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Roadkill: A Renewable Source of Fur and Pelts

Legislation introduced by Illinois State Rep. Norine Hammond (R-McComb), and approved a short while back, entered into force at the end of 2011. The law allows permit-holding residents to take the pelts and meat from roadkill, but only if the dead animals are in season. These unfortunate creatures are an important ...

25 January 2012
10:49 GMT

Miss Maryland's Prize Makes Residents Angry

Most of the eco-conscious people from Maryland are far from being pleased with what Miss Maryland is wearing. The prize she obtained after winning the pageant is an expensive, luxurious fur coat that makes PETA activists feel like fainting. Last week, when she arrived at the Maryland Theatre in Hagerstown for a hi...

7 December 2011
09:50 GMT

Fan Bothered by Janet Jackson's Fur Passion Sells His Collection

Janet Jackson's fur preference appears to shock fans more than her previous comic Super Bowl incident. PETA supporter Sean Oltersdorf has found out the famous singer could appear in a natural fur commercial for the notorious brand Blackglama and he is far from being pleased. Her latest intention of making more...

6 December 2011
10:19 GMT

Cross Fur Off Christmas Shopping Lists

Around the winter holidays, the fashion industry is usually blooming. Unfortunately, profits still depend on the skin and fur of misfortunate creatures. Right before the Christmas frenzy takes over, numerous PETA supporters from Anchorage, Alaska to Norfolk,Virginia, will try to convince a large segment of buyers t...

29 November 2011
07:40 GMT

PETA Blasts Kim Kardashian for Wearing Fur

Since fashion was probably Kim Kardashian's smallest problem now that she's facing a serious backlash from the public for divorcing Kris Humphries, PETA is making it for her. The group goes after the socialite in a new campaign. Us Weekly reports that a new billboard will go up in the following weeks, b...

19 November 2011
10:21 GMT

Fabulous Johnny Weir to PETA: Don’t Be Terrorists, Let Us Wear Fur

Figure skater Johnny Weir has always had a unique taste in fashion. Since coming out officially, he’s not holding back anything in terms of fashion, especially when it comes to including fur in his outfits – which is why he has a few words for PETA. It’s well known that the group doesn’t l...

19 February 2011
03:18 GMT

Kelis Fights Back at PETA: I’d Put Fur on Walls

PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) has long made a tradition of picking on and publicly shaming celebrities who wear fur. It recently chose singer Kelis as a target of such an attack, sending an angry letter to her condemning her for coming out in public literally draped in fur. Kelis’ answer is in ...

15 May 2010
05:29 GMT

Fur-Loving Kanye West Goes on Foul-Mouthed Rampage

When he’s not attracting attention to himself for saying the bad thing at the bad time, Kanye West is taking fashion bloggers to war, especially if they happen to pick on him and girlfriend Amber Rose for wearing fur clothes. In an all-caps post on his official website, the rapper launches a bitter and foul-mou...

30 January 2010
06:28 GMT

PETA Uses Michelle Obama for Campaign Without Permission

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is no stranger to creating a controversy but, this time, it might have gone a bit too far, loud voices in the blogosphere and the media are saying. For its latest anti-fur campaign, PETA has chosen none other than First Lady Michelle Obama as a spokesperson. The ...

6 January 2010
15:31 GMT

Eva Mendes Fronts Anti-Fur PETA Campaign with Shocking Video

As PETA, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Hollywood actress Eva Mendes is the epitome of glamour and high-fashion. Whether with the help of stylist or not, every time she makes a public appearance, she manages to look her best – and, what’s more important, she now does so without wearing f...

25 November 2009
04:53 GMT

PETA Wants Lady Gaga for Anti-Fur Campaign

Lady Gaga, with the kind of exposure she enjoys in the media and especially given that whatever she does seems bound to make the headlines, could make a wonderful addition to a cause, if she were convinced to embrace it. This is precisely what PETA is hoping for, currently courting the singer to pose for posters from...

12 August 2009
16:21 GMT

Pink Blasts Kanye West for Love of Fur

Pink has never been afraid or ashamed to speak her mind on whatever bothered her, and this is all the more true when it comes to something that goes against her beliefs as one of the biggest PETA supporters. When she recently met Kanye West, for instance, she was extremely upset about his insisting the fashion indust...

1 June 2009
08:45 GMT

Meet the World's First Dog Born Green

Nowadays, not only iguana and parrot pets get to be green. Dogs too can do it. And, mind you, we’re not talking here about painted dogs from commercials. Recently, a green-coated puppy has been born at a New Orleans animal shelter. The puppy's coat looks as if it should have been white, displaying a decidedly ve...

14 May 2008
16:41 GMT

Sharon Stone and Another Dead Animal

I think the people at PETA must be either suffering from some sort of massive trauma, or they've been in a coma for the past year or so. Otherwise I can't explain how come they put together their little list of 2007's worst dressed people and they left out the very person who defines animal cruelty - i...

26 February 2008
09:03 GMT

Stoats: 3 Hours of Sex and Incest

The white fur of the stoats was highly prized during the Medieval Age, being used in the robes of many royal and noble figures. The furs were sewn together in a pattern of black dots made by the tail tips, the "in ermine".These little devils are solitary and territorial. As small as they are, a female can have a ter...

17 December 2007
11:21 GMT

I think I Preferred To See her Vagina...

Someone should probably get Sharon Stone into therapy - and fast, because I'm pretty sure she's addicted to fur - or else she's got a fur management problem. Otherwise I can't possibly imagine why she'd insist on going out in public wearing what looks like tons of dead animals covering her sk...

14 December 2007
03:21 GMT

The Olsens Are After Some Blood

PETA sure knows how to show their pointy teeth and make fun of the people they hate. I mean, I always suspected that the PETA folks were a merry bunch, if only because they had the chance to stare at all those celebrity naked photos before releasing them. You know, being that close to the original shots of Alicia Sil...

12 December 2007
03:01 GMT

Sharon Stone Shows Us Her Fur... Again

Wait! Why has no-one told me they're doing an Adams Family remake starring Sharon Stone? I mean, I totally loved Angelica Huston's performance as Morticia, why have they replaced her with the queen of vagina-flashing on screen? Oh, OK, I got it, it's only Sharon Stone attending an event in Dubai - I wo...

11 December 2007
05:00 GMT

Cats, Dogs, and Foxes Skinned Alive in China for Their Fur

China's economy is just speeding and now the country is the world's largest exporter of fur garments; but for these 12 years of rapid progress, a great price is paid by the fur-bearing animals. There are no laws regulating the confinement and slaughter of the raccoon dogs, foxes, minks, rabbits, and even do...

13 July 2007
14:36 GMT

Why Are Humans Furless?

Desmond Morris, the famous zoologist and ethologist, called the human species "the naked ape" and said that nudity is the main trait that differentiates the human species from all other primates.There are many hypotheses trying to explain the lack of body hair in humans, including the aquatic theories. Now Medical Hy...

14 March 2007
04:44 GMT


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