Giant Plucked ‘Goose’ to Shame Bed Bath & Beyond for Selling Down

PETA Protest Will Urge Homeware Retailer to Go Down-Free

For Immediate Release:
September 19, 2017

Contact:
Megan Wiltsie 202-483-7382

What:    A half-plucked “goose” will lead PETA supporters in a spirited protest outside a Bed Bath & Beyond store in Los Angeles on Wednesday to urge the home goods chain to stop selling bedding and other items made with cruelly obtained down.

When:    Wednesday, September 20, 12 noon

Where:    11854 W. Olympic Blvd. (at the intersection of W. Olympic Boulevard and Bundy Drive), Los Angeles

“Just like humans, geese are made of flesh and blood, and they feel pain and fear when their feathers are ripped from their bodies,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA is calling on Bed Bath & Beyond to remove products filled with the feathers of battered birds from its shelves and to go 100 percent down-free.”

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to wear”—notes that birds used in down production are often pinned to the ground by workers who violently yank out their feathers by the fistful while they’re still alive. Unlike down, down alternatives don’t lose their insulating properties when they get wet.

For more information, please visit PETA.org.