Atten-shun! Michelle Manhart Is Latest Recruit in PETA’s ‘I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur’ Campaign

For Immediate Release:
April 26, 2007

Contact:
Michael McGraw 757-622-7382

San Antonio — As an Air Force drill sergeant, she stood up for her right to "bare" arms—and everything else—when she posed nude for Playboy, sparking a storm of controversy across the nation. Now, Michelle Manhart is really making fur fly as the latest recruit to star in PETA’s iconic "I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" ad campaign. A hi-res copy of the ad is attached.

Having proudly served our country since 1994, Manhart recently made headlines when the Air Force demoted her for posing in—as well as very much out of—her uniform in the February issue of Playboy. As feisty as she is fabulous, Manhart stood up for her right to express herself and eventually resigned. Just as passionate about protecting animals from abuse, this first-class fox now appears in the PETA campaign against fur, which also features ads with Pamela Anderson, Tommy Lee, and Dennis Rodman.

"Aim high and help make America the home of the fur-free!" says Manhart. "I hope that by baring my skin for PETA, I can help save animals’ skins from the cruel fur industry."

Manhart posed for the patriotically themed ad because she believes in liberty and justice for all animals. Animals trapped in the wild for their fur are strangled, beaten, crushed, or drowned. Animals on fur farms spend their entire lives in cramped, filthy wire cages and are killed by suffocation, neck-breaking, poisoning, or genital or anal electrocution. Sometimes these crude killing methods only stun the animals, who often "wake up" while they’re being skinned.

For more information, please visit FurIsDead.com.