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PETA supporters brandishing buckets proclaiming, “Leather Is a Dirty Business,” will gather outside the Urban Outfitters store in the Lincoln Road Shopping District on Tuesday and dump black sludge all over themselves to represent the environmental devastation caused by the leather industry. The action is part of PETA’s campaign calling on all Urban Outfitters Inc. brands to stop selling animal-derived materials—including leather.

When:    Tuesday, September 12, 12 noon

Where:    819 Lincoln Rd. (at the intersection with Jefferson Avenue), Miami

PETA supporters cover themselves in black sludge outside an Urban Outfitters store. Photo: PETA

“Cows and calves lead short, miserable lives for leather bags and shoes, which require enormous amounts of energy and dangerous chemicals to produce,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA urges Urban Outfitters to cater to the growing demand from millennials and Gen Z for sustainable vegan materials that are kind to the planet and leave animals in peace.”

Cows used for leather are castrated and branded and their tails are cut off—all without painkillers—before they’re violently killed. Leather production also destroys the planet: Animal agriculture, which includes the leather industry, is responsible for nearly one-fifth of all human-induced greenhouse gas emissions, and turning skin into leather requires significant energy and dangerous chemicals, including formaldehyde, coal-tar derivatives, and cyanide-based oils, dyes, and finishes. Sustainable vegan leather can be made from prickly pear cactus, mushrooms, apples, pineapples, and other innovative materials.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to wear”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview.

For more information, please visit PETA.org, listen to The PETA Podcast, or follow the group on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, or Instagram.

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Following communications from PETA about how camels used to carry tourists around the pyramids of Giza are beaten and abused in other ways, locally based travel company AdventureWomen is removing references to the exploitative rides from its website and confirmed that it will no longer promote them going forward. In thanks, PETA is sending the company delicious vegan chocolates.

The move follows a recent video exposé from PETA Asia showing that camels used for rides at the pyramids of Giza and other top Egyptian tourist attractions are beaten bloody, yanked by the nose, forced to walk on their knees, and tied up. Their legs are tied tightly together to prevent the animals from moving or escaping, and some camels are tied to the backs of vehicles and dragged through the dirt. When they become too worn out to be used for rides, they’re sold and slaughtered for meat.

“A major win for animals, AdventureWomen’s new policy encourages tourists to experience the splendor of the pyramids without climbing onto the backs of abused camels,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA is applauding AdventureWomen for taking a stand for animals and urges other tourism companies to follow its lead.”

PETA Asia is calling on the governor of Giza to investigate the traders who have been caught abusing camels and urging Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities to remove animal rides from the Giza site.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to use for entertainment or abuse in any other way”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETA.org, listen to The PETA Podcast, or follow the group on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, or Instagram.

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Whale aficionados and everyone passing by the Georgia Aquarium this weekend and next week will likely catch sight of PETA’s new sky-high appeal in the heart of downtown asking why anyone would accept the separation of cows from their calves on dairy factory farms but be rightly outraged when the same thing is done to whales and their calves. The two mammals are the same in all the ways that matter: Both nurse their young, bond tightly with their calves, interact in socially complex ways, and mourn when they’re separated from those they love.

“Land whales” need saving because instead of being allowed to explore, play, and be with their families, calves in the dairy industry are torn away from their mothers within a day of birth, leaving the mothers to grieve piteously, so that the milk meant to nourish them can be stolen and sold in supermarkets. It’s also standard industry practice to forcibly inseminate cows—workers insert an arm into the animals’ rectum and a metal rod to deliver semen into their vagina—and although people rarely think about it, there’s no retirement home for cows: After only a few years, their bodies wear out and they’re sent to slaughter.

“A cow produces milk for her calf, just as a whale does for her calf and a human does for her baby—and that’s who’s supposed to drink it,” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. “PETA reminds everyone how devastated cows are when their calves are forcibly taken from them and how easy it is to choose plant milks.”

Not only is the dairy industry cruel, it’s also a major contributor to the climate catastrophe. In the U.S., emissions from cows are the primary source of the greenhouse gas methane, which is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide in warming the atmosphere.

The billboard is located at the intersection of Luckie Street and Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, across from the aquarium’s parking garage and near a number of eateries. It is also running in Atlantic City, New Jersey; Baltimore; Boston; New Bedford, Massachusetts; and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat or abuse in any way”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview, and offers a free vegan starter kit on its website. For more information, please visit PETA.org, listen to The PETA Podcast, or follow the group on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, or Instagram.

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After hearing from PETA, AdventureWomen—named one of the “15 Best Tour Operators” in 2022 by Travel + Leisure magazine—dropped camel rides at the pyramids of Giza from its Egypt tours. This woman-owned company joins nearly 20 other compassionate travel companies that quickly took action to stop supporting these cruel rides at the Giza pyramid complex. Tourists can help stop animals’ suffering by choosing not to pay for rides or photo ops with them, and we hope everyone will contact Egypt’s minister of tourism and ask that only non-animal methods of transportation be used.

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Amid one of the biggest fashion events of the year—2023 New York Fashion Week—a “skinned” PETA supporter showed Coach what a nonvegan catwalk really looks like.

PETA’s protestor shook up Coach’s runway wearing nothing but body paint revealing realistic-looking “flesh”, “tendons”, and “muscles” and a message on her chest that read, “Coach: Leather Kills.” The show-stopping performance turned heads, reminding passersby that leather is stolen from sensitive cows who don’t deserve to be killed for accessories.

PETA protestors back on the runway to disrupt shows, maybe fashion month is back to being exciting https://t.co/MqJOZyzQ9X

— corinne ☆ (@MIUCClAMUSE) September 8, 2023

At slaughterhouses, workers in the leather industry may skin and dismember the animals while they’re still conscious—after they have already endured castration, tail-docking, or dehorning, all without any painkillers. A PETA exposéof 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.

Nine out of 10 Gen Z consumers—who, together with millennials, boast $352 billion in spending power—say that companies should show environmental and social consciousness in their business practices. Forward-thinking companies are meeting the growing demand for sustainable, animal-friendly products by offering vegan leather options made from pineapples, mushrooms, apples, and cacti.

Here’s How YOU Can Help Animals During Fashion Week

Following pressure from PETA, Coach, Michael Kors, and dozens of other brands have banned fur—now, it’s time for them to embrace entirely cruelty-free collections. YOU can help us push animal-friendly fashion during fashion week by flooding brands’ comment sections on Instagram, Facebook, and X (formerly Twitter), and demanding that they stop exploiting our fellow animals for clothing and accessories.

Post a Comment on Coach’s Instagram

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