Most recently here in boston to pass out brochures to people wearing furs - at the Nutcracker Suite entrance, the brochures, of course, were real life what happens to minks and foxes etc. when we keep them in captivity to make furs (unsettling but true).
What was different about this "campaign" is that the brochure was a 1950's type cartoon on the front of a woman cutting off a rabbits head on the kitchen counter and showed blood going everywhere (I am not doing it justice because I am not giving all the details and reasons-not being a peta person BUT). And also, different, is that Peta passed these out at the Nutcracker Suite to anyone looking age 13 and older
I have very mixed feelings. On one hand, at age 13, I could have handled this but would have been very upset by the inside photos, on the other hand, I am very grateful to know what goes on and support Peta's attempts to stop furriers. It's a cruel industry and even the fur industry does not dispute that fact.
I'm not sure that doing this at the Christmas's high season and presentation of Nutcracker was the best but then again, what's better than to hit people when they are most likely to wear furs?
I remember, a Peta rep. was interviewed on the local talk show and a guy called in and said, "I used to not care about this stuff, but now, because of you pushing it in my face, I am going to wear every piece of leather I own and I'm going to make sure my wife wears a fur to the Nutcracker and if you so much as talk to me, I will have you arrested for assault". This is the kind of publicity that helps peta- assholes who talk like children and make no sense.- I remember he was going on and on and had to be cut off by the radio host in Boston. So he did them a favor. People were laughing at him, I was laughing at him! So anyway, I do support Peta in the sense that it's essential that there is a radical group out there. Even though I don't agree with all they do, being radical gets heard, and then the smaller groups get heard. I think it makes a difference in the long run.