 |
 'Read
My Lips' Sensation Says, 'Don't Wear Fur!'
Singer Sophie Ellis Bextor’s dance hit "Murder on the Dancefloor"
skyrocketed to the top of the charts, and she’s been nominated
for Best Dance Act at this year’s European MTV Awards. But it’s
her refusal to kill animals for fur that has caring fans all over
the world singing the praises of the sultry songbird.
In PETA’s new ad, shot by Mary McCartney Donald (the eldest
daughter of the late Linda McCartney and former Beatle, Sir Paul),
Sophie is stunning in an evening gown—except for the gruesome
accessory she holds in her hand: a dead, skinned fox.
‘I’m part of the generation that grew up with the “We’d
Rather Go Naked than Wear Fur” Campaign in the … early
90s and it’s something that really struck a chord with me, and
to me it felt a very natural thing to do’, says 22-year-old
Sophie, ‘that you’d obviously be on the side of the animals
when it came to fur’.
There’s nothing glamorous about killing animals for their fur.
In the wild, animals caught in bone-crushing leghold traps can suffer
for days, slowly dying from hunger, thirst, disease, blood loss and
predation. Trappers who find still-conscious victims in their traps
kill the animals by beating, bludgeoning and/or drowning them. On
fur farms, animals kept in cramped, filthy cages go insane from stress.
If the animals don’t die from disease, harsh elements or attacks
by frustrated cagemates, fur farmers eventually kill them by poisoning,
gassing or crushing them or by snapping their necks.
Sophie Ellis Bextor, a firm believer in dressing to the nines, agrees
that animals shouldn’t be fashion victims. ‘I think it’s
a really pathetic thing to do, especially when there are so many alternatives’,
she notes.
The shoot was art directed and designed by Alan Aboud of the design
group Aboud-Sodano.
|
 |
|
