PETA activists demonstrate against use of animal skin

    
PANAJI: With Christmas around the corner, People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) activists on Thursday held demonstrations in Goa appealing to people to shun items made of animal skin during the festive season.
    
Wearing costumes of animals like cow, sheep and rabbit, PETA activists demonstrating at Ports jetty in the heart of the capital, held signboards reading, "Bring Joy to Our World Too Don't Kill Us for Our Skins!"
    
"With all the stylish and comfortable natural fibres including cotton, jute and satin and a wide array of synthetics available, there's no excuse to buy or wear skins of tormented animals," PETA spokesperson Surabhi Arora said.
    
"The vast majority of cows, sheep, goats and pigs which are raised and killed for their skin suffer painful body mutilations, deprivation, physical abuse and cruel treatment during transport and slaughter," Arora said.
    
"Animals on fur farms spend their entire lives confined to crowded and filthy wire cages and killed using cheap and cruel methods. In parts of India, rabbits are skinned alive for their fur," she said.
    
Wearing animal skins is no way to spread the joy and goodwill of Christmas, Arora said.
    
Christmas is a widely celebrated festival in Goa with 30 per cent of the population being Catholic and several Thousands of tourists flocking to the state to usher in the New Year.