Group Says That Online Auction Site Promotes Suffering, Abuse
For Immediate Release:
June 12, 2006
Contact:
David Benjamin 757-622-7382
Las Vegas
— A PETA representative will read a statement to shareholders attending eBay’s annual meeting on Tuesday calling on the company to end its involvement in the sale of all live animals and their body parts as well as depictions of animal fighting. PETA—an eBay stockholder—has furnished eBay executives with evidence of how trading in companion animals and the body parts of slaughtered wildlife directly contributes to these animals’ suffering and deaths, but the company has yet to act to stop the practice:
Date: Tuesday, June 13
Time: 8 a.m.
Place: eBay annual meeting, Wynn Resort Las Vegas, Mouton 1 Room, 3131 Las Vegas Blvd.
Recently, cats and dogs have been offered for sale on eBay sites for buyers in China, where these animals are beaten, strangled, or boiled alive for food and fur. Other items up for sale include the remains of various animals, including lynx feet and a raccoon penis; "game eggs," which would likely be used for illegal cockfighting; and a video depicting an illegal dogfight.
"Animals are not trinkets to be sold to the highest bidder; eBay needs to become an industry leader by recognizing that animals deserve to be protected, not treated as mere ‘merchandise,’" says PETA Director Daphna Nachminovitch.
For more information, please visit PETA.org. PETA’s statement to eBay shareholders is available upon request.
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