Then I can forgive a little blobby....
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."
Oh the thoughts that she'd be thinkin'
She'd be just like Mr. Lincoln
If she only had a brain.
no its a tie with Jessica Simpson
You're so mean!
Might have turned into a beaver hunt.
Then I can forgive a little blobby....
Beaver fur is nice....
And I thought Anna was the type of girl that worn mink all day
and fox all night.
Why didn't she protest the killing of Terri Schindler?
Get ahold of yourself, she's a walking petri dish!
She went from HUGE Blob to this. And yet no excess skin. She must have amazing plastic surgeons.
Yeah - her keepers are afraid she'll try to swallow one without remembering to chew first.
FMCDH
Come on, there's:
Alec Baldwin, Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, John Travolta, Tom Cruise, Katie Couric, Rosie O'Donnell, Mike Farrell, Martin Sheen, and Michael Moore.
And that's just the men!
"no its a tie with Jessica Simpson"
For all her faults, her redeeming quality is her vote for W.
wow! What a relief!
I can sleep soundly tonight knowing Anna Nicole Smith wont be clubbed by a baby seal.
Yeah, anyone who looks as hideous as her, I'm going to run away from no matter how dumb they are.
She looks sort of like the greasy spoon waitress from hell to me.
Well she can stay home and protest sobriety. LOL!
I hate to admit it , but for once I agree with Anna.
I can't say I have liked ANY of her other philosophical
positions.
except the topmost two.
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