PETA stripping outside Benetton to protest shearing

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/29/BApetawool29.DTL ^

[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."

[Millee]

What would be really shocking would be if PETA actually kept their clothes on during a protest.

[edcoil]

What, no pets to kill today?

[timsbella]

mmmm...it's Friday...maybe lamb for dinner. Thanks for the idea.

[muslims=borg]

Are there models stripping or just bull dykes ?

[theDentist]

Stand nearby with a bucket of KFC.

[sofaman]

No pictures, thank you.

[darkwing104]

PETA must be having a slow day from killing pets...

[sgtbono2002]

****in which chunks of flesh are sheared from the hind area of unanesthetized sheep to prevent maggot infestation. ****

Maggots just trying to help their fellow maggots.

[GSlob]

The PETA types could benefit from mulesing, too.

[Always Right]

What, no pets to kill today?

Yep, shearing and milking animals is evil, slaughtering them is OK.

[Darksheare]

I feel like coating them in mucilage.

[Seeking the truth]

[oyez]

I wasn't buying any KFC until the idiots started that boycott. I've noticed that product line is better than I remembered.

[Cowboy Bob]

Benetton is a Leftist company, so I think its kind of funny that PETA is picking on one of their own.

[NonValueAdded]

That seems counterintuitive ... how would wounding an animal prevent maggot infestation? Wouldn't it in fact attract flies and ensure infestation? As to cramming animals for shipment to the point that thousands of them die would not make sense economically. I can see a small loss being considered an acceptable cost of doing business but thousands? I would think the profit would be lost right there and shipping of sheep is not a charity action. It sounds like they have their facts mixed up.

[CharlesWayneCT]

I'm sorry, there is just something funny about protestors stripping in front of a BENNETON store.

Will they be mistaken for benneton models?

[Millee]

I don't know about the models, but maybe the sheep. ;-)

[polymuser]

Another 'reason' to get naked. Kids do the darndest things.

[COBOL2Java]

There you go! People Eating Tasty Animals...

[NRA2BFree]

Uh oh, it didn't work. They showed up anyway!