Giant Holiday Snow Globe Turns Twisted: PETA Display to Reveal Wool Horrors
PETA Will Shock Shoppers With Violent Scene of Cruelty to Sheep
For Immediate Release:
December 17, 2015
Contact:
Lakisha Ridley 202-483-7382
In a scene resembling a holiday clothing ad gone horribly wrong, PETA will inflate a giant snow globe on busy 14th Street in the West Village on Friday—and inside the globe, two PETA members wearing big “wooly” sweaters, hats, and mittens will beat up a realistic, “bloody” prop sheep. The provocative display is part of PETA’s #WoolFreeWinter campaign—an effort to alert consumers to the reality that sheep are beaten, punched, kicked, and even killed by impatient shearers in the wool industry.
When: Friday, December 18, 12 p.m.
Where: 350 W. 14th St. (just east of Ninth Avenue), New York
“Most shoppers would be appalled to learn that every single PETA exposé of the wool industry has revealed cruelty to sheep, who are beaten and left with bloody wounds for wool sweaters, coats, and scarves,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “This holiday season, PETA is calling on caring people to give sheep some peace on Earth by choosing only wool-free, vegan apparel.”
PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to wear”—recently revealed video footage showing that workers on a massive sheep farm in Australia cut flesh off sheep’s backsides with shears and throw and kick the animals. In the past 16 months, PETA has released five exposés recorded at 37 facilities on three continents revealing that sheep are mutilated, abused, and skinned alive. Shearers are often paid by volume, not the hour, which encourages fast, violent work that can lead to gaping wounds on sheep’s bodies. The wounds are then stitch closed—without giving the animals any painkillers.
Broadcast-quality video footage from PETA’s investigations is available upon request. For more information, please visit PETA.org.
