Exclusive: PIC: Kim Kardashian Bashed by PETA for Wearing Fur on Scathing New Billboard
Credit: Courtesy of PETA
Is Kim Kardashian fur real?
The divorcee-to-be, 31, is the latest celeb target of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), who have dedicated a holiday-season billboard in Los Angeles urging the reality star to rethink one of her luxe fashion choices.
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On the billboard, going up in early December at the corner of Beverly Boulevard and Sweetzer Avenue, a fur-clad Kardashian sits opposite an adorable, sad shot of baby foxes. "Kim: These Babies Miss Their Mother," reads the provocative sign. "Is She on Your Back?"
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"Kim knows that animals on fur farms are beaten, electrocuted, and often skinned alive. We've explained it to her, and she's watched a video exposé that was filmed inside fur farms," says PETA Senior Vice President Lisa Lange of the E! star, who has been laying relatively low since filing for divorce from Kris Humphries on Halloween.
"When Kim is ready to put an end to her relationship with fur, PETA will be happy to take her discards and donate them to the homeless," Lang adds.
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While Kim was named PETA's "Worst Dress Celebrity" of 2010, her sister Khloe, 27, swore off animal pelts and even appeared in the buff for an "I'd Rather go Naked Than Wear Fur" campaign ad.
"PETA hopes that the prominent billboard will finally be enough to convince Kim...to divorce herself from fur and say "I do" to a more compassionate wardrobe," they add.
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51Let's just say killing animals for there skin is sickening and whoever supports that is downright ignorant, no matter how they are killed. Individuals who say I wish I had a fur coat right now....are mentally ill and need professional help, quick! Long live animals!
One more thing...I don't like PETA either (shock, awe!!). I hate that they have euthanized perfectly healthy animals and I believe they are deceptive about this to their followers. I do not believe everything they say, I do my own research, as I have a brain. I like organizations like the ASPCA, who are actually out there doing something for animals and find them new homes. PETA is more concerned with money and ads than getting their hands dirty, short of euthanizing pets. Betcha didn't expect that, did you? I can be anti-fur and anti-PETA, we exist.
Just an FYI to you, Dawn, if fur is so environmentally friendly then why has advertising standards committees in England, Denmark, Holland, Italy, and Finland ruled any advertising declaring fur as environmentally safe to be false and misleading? The fact remains that I can say that 100 animals didn't have to die in order to make my ski coat that is, in fact, quite warm.
Dawn, have you seen the Chinese fur farm videos? They beat animals and step on their heads while cutting into the fur on their legs, then while they are dazed but still conscious, they will skin them alive. The video shows a horrific sight that you can't even fathom...the still living, totally skinned animal. How do you fake that? Obviously, I know not every fur farm does this, but when there remains a demand for fur, then these cruel farms will continue their torture.
Just as an fyi--wearing fur IS better environmentally than the petroleum based alternatives. Faux fur is generally acrylic, which is a plastic. It is also not nearly as warm as real fur, not as soft.
Shannon, surely you're joking, you don't really believe that, do you? Skinning a live animal, especially a predator like a mink or fox, would be insanely stupid. Peta-who euthanizes 98% of the animals brought to their "shelter", Peta-whose employees picked up adoptable animals, killed them in direct view of the other animals and dumped thier bodies in a Piggly-Wiggly dumpster--and you believe THEM?
SHE NEEDS TO STOP SHE LOOKS FAT IN FUR !
Megan, you don't get the point. For every fur farm that is nice and clean and uses CO to kill the animals, there is another farm that beats and skins alive or electrocutes. Plus, wild animals are being caged and killed for not the betterment of humanity, but to be a status symbol for some rich idiot who cares more for fashion than cruelty to animals.
@ Janice White: You're going to be a mink in your next life. But don't feel bad, you'll be euthanized before they skin you.
Whitney: It's quite pathetic that you're so obsessed with Kim. You need to get a life. Even if I had all the money in the world, I would never, never buy a fur coat. Why? Not only does it look EXTREMELY TACKY and RIDICULOUS, but the thought of how it was made sickens me. I doubt a shallow idiot like you would understand.
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Dylan Cox, it's an animal. Your a human and a JERK, what else to you have to do,so let's skin you???
Who cares? It's a fox... what else does it have to do?
So Janice, what are you saying? You treat your animals kindly before you skin them? Great!
Janice thank you! Someone had to state the obvious! Not every Fur farm treats their animals like this! Just another way for PETA to get people to listen. I think it's pretty sad that a company needs to lie to gain respect from people, I really do.
Let's not feel sorry for her, it's a waste of energy. She'll be fine. People are going through more serious issues around the world, who the hell cares about her divorce. What disturbs me the most is how she watched all those disgusting videos, learned about animal cruelty by PETA and still wears fur? I'm sorry, but there's something mentally wrong with someone who actually isn't effected by the inhumane killing of animals for the sake of looking "cute" or "rich."
real fur looks way better on the animal. if you must have the look of fur, there are many beautiful faux furs out there.
Whoo hoo! Iam with you Henrietta! Boycott Kardashians. Enough with all the money hungry, fake ass KIM.
Janice, my words weren't vicious, I actually praised you in part of what I said because I know you come from a unique perspective as a member of a fur ranch. I am sorry if my words offended you. I have had these feelings about fur from the time that I was a child when my parents gave me a fur jacket (so, no Whitney, I am not jealous, thank you). At first I was like "wow! beautiful, soft!" then I thought about how it had to be made from around 50 animals. I was then and now an animal lover and told my parents to hang it up, I won't wear it. It changed them that day too. It is true that many of us live in a society of surplus, but that surplus doesn't have to include fur. These animals are raised purely for their pelts and again, I know you are caring for your minks so that they may purely subsist until they are killed, but these animals are miserable because of the fact that they are wild. Even domesticated animals aren't happy living their entire lives in cages. Why on earth would a wild animal be anything BUT miserable in a cage, perhaps even in view of grass and wooded areas they will never get to experience? The fur industry has no purpose in a humane society, where we can wear coats that were made without hundreds of animals having to die first. Hopefully, someday no one will WANT to wear fur anymore because they consider it gross, as I do.
Wow, Shannon and Candace your words are very vicious. Shannon, to say that our mink live miserable lives, how would you know? Have you seen our ranch firsthand? My original comments were made to clarify the misinformation from the article. Based on our ranch, that's NOT how we treat our animals. Shannon, your comment on no longer needing to wear fur, you could extend that statement to almost EVERYTHING that our society has to offer. We live in a society of surplus. Candace, I'm not sure where your comments are coming from? Could it be from the class Bullying 101?