USA: ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS FROM PETA RALLY AGAINST ACTRESS JENNIFER LOPEZ AT THE "MONSTER-IN-LAW" PREMIERE

Record ID: 214787

  • Title: USA: ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS FROM PETA RALLY AGAINST ACTRESS JENNIFER LOPEZ AT THE "MONSTER-IN-LAW" PREMIERE
  • Date: 9th May 2005
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (APRIL 29, 2005)(REUTERS) VARIOUS SHOTS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS PROTESTING AGAINST JENNIFER LOPEZ OUTSIDE THE PREMIERE OF HER NEW FILM "MONSTER-IN-LAW" CHANTING "J-LO, FUR HO" (3 SHOTS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) PETA CAMPAIGN COORDINATOR ALLISON EZELL SAYING: "We're here to let J-Lo know that when it comes to wearing fur and using fur
  • Embargoed: 24th May 2005 13:00
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  • Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES AND VARIOUS FILM LOCATIONS
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVACNTGAM7L9NG4XAA2310K6D3A7
  • Story Text: Animal rights activists from PETA rally against
    actress Jennifer Lopez at the "Monster-in-Law" premiere.

    Dozens of animal rights activists from People
    for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) gathered
    outside the Mann National Theater in Westwood Friday (April
    29, 2005) night to rally against actress Jennifer Lopez at
    the "Monster-in-Law" premiere. An estimated one hundred
    demonstrators waved posters and chanted "J-Lo, fur ho" to
    show their anger at Lopez, who recently launched a new fur
    fashion line.

    PETA Campaign Coordinator Allison Ezell says her
    organization and its supporters are trying to send the
    actress a strong message.

    "We're here to let J-Lo know that when it comes to
    wearing fur and using fur in her fashion line, she really
    needs to change her tune. J-Lo's fashion line premiered
    only a few weeks after a yearlong investigation into the
    Chinese fur industry was released, which revealed horrific
    abuses. The Chinese fur industry provides more than half
    of the fur sold in the United States. Animals were being
    skinned alive and then thrown onto a pile of other living
    skinned animals who were still gasping for breath and blinking."
    The actress has long angered animal lovers by regularly
    wearing fur clothes, and recently hit the headlines because
    her new "Sweetface" clothing line includes many items of animal skin.

    When asked why PETA is singling out Lopez among other
    celebrities, Ezell says it's because Lopez has been very
    public about her love for fur in spite of the concerns
    about the horrific abuse the animals are said to be put
    through in the process of acquiring their pelts.

    "J-Lo has really put herself out there. And she's
    making a statement everytime she leaves the house wearing a
    fur, which was just about every day this winter. That she
    doesn't really care about anything, anything but herself.

    And so we're out here to let her know that there are a lot
    of people who won't stand for that."
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