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27.10.08
Fur Free Liverpool score a direct hit at the Cricket Fashion Show
Members of Fur Free Liverpool held a very successful protest on Thursday 23rd October at The Cricket Fashion Show 2008 which was staged at Grey Space, West Africa House, in Water Street. The Cricket store has been at the centre of an ongoing campaign since 2006 as it sells the fur of fox, coyote, raccoon, rabbit and mink.
Coleen Rooney, Alex Curran, Nicola Carragher and Sheree Murphy were given the red card by over 30 protestors for continuing to shop at the disgraced store and were asked by campaigners if they could influence store owners to stop their vile trade in animal skins. The protest this week has been covered nationally and has featured in the Daily Mirror, Daily Mail as well as Now Magazine.
A spokesperson for Fur Free Liverpool said: “For every piece of fur trim, animals in the wild are trapped, drowned or beaten to death. On fur farms, they are gassed to death, have their necks broken or are anally or vaginally electrocuted. Sometimes animals are even skinned alive. This was not a protest against those who were invited to the show. In fact many who attended, such as members of the Hollyoaks cast, chatted with us outside and offered their support to what we are trying to do. This was a protest against the store’s continued selling of fur items and we once more urge them to keep compassion in fashion by issuing a fur free policy.”
Coleen and Alex should take a lead and recognise they should encourage ethical
consumer practice.
‘Cricket is on our list of villains – shops who are happy to stock fur.’
22-year-old Coleen’s spokesman refused to comment on the incident.
(You may want to politely contact Coleen and ask her to stop wearing real
fur, her website is: http://www.coleenrooney.net/ )
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