Thursday, June 11, 2009

Perez gives PETA a shout out -

Perez Hilton's site, which boasts an average of between 2 and 4 million unique visitors a day, came out in support of PETA's faux initiative. Way to go Perez (a phrase that Duke psychology students the world over recognize as the highest complement)!

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Earlier we mentioned how French luxury goods maker Hermes breeds their own crocodiles on Australian farms for the sole purpose of killing the crocs to make purses.

Not to mention that it can take three to four crocodiles to make one bag, which can sell for almost $50,000!

So we figured it was only a matter of time before PETA spoke out about the craziness of breeding crocodiles for fashion.

And, indeed, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has released a statement. The animal lovers say:

The thought of purposely breeding and killing crocodiles for an outdated, overpriced handbag should make any fashionista's skin crawl. If Hermes really wants to be a leader in the fashion industry, it should stop killing animals for cold-blooded vanity and use cruelty-free mock croc and fake snake instead.

As Pink—who recently provided the voice of a computer-generated crocodile in PETA's "Stolen for Fashion" commercial—says, "Killing animals for their skins is so disgusting that it doesn't make me want to befriend designers who use them."

Faux is in!

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