Naked 'Corpses' to Charleston Shoppers: 'We Wouldn't Be Caught Dead Wearing Animal Skins'

'Wear Your Own Skin,' Says PETA

For Immediate Release:
October 30, 2012

Contact:
Sophia Charchuk 202-483-7382 

Charleston, N.C. -- Lying naked in coffins decorated with flowers and holding signs that read, "We Wouldn't Be Caught Dead in Animal Skins," two PETA members will expose the cruelty behind fur, leather, wool, and down on Wednesday in Charleston. Other activists will hold signs reading, "Wear Your Own Skin—Let Animals Keep Theirs," and hand out leaflets asking residents to cross all animal skins and feathers off their shopping lists.

When:   Wednesday, October 31, 12 noon

Where:  287 Clendenin St., Charleston

For the animals who are mutilated, treated like unfeeling machines, and denied everything that is natural and important to them on factory farms and in slaughterhouses, there's no difference between fur, down, leather, and wool. All cause great suffering that can be avoided simply by choosing from the many warm and fashionable alternatives to animal skins.

"I'll gladly bare some of my skin if it will help save animals' skins," says Katie Arth, one of the "deceased" protesters. "With so many luxurious synthetic bags and shoes, faux furs, and warm cotton, pleather, and artificial wool coats, there's absolutely no excuse to wear animal skins."

For more information, please visit PETA.org.