Nearly Naked Women in Giant 'Shoebox' to Reveal the Naked Truth About Leather

PETA Activists Will Bare All in Lawrence to Expose Cruelty in the Leather Industry 

For Immediate Release:
September 24, 2012

Contact:
Sophia Charchuk 202-483-7382  

Lawrence, Kansas -- Lying "bloodied" and nearly naked in a giant shoebox, two PETA beauties will protest against the cruel leather industry in Lawrence on Tuesday. Other PETA supporters will hold signs that read, "Leather Is Murder on Cows," and "Wear Your Own Skin—Let Animals Keep Theirs." PETA's point? That with all the fashionable and durable vegan shoes, jackets, belts, and purses now available, there's no excuse for killing animals for their skin.

When:   Tuesday, September 25, 12 noon

Where:  On the southeast corner of Massachusetts and Ninth streets, Lawrence

"There's nothing fashionable about tormenting cows and other animals on factory farms and skinning them alive in slaughterhouses," says PETA Associate Director of Campaigns Lindsay Rajt. "With today's chic and comfortable synthetics and faux leather, it's easy for fashionistas with a shoe fetish to kick the leather habit."

In the U.S., most of the millions of cows and other animals who are killed for their skin endure the horrors of factory farming, including extreme crowding and deprivation as well as castration, branding, tail-docking, and dehorning—often without any painkillers. At slaughterhouses, animals routinely have their throats cut and are skinned and dismembered while they are still conscious. Also, the toxic chemicals used by tanneries are extremely harmful to workers, and they foul the environment.

For more information, please visit PETA.org.