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NYFW: PETA Supporters Speak Out Against Animal Cruelty In Fashion At Michael Kors, Coach Events

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Angora is Torture!’ PETA Supporter Leads Pro-Vegan Disruption of Michael Kors Event

New York — In front of celebrities including Olivia Wilde, Jesse Williams, and Nina Garcia, a PETA supporter brandishing a sign proclaiming, “Michael Kors: Angora is Torture!” confronted the designer at a post-runway show VIP meet and greet and urged him to end his use of both angora and cashmere—hair torn from tied-up, crying bunnies and goats, respectively

“Every archaic angora wool or cashmere item represents the pain and suffering of rabbits and goats whose hair was viciously ripped out while they were still alive,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA made a surprise appearance at a celeb-filled gathering with Michael Kors on behalf of animals who suffer for clothing and the many conscientious consumers who want to see designers showcase sustainable vegan fabrics only.”
A PETA Asia investigation into the angora industry found that rabbits’ feet are tightly bound and they’re restrained as workers rip out their fur for angora. They end up wounded by the sharp cutting tools as they scream in pain and struggle desperately to escape. They endure this torture every three months—and many suffer heart attacks from the stress. One farmer said that 60% of the rabbits die after only one to two years.

PETA supporter is carried away from Michael Kors event. Image Credit – PETA

Another PETA Asia investigation reveals goats screaming in pain and terror as workers tie their legs together, pin them down, and tear out their hair with sharp metal combs, sometimes leaving them with bleeding wounds. Once the goats no longer produce enough hair to be profitable, workers bash them over the head with a hammer and slit their throats. At one slaughterhouse, goats were seen moving for four agonizing minutes as they slowly bled to death.

PETA supporter is carried away from Michael Kors event. Image Credit – PETA

PETA supporter disrupts Michael Kors event. Image Credit – PETA

PETA supporter disrupts Michael Kors event. Image Credit – PETA

PETA supporter disrupts Michael Kors event. Image Credit – PETA

PETA supporter disrupts Michael Kors event. Image Credit – PETA

 ‘Skinned’ PETA Member Leads Anti-Leather Disruption of Coach Fashion Show

New York — A PETA supporter—nude except for bodypaint revealing realistic “flesh,” “tendons,” and “muscle” and a message on her chest reading, “Coach: Leather Kills”—has stormed the Coach fashion show at the New York Public Library Main Branch alongside two other animal advocates to slam the brand for its cruelty to cows and its reliance on environmentally destructive leather products.

‘Skinned’ PETA member on runway at Coach event. Image Credit – PETA

“Today’s conscientious consumers know that the future of fashion lies in innovative vegan materials, not in cows’ sliced-off skin,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA is shaking up Coach’s catwalk to drive home the message that leather belongs in the annals of history, not in designers’ current collections.”
At slaughterhouses, cows killed for leather may be skinned and dismembered while they’re still conscious—after they endure castration, tail-docking, and dehorning, without any painkillers, on farms. A PETA exposé of the world’s largest leather processor—which has supplied Coach—showed that workers brand calves on the face, beat cows and bulls, and shock them with electric prods.

‘Skinned’ PETA member on runway at Coach event. Image Credit – PETA

‘Skinned’ PETA member on runway at Coach event. Image Credit – PETA

‘Skinned’ PETA member on runway at Coach event. Image Credit – PETA

‘Skinned’ PETA member on runway at Coach event. Image Credit – PETA

‘Skinned’ PETA member on runway at Coach event. Image Credit – PETA


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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is the largest animal rights organization in the world, and PETA entities have more than 9 million members and supporters globally. PETA opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview, and focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: in laboratories, in the food industry, in the clothing trade, and in the entertainment business. We also work on a variety of other issues, including the cruel killing of rodents, birds, and other animals who are often considered “pests” as well as cruelty to domesticated animals. PETA works through public education, investigative newsgathering and reporting, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns.