Animal rights defenders stripped down Sunday in the Spanish tourist hub
of Barcelona to draw attention to the cruelty of the fur industry.
Dozens of
activists, naked, doused in fake blood and piled together in imitation of a heap of animal carcasses, staged a lie-in in the centre of town.
activists, naked, doused in fake blood and piled together in imitation of a heap of animal carcasses, staged a lie-in in the centre of town.
“How many lives just for a coat?” read a sign in English held up by
Luisa Escribano, 53, and her daughter Barbara, 21, in the middle of the
protesters.
“It
is very important to draw attention to what happens to the animals, and
which goes largely unnoticed. They suffer and die on farms, but their
lives matter for me and my family,” said Luisa.
Each year, over 60 million animals including over 32 million in the
European Union are killed around the world to make coats and other items
from their skin, according to international animal rights group,
AnimaNaturalis, which staged the demonstration.
Europe produces 70 percent of the world’s mink fur and 63 percent of its
fox fur, according to the group. Denmark and Finland are the world’s
largest producers and exporters of mink and fox fur. Other major
producers are Russia, Canada, Sweden and the Netherlands.
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