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Anna Nicole Smith Cancels Protest Trip
AP ^
| April 8 2005
Posted on 04/08/2005 5:30:26 PM PDT by Dog
NEW YORK - Anna Nicole Smith has canceled a trip to Newfoundland to protest the killing of seals because of concerns about safety. The model and reality TV star had been scheduled to join a protest by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in the Canadian province. When the animal rights group learned that her security could not be guaranteed, they advised her to cancel.
"We felt it just wasn't safe to put her in that position," PETA spokesman Michael McGraw told The Associated Press Friday. "Working with activists who are protesting on the ice floe last week and again this week, they found that the seal hunters became physically violent and actually attacked many of the protesters on the ice."
Instead, Smith issued a statement on www.furisdead.com, a PETA Web site.
"The sealing industry says that it is killing more seals because of an increase in demand for fur - all fur," says Smith. "Anyone who buys a mink or fox fur coat or a jacket trimmed in fur bears responsibility for creating an environment of demand for the furs of these baby seals."
Smith also urged people to contact Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin to protest the country's hunting of seals. Every spring, seals are hunted by thousands of sealers armed with clubs, rifles and spears off eastern Canada.
Canada defends the practice, saying the hunt brings $16.5 million in badly needed income to coastal communities. Pelts are sold primarily to Norway, Denmark and China; the United States bans imports of seal products.
Last week, protesters and sealers clashed off the coast of Prince Edward Island where the sealers fired warning shots into the air.
Smith also appears in PETA's recent anti-fur ad campaign, posing as Marilyn Monroe with the tag line, "Gentlemen prefer fur-free blondes."
TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: animalrightswhackos; econuts; greens; peta; playboy; playmate
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Hmmmmmmm.
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posted on
04/08/2005 5:30:26 PM PDT
by
Dog
Comment #2 Removed by Moderator
To: Dog
"Anyone who buys a mink or fox fur coat or a jacket trimmed in fur bears responsibility for creating an environment of demand for the furs of these baby seals."So, fox and mink fur comes from baby seals? I did not know that....
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posted on
04/08/2005 5:34:28 PM PDT
by
dirtbiker
(Solution for Terrorism: Nuke 'em 'till they glow, then shoot 'em in the dark!)
To: dirtbiker
She is as dumb as a box of rocks...:-)
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posted on
04/08/2005 5:35:21 PM PDT
by
Dog
To: Dog
"Gentlemen prefer fur-free blondes."After viewing Anna's acting in some of her movies, THAT phrase could have multiple meanings.....(wink, wink, nudge, nudge)
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posted on
04/08/2005 5:38:10 PM PDT
by
dirtbiker
(Solution for Terrorism: Nuke 'em 'till they glow, then shoot 'em in the dark!)
To: Dog
Fake fur, I'm sure...
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posted on
04/08/2005 5:39:11 PM PDT
by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
(If Islam is a religion of peace, they should fire their P.R. guy!)
To: Dog
She is as dumb as a box of rocks...:-)Now, Dog, don't be so mean to the rocks......
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posted on
04/08/2005 5:39:12 PM PDT
by
dirtbiker
(Solution for Terrorism: Nuke 'em 'till they glow, then shoot 'em in the dark!)
To: Dog
I invoke
The Rule!
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posted on
04/08/2005 5:40:12 PM PDT
by
speed_addiction
(Ninja's last words, "Hey guys. Watch me just flip out on that big dude over there!")
To: Dog
She needs to stick up for the whales ...
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posted on
04/08/2005 5:40:37 PM PDT
by
John Lenin
(Real Men Wear War Paint)
To: Dog
"She is as dumb as a box of rocks"
when she looks like this, who cares? LOL
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posted on
04/08/2005 5:41:40 PM PDT
by
kellynla
(U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
To: John Lenin
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posted on
04/08/2005 5:41:49 PM PDT
by
Dog
To: Dog
she is the stupidest person alive.
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posted on
04/08/2005 5:42:45 PM PDT
by
Flightdeck
(I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.)
To: Dog
She was the hottest Guess Jeans girl ever, than she let herself go.
Why did the blonde take her scarf back to Macys ?
Because she said it was too tight.
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posted on
04/08/2005 5:44:13 PM PDT
by
John Lenin
(Real Men Wear War Paint)
To: kellynla
"She is as dumb as a box of rocks" when she looks like this, who cares? LOL
She was kinda blobby at one time.
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posted on
04/08/2005 5:45:09 PM PDT
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: Flightdeck
She is the stupidist person alive. Has that fat Dixie Chick died?
To: John Lenin
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posted on
04/08/2005 5:45:25 PM PDT
by
Dog
To: Mr. Lucky
This will be a good joke thread. Have to drop in later.
To: speed_addiction
I must admit, if her IQ were based on her bust measurements, she'd be a F'n GENIUS!!
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posted on
04/08/2005 5:46:10 PM PDT
by
dirtbiker
(Solution for Terrorism: Nuke 'em 'till they glow, then shoot 'em in the dark!)
To: Dog
To: FreedomCalls
I thought PETA stood for "People Eating Tasty Animals". My bad!
However, I do believe that Man did not fight his way to the top of the food chain, just to become a vegetarian....
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posted on
04/08/2005 5:50:19 PM PDT
by
dirtbiker
(Solution for Terrorism: Nuke 'em 'till they glow, then shoot 'em in the dark!)
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