Posted on 02/07/2005 9:25:51 AM PST by Cagey
BERLIN (Reuters) - Mercedes-Benz has agreed to offer "leather-free" versions of all its luxury cars to pacify an animal rights group that says thousands of cows are slaughtered each year for leather car seats and interiors.
After complaints from the German chapter of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, DaimlerChrysler said its Mercedes subsidiary will offer fabric or synthetic leather as options. Daimler spokeswoman Ursula Mertzig-Stein said that far from wanting leather-free cars, "our customers ... are more likely to want even more leather at the premium end. But we'll make cars without leather on demand."
PETA officials, who had threatened protests at the carmaker's Stuttgart headquarters, said they were delighted.
"When you consider that the skins of four to 15 cows are needed for each car this means thousands of cows will be spared," said PETA researcher Edmund Haferbeck. "This is a huge victory for animal rights."
***"When you consider that the skins of four to 15 cows are needed for each car this means thousands of cows will be spared," said PETA researcher Edmund Haferbeck. "This is a huge victory for animal rights."***
No, it means that the cost of leather jackets will drop a couple cents. =P
Hilarious
"When you consider that the skins of four to 15 cows are needed for each car this means thousands of cows will be spared," said PETA researcher Edmund Haferbeck. "This is a huge victory for animal rights."
Riiiiiiiiight.
So folks eat the beef from the cows that were3 slaughtered, but now we'll just pitch the skins instaed of using them for car seats. Waste of resources.
Dopes.
I wonder just how many Mercedes the PETA whackos buy anyhow?
Maybe if they make it a $2,500 option, there won't be a lot of them around. I'm sure a couple of peta supporters will buy them, resale value be damned...
I HATE LEATHER SEATS ANYWAY. NO BIG-WHOOP ON THIS ONE !
Exactly. Want to bet they sell, oh, maybe 4-5 a year with cloth seats? LOL
Mmm, yeah. Aren't the cattle already being slaughtered for the beef? If people start buying the Benzes with cloth seat, will there be fewer cattle slaughtered? I think not.
Denny Crane: "There are two places to find the truth. First God and then Fox News."
I had to get rid of my Ford Taurus. I don't even want to know how many bulls they killed to make it.
As if they aren't high enough maintenance without special diets and political hangups.
But what about all the cute little naughas that will now be killed?!!!
First Corintheans, then the Exodus of customers. It's been a real series of Revelations to Chrysler.
;-)
She has political hangups too...she's a leftie. She actually didn't want the Patriots to win the Super Bowl because they are called the PATRIOTS and she thought it was a bad name.
But, but...but vinyl is a product of petroleum!
NO BLOOD FOR BIRKENSTOCKS!
I wondered the same thing until I remebered that Peta has support from many wealthy Hollywood celebrities who probably got tired of looking like hypocrites pontificating about animal rights while driving a car with leather interior.
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