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Jennifer Lopez's PETA problems
Jan 23, 2007, 8:00 GMT
here is J Lo wearing a fur coat now-girlfriend loves her glitz and glamour... © Photorazzi
Jennifer Lopez's new reality show auditions descended into chaos on Friday (19.01.07) when two animal rights protesters stormed the stage.
The singer-and-actress is producing reality show 'Glow After Dark' to promote her new perfume of the same name, but protesters from PETA gatecrashed the auditions at a California branch of US department store Macy's.
One protester took the stage, pretending to audition, and said: "I think the most important thing about being a diva is not only being sexy and being stylish, but is not wearing real f***ing fur! You're such a fur-cat J Lo."
She was dragged off stage by the presenters while a second protester jumped on stage brandishing an anti-fur poster and chanting "J. Lo ho!"
J. Lo is auditioning for five girls to live as divas with a VIP lifestyle for two weeks in a swanky New York apartment while cameras record them 24-hours a day.
The star was not present at the audition but she and a panel will choose 100 hopefuls from the audition tapes to compete to appear in the final.
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GayleJan 23rd, 2007 - 14:24:26
It's appalling that these 'stars' are still wearing fur, after they have repeatedly been made aware of the ethical problems associated with the Chinese fur trade.
According to the Humane Society of the United States, 'Millions of dogs and cats [including pets] are processed every year under horrendous conditions
[many skinned alive] and then slaughtered for the [Chinese] fur trade' which supplies more than half of the fur garments imported for sale into the United States. Dog and cat fur is deliberately mislabeled as fur
from other species so that it can be sold to unsuspecting Americans.
Everyone from Martha Stewart to Paul McCartney has denounced this fur, including some of the largest clothing retailers. J. Crew, Ann Taylor (who
has 740 stores in 45 states), Ralph Lauren, Abercrombie and Fitch, and U.K.'s most respected fashion chain Topshop, have all stopped selling fur after seeing the Fur Trade videos. Additionally, many stars who had previously worn fur, denounced it after seeing how it is
'produced.'
This is not an issue that concerns only animal rights advocates. Mainstream citizens are climbing onboard the boycott.
Anyone even thinking about wearing fur has a moral obligation to seek out information about the 'production' process and where the fur comes from.
They should go to the Humane Society web site or the link below and view the short videos before falling for the advertising hype urging them to buy fur.
In January, Care For the Wild, East International, and the Swiss Animal Protection released their wrenching findings from Fun Fur? A Report on the
Chinese Fur Industry. http://tinyurl.com/ag3jh
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