AR-News: ***IDA-NYC*** Event: Big Fur Protest Rally at Prada Tomorrow!

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From:  animalsinneed at yahoogroups.com


IDA-NYC supports the following effort and is lending our support, 
please attend! 

Best, Lawrence 

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Friends of Animals & Caring Activists Against Fur 

Join Forces to Protest Furrier & Sealskin Designer Prada 

Come to Our Protest Rally 

WHEN: Saturday 1 May 2004: Noon ­ 2pm 
WHERE: At Prada:  724 5th Ave. (At 57th St.) New York City 

For Immediate Release; 
Contact: Kymberlie Adams Matthews 
(212) 247-8120 (Friends of Animals); 
Debbie Kowalski 
(646) 391-8007 (Caring Activists Against Fur) 

28 April 2004, New York City ­ We confronted it 1969, the year LIFE 
headlined its photographs, "A bloody business in Canada causes an 
uproar all over." 

This Bloody Business is Still Going On.  Canadian seal hunters have 
just killed about 80% of their 2004 quota of 350,000 seal pups, thus 
completing this season's main seal kill. They plan to start up again 
in full force next spring.  Will Prada continue to support this? 

The hunt has adopted some "improvements" to silence critics: "Under 
new guidelines," explains BBC News, "most seals are meant to be shot 
and not clubbed to death in a bid to make the killing more humane." 
[1] 

Humane killing is a corrupt concept.  Whether they raise clubs, 
guns, or any other weapon against a seal, it's wrong and it must 
stop. 

Is Seal Fur "Back"? 

Last season's hunt resulted in the export of over 60,000 raw seal 
skins, nearly all to Norway, Denmark, and China. Birger Christensen 
of Copenhagen promotes such labels as Prada and Dolce & Gabbana, 
with seal skin coats starting around $2,000 USD.  Both companies 
used harp seal skin for the first time in their men's collection in 
2001, with products including knapsacks, neckties, wallets, and 
glasses cases. 

Activists Are Back. On Saturday, 1 May 2004, Friends of Animals, 
Caring Activists Against Fur and supporters will gather from noon to 
2 pm at Prada to ask the public to reject all fur products, 
including those marketed by Prada. The New York Times recently 
stated that "no designer exerts more influence on the rest of 
fashion than Ms. Prada." [2] 

In addition to supporting our physical presence at Prada, please 
voice your protest to: 

Pamela Wallin, Consulate General of Canada 1251 Avenue of the 
Americas, New York, NY  10020-1175  Tel: 212.596.1628. Fax: 212. 
596.1793 

Katherine Ross, V.P. of Communications, Prada 

610 W. 52nd St., New York, NY  10019  Tel: (212) 307-9300. 


[1] BBC News, "Canada completes main seal cull" (14 Apr. 2004). 

[2] Cathy Horyn, The New York Times, "In Milan, Elvis Is Royalty and 
Prada Is Queen" (1 Mar. 2004). 

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Lawrence Carter-Long 
Northeast Director, In Defense of Animals 
LCL(at)idausa.org 
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