For immediate release:
March 19, 2021
Contact:
Brooke Rossi 202-483-7382
Gainesville, Florida. “Cow, Alpaca, Sheep, and Goat will headline PETA’s supporters tomorrow when they walk into Anthropologie’s Gainesville store and“ shut it down because of the brutality. ” The promotion is part of the group’s international campaign to require all Urban Outfitters, Inc. brands, including Anthropologie, Free People and Urban Outfitters, to stop selling leather, alpaca wool, wool, mohair and any other material stolen from animals. The protesters will hold graphic signs that will depict the frightened faces of exploited animals with the words “The face of fashion is fear.”
When: Saturday, March 20, 13.00
Where: Anthropology, 2850 SW 35th Doctor, Gainesville
“Every woolen sweater or leather bag hides somebody, not and anything“Says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA is urging Anthropologie to stop selling materials stolen from animals and only offer stylish vegan products like it already offers.”
PETA began its campaign after Anthropologie was involved in the first-of-its-kind PETA investigation, which revealed that workers maimed alpacas while shearing. Other videos showed workers beating, kicking and maiming delicate sheep for their wool; leave sensitive goats with bloody gaping wounds during operations with mohair and cashmere; burn, electroshock, beat and slaughter cows on the skin; pull out feathers from ducks and geese by a handful of down; and boil the silkworm alive to get silk.
PETA – whose motto is in part that “the animals are not ours” – opposes arrogance, a worldview focused on human excellence. For more information please visit PETA.org or subscribe to the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram…