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."
My goodness. LOL
Ladies and gentlemen, I will *never* doubt the "six degrees of separation" concept again.
You've just managed to insult both boxes AND rocks!
Mark
Beaver fur is nice....
And Venuzualen Beaver Cheese is Yummy!
Mark
Luck is the key phrase to use whenever talking about Anna Nicole...if Kellum hadn't been busted...she wouldn't have married the wealthly Texas dude. And if she hadn't married him...she'd be a bar hostess today...in Houston...barely making $30k a year...and working on husband number four. Life is ironic....you just can't guess the implications of one simple change in life.
By the same logic the people who watch that insipid television show of hers are subsidizing radical idiocy.
It just so happens that the father of Shannon Tweed (a much more attractive Playmate, as well as a better actress to wit) was a seal trapper in Newfoundland. Do we have the beginnings of a catfight here?
"Smith also appears in PETA's recent anti-fur ad campaign, posing as Marilyn Monroe with the tag line, "Gentlemen prefer fur-free blondes.""
--> Gimme a break, She's not really a true blonde, check out the eyebrows. She can go club herself, i wouldn't want a fake blonde anyways.
I think I saw that on E! true story.
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