Latest: The student suing Lindsay Lohan for taking her mink coat from a New York nightclub has been asked to donate the garment to the homeless.
Anti-fur activists at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) want Masha Markov to give up the coat and allow them to give it to the needy.
Peta boss Dan Mathews has written to Markov, explaining, "That coat belonged to dozens of animals that were electrocuted, gassed, strangled, drowned or beaten to death just so you could try to appear wealthy."
Mathews suggests Markova watch an anti-fur video hosted by former fur-wearer Martha Stewart and then donate the fur, which was a gift from the student's grandmother, to the homeless.
Meanwhile, Markova stands to win significant damages if a jury finds the coat mix-up is criminal in nature.
The student's fur, priced at $12,000 (GBP6,000), was taken from a nighclub in January and returned to her by the venue's bosses a month later after she spotted Lohan wearing the garment in a magazine photo.
Her lawyer Merrill R. Cohen tells Eonline.com, "We got the coat back, but it's not sufficient. She had the coat for several weeks. You don't just return it and that's that."
He claims the coat was returned with a tear in the lining and was stained.
But Lohan's publicist says, "This is crazy! The bombing of Lindsay has to stop."...
Anti-fur activists at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) want Masha Markov to give up the coat and allow them to give it to the needy.
Peta boss Dan Mathews has written to Markov, explaining, "That coat belonged to dozens of animals that were electrocuted, gassed, strangled, drowned or beaten to death just so you could try to appear wealthy."
Mathews suggests Markova watch an anti-fur video hosted by former fur-wearer Martha Stewart and then donate the fur, which was a gift from the student's grandmother, to the homeless.
Meanwhile, Markova stands to win significant damages if a jury finds the coat mix-up is criminal in nature.
The student's fur, priced at $12,000 (GBP6,000), was taken from a nighclub in January and returned to her by the venue's bosses a month later after she spotted Lohan wearing the garment in a magazine photo.
Her lawyer Merrill R. Cohen tells Eonline.com, "We got the coat back, but it's not sufficient. She had the coat for several weeks. You don't just return it and that's that."
He claims the coat was returned with a tear in the lining and was stained.
But Lohan's publicist says, "This is crazy! The bombing of Lindsay has to stop."...
- 5/21/2008
- WENN
Pamela Anderson was unable to challenge U.S. President George W. Bush on behalf of animal rights group Peta at a gala on Saturday - because she left the event to sightsee.
The Canadian-born star made her first trip to Washington, D.C. as an American citizen on Friday when she hand-delivered a report to politicians blasting the U.S. Government for failing to update animal testing procedures.
The animal activist was set to continue her lobbying efforts at Saturday's White House Correspondent's Dinner - but the former Baywatch star and Peta Vice President Dan Mathews had left by the time the head of state took the stage.
A representative for Peta tells New York gossip column PageSix, "They hoofed it over to the famed Exorcist steps in Georgetown, packing in one last bit of sightseeing before carrying on to the Bloomberg Lp afterparty at the Costa Rican embassy."...
The Canadian-born star made her first trip to Washington, D.C. as an American citizen on Friday when she hand-delivered a report to politicians blasting the U.S. Government for failing to update animal testing procedures.
The animal activist was set to continue her lobbying efforts at Saturday's White House Correspondent's Dinner - but the former Baywatch star and Peta Vice President Dan Mathews had left by the time the head of state took the stage.
A representative for Peta tells New York gossip column PageSix, "They hoofed it over to the famed Exorcist steps in Georgetown, packing in one last bit of sightseeing before carrying on to the Bloomberg Lp afterparty at the Costa Rican embassy."...
- 4/29/2008
- WENN
Pamela Anderson will make her first trip to Washington, D.C. as an American citizen on Friday when she hand delivers a report to politicians blasting the U.S. Government for failing to update animal testing procedures.
The actress/model was a Canadian when she was last in the U.S. capital and she's determined to make a stir on Capitol Hill when she joins People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals activists to berate officials for not replacing outdated animal tests.
Anderson will make a personal appeal to her 'new government' to replace a profusion of outdated animal tests with modern technology that is already widely used in Europe.
The report she'll deliver to politicians on Friday afternoon is the same Peta science report that inspired a recent front-page Washington Post article, which condemned the failure of the Department of Health and Human Services for not using "sophisticated, non-animal test methods in place of animal tests".
Anderson says, "Being a citizen excites me not just because I can vote, but because I can crack the whip on Capitol Hill to defend animals."
Anderson will continue her lobbying efforts at Saturday's White House Correspondent's Dinner, which she is attending with pal and Peta Vice President Dan Mathews.
The actress/model was a Canadian when she was last in the U.S. capital and she's determined to make a stir on Capitol Hill when she joins People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals activists to berate officials for not replacing outdated animal tests.
Anderson will make a personal appeal to her 'new government' to replace a profusion of outdated animal tests with modern technology that is already widely used in Europe.
The report she'll deliver to politicians on Friday afternoon is the same Peta science report that inspired a recent front-page Washington Post article, which condemned the failure of the Department of Health and Human Services for not using "sophisticated, non-animal test methods in place of animal tests".
Anderson says, "Being a citizen excites me not just because I can vote, but because I can crack the whip on Capitol Hill to defend animals."
Anderson will continue her lobbying efforts at Saturday's White House Correspondent's Dinner, which she is attending with pal and Peta Vice President Dan Mathews.
- 4/25/2008
- WENN
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