PETA Global 2022 Issue 1

STOP THE STOLEN SKINS TRADE

Crocodile: © Farm Transparency Project

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND Beautiful Hannah

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A cow’s skin belongs to her, and she feels fear and pain in a slaughterhouse every bit as much as you or I would. That’s the message behind UrbanOutraged.com , PETA’s parody online “store” that pretends to sell jackets, boots, skirts, and bags made of the finest leather. However, upon closer inspection, it becomes apparent that there are human faces on the jackets, human teeth on the shoes, and human blood oozing from the bags. This guerilla marketing campaign is aimed at persuading Urban Outfitters, Inc. – which owns Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, and Free People – to stop selling anyone's skin. Urban Outfitters brands already sell luxurious, animal-free textiles, so it should be easy for them to sell only those and remove all animal-derived products.

Wear Your Own Skin PETA's Avery Jacket is one-of-a-kind. Every cow killed for a leather jacket was also a unique individual whose skin rightly belonged to her, not to the fashion industry.

One Forgotten Sheep’s Miracle Rescue, As Told by Her Rescuer Liz Turner ad: © Photo – France & Jesse | Art director – Greg Garry | Makeup: Jose Corella | Hair – David Gardner | Stylist – Grace Butler

Model Liz Turner thinks wool belongs on sheep.

I stopped my car because something didn’t seem right. And it wasn’t. The ewe had given birth to twin lambs, and both had died beside her. I lifted her head gently. Her eyes were sealed shut with pus. One ear was full of maggots, as was one of her hind legs. Her life was hanging by a thread. There was a house close by. A woman there said she rented the house from the farmer. She had told him three days before a sheep was down. He had done nothing. I lifted the sheep into my car. She was skin and bones. Before driving away, I looked back over the paddock. It was dotted with the remains of more than a dozen dead ewes and lambs. Everything I needed for her treatment was at home, still a good hour’s drive away. “Please, hold on. We will help you, sweetheart. Please don’t give up.” When I arrived home, I placed the ewe on some blankets and gave her electrolyte solution. I cleaned out her ear with fly repellent and warm paraffin oil. Her eyes were bathed with boric acid and warm water. When she was comfortable, we went on a “medicine hunt,” returning with a bucketful of weeds. It must have seemed like a buffet to her, for suddenly she

showed life. At that moment, we realized Hannah had a chance. Over the following weeks, we introduced her to such goodies as apples, fresh alfalfa, whole oats, and the occasional biscuit. She began to improve and was soon able to hold her head up. After 14 days, we were able to hold her in a standing position as she made feeble attempts to walk. It was almost three weeks before she could stand unaided. We were also bottle-feeding an orphaned lamb. Babby had lost her mum. Hannah had lost her

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Horrific Hermès No one would ever believe that there’s anything

glam about a crocodile bag if they could

The Only Way Is Essex star Chloe Ross strikes a slinky pose at London Fashion Week to help PETA UK raise awareness of the cold-blooded cruelty behind exotic skins.

Cruel Shoes When people visit UrbanOutraged.com , they'll find items like the Meg Boot. Each boot features it's own special touches depending on which part of Meg was used.

see eyewitness footage shot at Australian factory farms with links to Hermès, which shows crocodiles crammed into filthy concrete pits. The stench alone should cure any desire for a bag. But if that doesn’t do it, watching workers sever live crocodiles’ spines with a knife and ram a screwdriver into their skulls will.

inhumane by major scientific bodies for four decades and is illegal in some parts of the world .

Ghastly Gucci Lizards in

Take Action Now Animals’ hair and skin belong to them: They are not sweaters, bags, belts, or

Vile Vuitton PETA Asia also visited Indonesian

Indonesia are tied with their legs behind their backs and beheaded without

shoes. Please show people the facts and ask them to choose exclusively vegan options. Urge Gucci, Hermès, and Louis Vuitton to drop exotic skins by visiting PETA.org.au/Gucci , PETA.org.au/Hermes , and PETA.org.au/LouisVuitton . And go to UrbanOutraged.com/Gift to send your friends and family free “gift cards” to UrbanOutraged.com so they can see who they are wearing.

TakeActionNow Never buy stolen goods like wool and leather. Follow PETA’s Facebook page at

slaughterhouses that supply Louis Vuitton's parent company LVMH and documented

babies. They adopted each other and grazed together. Whenever Babby came for a bottle, Hannah would come, too, for an apple or a biscuit. The picture of Hannah lying totally helpless and slowly dying remains vivid in my mind. I am disgusted that such suffering and cruelty continues … just because people buy woolen products.

Facebook.com/PETAAustraliaOfficial for updates on investigations, the latest vegan fashion finds, and more. And urge Urban Outfitters to stop selling wool and other animal-derived materials at PETA.org.au/UrbanOuttfitters .

stunning. Their skin is used for Gucci accessories. According to Dr. Clifford Warwick, a reptile expert who reviewed PETA Asia’s new footage, decapitating live, conscious reptiles has been recognized as highly

snakes being bashed in the head with hammers, suspended by their heads, pumped full of water, and skinned – likely while they were still conscious.

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