Posted on 07/29/2005 11:30:03 AM PDT by Millee
Naked protesters are expected to rally outside the Stockton Street Benetton store at noon today to protest the company's use of Australian wool.
The activists, from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, are on a world tour to decry Australian farmers' practice of mulesing, in which chunks of flesh are sheared from the hind area of unanesthetized sheep to prevent maggot infestation. Also at issue is the practice of exporting sheep by cramming so many animals into a vessel that thousands of them die, said campaign coordinator Matt Rice.
The protesters' bodies will be painted in bright colors, a play on Benetton's slogan of "united colors," he said.
Calls to Benetton's New York headquarters were not returned, but according to a press release on the company's Web site, "Benetton Group does not adhere to the requests made by PETA to boycott Australian wool, and has always paid strong attention to the respect of ethical and social values in its manufacturing organisation, its retail network and in its communication campaigns, as has been repeatedly conveyed to PETA."
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The people you least want to see naked in public seem always to be the ones most likely to do it.
It looks like without this the animal can become infested with maggots. Not something they are likely to enjoy, being eaten to death by maggots. An ounce of prevention and all that....
PETA protesting out of S.F. More likely it's the latter.
LoL....good one !!!
I heard that Rosie O'Donnell and Ricki Lake are members of PETA...if they were naked...LORD HELP US!!!!!!!!!!
"I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today"
-- Wimpy the carnivore
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