Alert: CBS's Early Show Promotes Fur

[Guest guest]

Got this this morning from IDA..its pretty

depressing--fur is big in all the catalogs this

fall...

 

> On Monday, August 25, CBS's Early Show ran a fashion

> segment listing fur trim as the first of five fall

> fashion " must-haves " . A quick segment promoting fur

> on such a show sets our important work back

> tremendously.

> Fashion reporters of course fail to mention that

> even

> a little fur cuff or collar means that at least one

> animal, sometimes many more had to suffer terribly

> and die.

>

> Every year millions of animals are painfully trapped

> in steel-jaw leghold traps. Those who don't freeze

> or starve are usually beaten to death or suffocated

> when the trapper arrives hours or days later.

> Animals

> held captive on fur farms spend their short lives

> crowded

> in wire cages where they suffer from inadequate

> water,

> disease, parasites, and stress. The animals are

> killed

> by anal electrocution, poisoning, or suffocation.

>

> What you can do:

>

> Please let The Early Show know people still believe

> that cruelty is not fashion.

>

> Michael Bass, Senior Executive Producer

> The Early Show

> 524 West 57th St.

> New York, NY 10019

> E-mail: earlyshow

> Tel.: (212) 975-2824

> Comments can be posted at:

> http://ga0.org/ct/97azdMY1luJ2/

>

> In addition, Glamour Magazine was featured in the

> segment

> making these must-have selections. Please contact

> them

> at http://ga0.org/ct/9dazdMY1luJN/. Scroll down and

> click on " You Said It " to submit your comments.

>

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>

> Visit the web address below to tell your friends

> about

> this. www.idausa.org .

>

>

http://ga0.org/join-forward.html?domain=indefenseofanimals & r=i1azdMY1hcJO

>

While you are at it, please go to

http://www.jcpenney.com and go to their customer

service page and e-mail them regarding their fur trim

jackets they are carrrying. I sure would like to send

a copy of " The Witness " to all these guys!

 

Kris

 

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" The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its

animals are treated. " -Mahandas Gandhi