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Animal Rights
Thursday, September 18, 2008, 21:20
I was surfing around on Yahoo and I caught this piece of news: Japanese Actress Naked for Animal Rights
AFP - Wednesday, September 17
"TOKYO (AFP) - - Japanese actress Aya Sugimoto has taken off her clothes for sexy movies and photo shoots, but for the first time Wednesday she went naked for animal rights."
"Holding a tiny sign reading, "Fur? I'd rather go naked," Sugimoto posed in the buff before dozens of photographers and television cameras in one of the first Japanese campaigns by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)"
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I was waiting for my page to load and was wondering in the meantime, what else is left to do to protect these helpless animals. Well, it is not the first time anyone has gone out to the extreme to defend and stand up for the rights of animals, and PETA has been actively protecting animals and their rights through public education, cruelty investigations, legislations, protest campaigns and even strongly using celebrity involvement now. Below is another effort done by a celebrity to stop animal abuse:
'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles' Lena Headey Stars in PETA's Anti-Circus Ad
"Lena Headey wants you to know that animals in circuses are beaten, chained, whipped, and forced to perform against their will. That's why the star agreed to appear in a new anti-circus public service announcement (PSA) for PETA."
(you can view the ad here: http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/lena_headey)
'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles' Lena Headey Stars in PETA's Anti-Circus Ad
"Lena Headey wants you to know that animals in circuses are beaten, chained, whipped, and forced to perform against their will. That's why the star agreed to appear in a new anti-circus public service announcement (PSA) for PETA."
(you can view the ad here: http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/lena_headey)
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Okay for a real animal lover like myself, I nearly cried when I saw how those animals were being treated. Seriously, this reminds me of the cat abuse that happened at Pasir Ris Street 21 in early May. The cats were cruelly abused, but whatever is it for? I think Singapore's SPCA and AVA should put in more efforts to protect these helpless animals like having a strong ad campaign going on for half a year. (since protest campaigns are quite impossible here) Celebrity involvement can be considered too, and out-of-the-mind advertisments would be pretty effective as well. Come to think of it, I have not really seen one yet. Check out this new one (by PETA) :
Milk spew and bathroom stalls go together like peas and carrots.
"You're welcome, schools! We're looking out for you."
"Since most kids visit the restroom at some point before lunch, we thought bathroom stalls would be the perfect home for our informative spoof of the infamous "Got Milk?" campaign."
- Posted by Carrie Ann Harris
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What an interesting way to reach out to the masses, especially er...kids. (I guess education starts from young!) Okay, anyway, if you could, would you take the first step and go the extra mile to help the animals? If yes, how? I think it is really hard to control things like that - they just get so controversial. Well, I'd most probably condemn the next evil person who abuses animals, complain and rant non-stop about how these people are sick in their heads and minds and maybe TRY to do some volunteery work for the animal organisation. Like sometime soon.
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