheries industry do a responsible job."

To press their argument, PETA activists plan demonstrations starting next month at selected seafood restaurants nationwide. PETA also will urge changes in commercial fishing practices, for example proposing that trawler crews stun fish before cutting them up.

Friedrich questioned why there is popular support for sparing marine mammals -- dolphins and porpoises -- yet minimal concern for species like tuna, "whose suffering would warrant felony animal cruelty charges if they were mammals."

Fish-welfare rules would be a new realm for U.S. commercial fishermen. The National Fisheries Institute, which represents them, has pledged to help sustain fish stocks but its members have never faced cruelty regulations regarding their catch. "It's irresponsible to discourage people from eating fish at a time when doctors and dietitians advise eating it twice a week," said institute president John Connelly. "If anything, we should be eating more fish."

Friedrich acknowledges the difficulty of changing long-held customs, but thinks his project is worthwhile. "We'd rather go too far than not far enough," he said.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/11/16/fis....ap/index.html


On the Net :

PETA campaign : http://fishinghurts.com/ [ be aware of the "kids corner" ]


National Fisheries Institute : http://www.nfi.org/



(( also see www.lobsterlib.com ))

((( I think *somebody* has watched "Finding Nemo" a few too many times )))

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Willow

I don't like that they raise and kill animals for their fur but I am totally against the way Peta does things. They are too extreme in my opinion.

freebielover

I'm a total vegetarian and I don't wear animal products but PETA is ridiculous. My mom almost killed them when we got the last magazine addressed to my 7 year old sister with the mother killing a rabbit on the cover. They go way overboard!

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PETA to Target Star Jones Reynolds



NEW YORK (AP) - If you're Star Jones Reynolds, beware on April Fool's day. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals will target the co-host of ``The View'' with a parody of Jones Reynolds, to be unveiled outside the ABC studio on Friday.

PETA will display a new ``Fur is a Drag'' ad featuring 6-foot-tall cross-dresser Flotilla DeBarge dressed in a large white wedding gown and a white fur coat splashed with blood.

``As long as no laws are broken, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,'' Jones Reynolds said in a statement Thursday to The Associated Press. ``I hope his hair and makeup look fabulous and he remembers to shave.''

PETA has listed Jones Reynolds four times on its annual ``worst dressed'' list, citing her fondness for fur.


On the Net:


http://www.FurIsDead.com


http://www.starjones.com


http://abc.go.com/daytime/theview/



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