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2006. The Sydney Morning Herald.

 

 

 

PETA targets Burberry in naked protest

 

 

 

December 12, 2006 - 3:18PM

 

 

 

Two women wearing Santa hats have staged a naked protest against fur

outside the window of high-end fashion retailer Burberry in Sydney's

CDB.

 

 

 

The first protest from the animal rights group PETA targeting a shop in

Australia is part of an international campaign started last month in

London.

 

 

 

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said they showed

Burberry executives video footage of fur farming but the company still

refused to stop using fur in its designs.

 

 

 

PETA's campaign will continue in the Pacific area, with the next targets

in Hong Kong, Manila and Tokyo.

 

 

 

Next on the list in Australia is the Burberry shop in Adelaide.

 

 

for PETA Asia Pacific, Jason Baker, said Burberry was PETA's

international target because it was one of the largest sellers of fur.

 

 

 

" They can easily give up, " Mr Baker said.

 

 

 

" We want them to give up fur because animals in fur farms spend their

entire lives in cages, where they're beaten, strangled to death, and

electrocuted. "

 

 

 

As for PETA's common practice of protesting nude, Mr Baker said: " Naked

is what gets people's attention and this is a funny way to talk about a

serious issue. "

 

 

 

The students, who are also vegan, covered their body with a banner.

 

 

 

Kristi-Anna Brydon, 28, said her boyfriend wouldn't be jealous about her

being naked in the street because " it is for a good cause " .

 

 

 

" There is no excuse no matter how fashionable some people may think it

is, " she said.

 

 

 

" It's wearing dead animals' skin on your body ... there is nothing

fashionable about that.

 

 

 

" If people went into these farms and saw what these animals are having

to go through then they wouldn't support it. "

 

 

 

Half an hour into the protest, the store's alarm echoed and water came

from the roof, possibly to discourage the naked women.

 

 

 

" If they have nothing to hide they will probably come out and talk to

us, " said first-time naked protester Shatha Hamade, 25.

 

 

 

Former PETA targets, such as Calvin Klein, have adopted the use of fake

fur after the group's protests.

 

 

 

Comment is being sought from Burberry.

 

 

 

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2006. The Sydney Morning Herald.