Pro Snowboarder Adds Her Voice to Growing Global Outrage Over Annual Massacre 

For Immediate Release:
October 21, 2009

Contact:
Michael Lyubinsky 757-622-7382

Belmont, Vt. -- PETA's global campaign to wipe out the Canadian seal slaughter gains an important supporter this week, as U.S. Olympic Team snowboarder and gold medalist Hannah Teter joins a slew of other celebs in 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 Teter, the celebs sporting the tee in the first installment of print ads launching this week are boxer "Sugar" Shane Mosley; pro cyclist Levi Leipheimer; Dancing With the Stars contestant Kelly Osbourne; CSI's Jorja Fox; celebrity blogger Perez Hilton; 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; Playboy playmates Holly Madison and Jayde Nicole; 90210 alum Jennie Garth; indie rockers Animal Collective; The Office star Lucy Davis; actor Rachael Leigh Cook; and Natalie Dreyfuss of Rita Rocks. This summer, Sarah McLachlan previewed the PETA tee at a Canada Day concert, where the singer condemned the slaughter.

Says Teter in an exclusive PETA interview, "You know, it's pretty gruesome, but you should see it, because we're all unconsciously a part of it--when you go and buy this product or buy this thing, you don’t know what it’s actually coming from. You know, you’re supporting a huge, horrible business."

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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