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Shun products made of leather, says PETA

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Demonstration staged to make people aware of cruelty to animals

EXTREME MEASURES: Activists of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals lying in coffins as part of their demonstration in Bangalore on Tuesday . — Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy

BANGALORE: When animal rights activists take to the streets, they like to do it in style. On Tuesday it was the turn of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), which is part of a worldwide movement to get fair rights for animals. The demonstration near Mahatma Gandhi statue, a popular venue for demos of all kinds, had a row of open coffins. Some activists were lying in the coffins while others held up large pictures of animals being slaughtered. At the end of it all, wreaths were solemnly places on each of the coffins. According to PETA, the demonstration was to open the eyes of people to what happen to animals before they are killed for their leather, to be made into fashionable handbags and other accessories. "Bags, belts and shoes made of dead skin should be shunned. Since wearing leather supports unimaginable cruelty to animals, people should not be caught dead wearing the stuff,'' PETA India's N.G. Jayasimha said.

The activists told curious onlookers there are enough alternatives to leather.

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