PETA Global 2017 Issue 1

Maggie Q Leads PETA Protest Against Canada Goose

UK

Designated Survivor star Maggie Q led other PETA supporters in a protest against Canada Goose’s fur trimmed and down-filled jackets at the company’s Toronto headquarters. She was horrified to learn that the fur on its jackets comes from coyotes, who can experience long, excruciatingly painful deaths in steel traps, so she joined with PETA in calling on the brand to do what many compassionate retailers have already done – switch to innovative vegan fabrics.

Maggie also donated a Canada Goose coat that she had received as a gift to Toronto-based Wully Outerwear in support of the company’s Trade-Up Program, which allows shoppers to exchange their fur trimmed coats for a $225 discount off any of its stylish, cruelty-free winter jackets.

CANADA

A shocking PETA video exposé, which has already been viewed online more than 30 million times, shows tens of thousands of crocodiles confined to tiny concrete cells, some of which are narrower than the animals’ own bodies, so that they can be raised and killed to make “luxury” leather bags. The reptiles are imprisoned for 15 months before being slaughtered for their skins. The footage shows that metal rods are rammed down their spines while they’re still conscious. Two of the farms investigated have supplied crocodile skins to Louis Vuitton’s parent company, LVMH, and “some of the biggest brands,” according to a farm owner. Whether it’s sold by Louis Vuitton, Hermès, Prada, or any other brand, a fashion accessory made from the skin of a crocodile means that a living, feeling being experienced a miserable life and a painful death. Watch the footage – and tell LVMH to use only cruelty-free fabrics – at PETA.org. PETA Exposes Cruelty to Crocodiles Skinned for Bags

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Why Does PETA Own Stock in Cruel Companies?

PETA holds a minimal amount of stock in a number of food, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and other companies for the sole purpose of being able to attend annual meetings and present resolutions whenever a company is not making progress on animal issues. LVMH is one such company: PETA plans to use its shareholder position to urge it to stop its cruel production and sales of exotic skins.

This tactic has paid dividends – and not the cash kind. PETA has withdrawn resolutions from the annual meetings of Denny’s, Safeway, McDonald’s, 3M, DuPont, and GE following successful negotiations that stemmed from filing shareholder resolutions with those companies. PETA also holds stock in SeaWorld and in Whole Foods, which still sells so-called “humane” meat from farms that raise animals in grossly inhumane conditions.

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