Indie Rockers Add Their Voices to Growing Global Outrage Over Annual Massacre

For Immediate Release:
October 20, 2009

Contact:
Amanda Schinke 757-622-7382

Los Angeles -- PETA's global campaign against the Canadian seal slaughter is coming to Hollywood, where a slew of celebs--including the members of Animal Collective--are speaking out against the annual massacre of baby seals, the largest mass killing of marine mammals in the world.

Stars are lining up to pose in PETA's striking "Save the Seals" T-shirt for a brand-new ad series aimed at ending the slaughter. In addition to the members of Animal Collective, the celebs sporting the tee in the first installment of print ads launching this week are Dancing With the Stars contestant Kelly Osbourne; celebrity blogger Perez Hilton; CSI's Jorja Fox; hunks Brody Jenner of The Hills and Bromance and Owain Yeoman of The Mentalist; Twilight star Christian Serratos; Jackass star Steve-O; Battlestar Galactica's Tricia Helfer and Grace Park; playmates Holly Madison and Jayde Nicole; 90210 alum Jennie Garth; The Office star Lucy Davis; actor Rachael Leigh Cook; Natalie Dreyfuss of Rita Rocks; boxer "Sugar" Shane Mosley; pro cyclist Levi Leipheimer; and U.S. Olympic Team snowboarder Hannah Teter. This summer, Sarah McLachlan previewed the PETA tee at a Canada Day concert, where the singer condemned the slaughter.

Says Animal Collective's Brian "Geologist" Weitz in an exclusive PETA interview, "We owe it to ourselves as a species and as the stewards of the planet to say that some progress should be expected--you know what I mean? Slavery was a tradition. There are lots of things that used to be tradition. Doesn't mean they were good traditions."

During the annual massacre, sealers shoot these gentle animals or bash their heads in, and the baby seals are often skinned alive while their wailing mothers helplessly watch. The European Union and the U.S. have banned seal products, and world leaders--including Russia's Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama--have spoken out against the massacre.

For more information, please visit PETA.org.