April 2002 After being tipped off by a Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA) insider that its “Pure 2002” Dallas Collection fashion show was to include a seal fur coat designed by Michael Faircloth (Laura Bush’s designer), we wrote the foundation a letter demanding that all fur be removed from the show. DIFFA executive director called … Read more »
April 2002 In late 2001, PETA contacted the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to request that it switch from leather basketballs in its annual “March Madness” men’s and women’s tournaments to cruelty-free synthetics. The NCAA requested more information, and PETA sent a report detailing how the leather industry tortures and kills millions of cows and calves, … Read more »
