Donna Karan

– New York City

‘Bunny Butcher’

 

Every year, millions of animals are killed for the clothing industry, and 85 percent of fur comes from the hell-on-Earth known as the “factory farm.” Animals on fur farms spend their entire lives confined to cramped, filthy wire cages where they have only enough room to take a few steps in any direction.

Fur farmers use the cheapest killing methods available, including neck-breaking, suffocation, poisoning, and anal or vaginal electrocution. Many animals are electrocuted by having rods inserted into their rectums and 240 volts of electricity sent through their bodies, frying the animals from the inside out in order to keep from damaging the pelt. The animals convulse, shake, and often cry out before suffering painful heart attacks. Crude killing methods aren’t always effective, and sometimes animals “wake up” while they are being skinned.

More than half the fur in the U.S. comes from China, where millions of dogs and cats are bludgeoned, hanged, bled to death, and sometimes even skinned alive for their fur. And Chinese fur is often deliberately mislabeled, so, if you wear any fur, there’s no way of knowing whose skin you’re in.

Donna Karan knows about the suffering that goes into every fur-trimmed coat, hat, and bag. She even promised to stop using fur in her designs but has gone back on her word. The Donna Karan line now contains the skins of dead rabbits.

Please take action and boycott Donna Karan, the bunny butcher, until she permanently removes all fur from her collections.

 

Dear friend,

You probably know by now that Donna Karan, the designer who runs the fashion labels Donna Karan and DKNY, uses animal fur in her collections—even though she once promised to stop. To help put an end to Donna Karan’s fur cruelty, we just launched a new parody Web site, DonnaKaranBunnyButcher.com, and we wanted you to be one of the first to know.

Explore the site, where you can take action, watch and share videos, grab wallpaper for your computer, and stay up-to-date on our campaign to stop the bunny butcher.

We’ve launched this campaign to help animals on fur farms, who spend their entire lives confined to cramped, filthy wire cages. Fur farmers use the cheapest killing methods available to end the lives of animals, including neck-breaking, suffocation, poisoning, and anal or vaginal electrocution. Many animals on fur farms are electrocuted by having rods inserted into their rectums and 240 volts of electricity sent through their bodies, frying the animals from the inside out in order to keep from damaging the pelts. The animals convulse, shake, and often cry out before suffering painful heart attacks. We need you to help these animals.

Will you please help by sharing this information with everyone you know?

There are many ways that you can share this information, which will help countless fur-bearing animals. A couple of fast and easy ways are by e-mailing our parody Web site to friends or by adding one of our new “Donna Karan: Bunny Butcher” videos to your own Web page or online profile.

Thank you for your compassion for animals this holiday season.

Very truly yours,

Ingrid E. Newkirk, – President
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)

 

For your free ‘Donna Karan Bunny Butcher’ toolkit, including banners and wallpapers, please visit:

 

 http://www.donnakaranbunnybutcher.com/free-stuff.aspx

 

All Bunny Butcher images kindly supplied to SAV by PETA

Filed under: CAMPAIGNS - Global Animal Welfare Issues, GENERAL NEWS - International / National / Regional |