Animal Rights Activists
Animal rights activists planned two separate protests in conjunction with the May 20-22 Fur Fashion Week designer shows, but neither was effective in making the news media take their eyes off the fashions and pay attention to increasingly bizarre and desperate extremist stunts. In New York, on the sidewalk in front of Parson's School of Design, where a built-in crowd of journalists and photographers were attending the shows, a sprawl of about 30 costumed and "bloodied" protesters kept police busy but got scant news coverage. They splattered red paint on the sidewalk and were allowed to exceed their designated barricaded area before police took action. They eventually made nine arrests for disorderly conduct. People for the ethical Treatment of Animals (PeTA) organized the protest with Friends of Animals, and Ingrid Newkirk of PeTA got into the fray, along with German singer Nina Hagen. PeTA's Dan Mathews played master of c
Fur Commission USA, which tracked the event, said that business disruption was minimal and media coverage was virtually nonexistent. In at least two major metropolitan areas -- Minneapolis and Chicago -- the protests were not covered in any major newspapers nor in any television broadcasts. Frustrated by a lack of coverage of previous protests by major media, CAFT organizers and members have been resorting to illegal actions and violent stunts to gain public and media attention. Reports appeared on two local tv stations (though on one, the segment malfunctioned and was cut short) and in the New York Post. Most of the retailers and press were slightly amused by the display; it added to the excitement of the day. Oddly, the activists even seemed to realize the crowd's response. Later, when they inexplicably moved their protest down to the fur market, where they chanted in front of 345 Seventh Avenue and were heckled by a couple of fu
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