Naked 'Bunnies' to Harrisburg Shoppers: 'Only Animals Should Wear Fur'

PETA Beauties Bear the Cold to Bare the Truth Behind Pelts

For Immediate Release:
February 16, 2010

Contact:
Shakira Croce 757-622-7382

Baltimore -- Wearing little more than bunny ears, cotton tails, and signs reading, "Only Animals Should Wear Fur," a pair of PETA beauties will hand out leaflets in Baltimore to urge people to cross fur off their shopping lists. The leaflets will explain why buying and wearing fur supports one of the cruelest industries on the planet.

When:   Wednesday, February 17, 12 noon 

Where:  Market, intersection of Eutaw and W. Lexington streets, Baltimore
 
PETA wants consumers to know that rabbits and other animals on fur farms spend their entire lives in cramped, filthy cages before they are killed by poisoning, gassing, anal electrocution, or neck-breaking. Animals trapped for fur suffer excruciating pain before trappers stomp on their chests or break their necks. In China--which is now the world's leading fur exporter--animals, including cats and dogs, are sometimes skinned alive.

"I'll gladly bare my skin in the cold if it will help save animals' skins," says naked "bunny" Amanda Fortino. "With so many stylish and toasty alternatives to fur available, there's no excuse for harming a hair on a real bunny's back."

For more information, please visit PETA.org.