Posted on 11/30/2017 9:36:08 AM PST by Olog-hai
The British branch of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have called for Maureen O’Hara’s fur coasts to be withdrawn from the auction set to take place in Durrow, County Laois.
The auction, hosted by Sheppard’s auctioneers, will include furniture, furs and jewelry once belonging to the late, great “Quiet Man” star, Maureen O’Hara. Ahead of Wednesday’s auction PETA has sent an urgent letter to the Irish auction house calling for the late actor’s mink and sable coats to be removed from sale and donated to its fur amnesty program instead.
The collection, formerly held by Maureen O’Hara in her former West Cork home, includes a Christian Dior full-length white mink coat. The actress was often photographed wearing the coat, which is trimmed with Arctic fox fur and lined throughout with silk.
Their argument is that times have changed, and Hollywood glamor is now what it was. In a statement, PETA Director Elisa Allen said, “Whereas decades ago, silver screen stars may have considered animal pelts glamorous, that’s unthinkable today, given what we know about the cruel fur industry.” …
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Whenever anybody says anything about my 30 year old fur coat I always tell them “ these muskrats have been dead a long time”. :-)
The seal coat was from Cape Town...and is over 100 years old. Unbelievably soft. Velvet is like burlap by comparison.
Very sexy in “The Parent Trap”.
Hollywood used to be glamorous.
Now, it’s just plain decadent....................
“...coats to be removed from sale and donated to its fur amnesty program... “
Umm...Ok - no.
Hey! I belong to People Eat Tasty Animals. PETA lol
Add another A at the end, for “Always” - and start your own org, hashtag, twitter feed etc. It’d be fun!
That sounds like fum!
Uh, fun.
Demand in one hand and shit in the other. See which one fills up first.
Indeed.
The old saying is probably more true than ever though. Furs are indeed forever, because they are all stashed away in some closet, never wearing or being worn, for fear of coming across the next animal rights “activist” in the street who has no respect for personal property.
They’ll last forever, it’s easy when they are never subjected to the light of day.
Mink, Ermine, Fox and Seal were the status symbols of the Hollywood and NY nightclub crowds.
Many a starlet was plied with a fur, or paid .................
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