Hollywood Adds Its Voice to Growing Global Outrage Over Annual Massacre

For Immediate Release:
October 21, 2009

Contact:
Amanda Schinke 757-622-7382

Los Angeles -- peta2's global campaign against the Canadian seal slaughter is coming to Hollywood, where a slew of celebs--including Twilight star Christian Serratos and Dancing With the Stars contestant Kelly Osbourne--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 peta2's striking "Save the Seals" T-shirt for a brand-new ad series aimed at ending the slaughter. In addition to Serratos and Osbourne, the celebs sporting the tee in the first installment of print ads launching this week are celebrity blogger Perez Hilton; Brody Jenner of The Hills and Bromance; Jackass star Steve-O; playmates Holly Madison and Jayde Nicole; 90210 alum Jennie Garth; indie rockers Animal Collective; actor Rachael Leigh Cook; boxer "Sugar" Shane Mosley; 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 Serratos in an exclusive interview for peta2, the world's largest youth animal rights organization, "I decided to pose for the Save the Seals campaign when I found out about just how many seals are being massacred in Canada. They're being beaten with ice picks, and their skins are being peeled off their backs in front of their mothers, which is just unreasonable and ridiculous and evil."

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.

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