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Naked chick for a cause
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Naked chick for a cause
Editor's note: We heard that PETA was staging its "Naked women in public protesting the circus" thing yesterday, and dispatched intern Tom Tiballi and his camera down to cover it. He files this report:
âI think I see a nipple!â says one passerby at the sight of a PETA protest held Feb. 18 on the corner of Market and Ninth streets. The circus is coming to town next week, and predictably enough, PETA isn't happy. The animal rights group has already successfully pushed Ashton, Pa.'s Nuemann University into dropping its sponsorship of the Ringling Brothers' events at the Wachovia Center Feb. 24-28. Now, in an effort to convince you not to go, a young lady will freeze her naked ass off in the name of publicity.
It was billed as a strip-in, but from what I saw, there was no actual stripping. But, amid a group of about 10 girls helping out with all the signage, I did find a young woman, topless, painted bright orange with black tiger stripes and locked in a cage
âWe are trying to get people to realize that tigers and other animals used in these circuses are caged for most of their lives, because animals can't do it themselves,â Amanda Fortino tells me. Fortino wears a bright red toque to keep her from catching her death on this blustery Philadelphia afternoon, and, as a campaign coordinator for PETA, is overseeing the whole event.
A young lady hands me some âinformation," a series of glossy photos of sad elephants, and elephants batting sad puppy eyes at me has always been a big chink in my macho hombre armor. âShe's fine,â the same young lady replies to someone who has shown concern for the caged pussycat woman, shivering in a dog crate, âas long as you pass along the information, that's what she's there for.â
I am just one of many guys snapping photos of the scene, but am the only one who can bear the cold blowing up Market for more than a brief, passing moment. âIs she naked?!â asks one enthusiastic teenage boy, who presumably might have been able to tell for himself had he not been skipping Biology class at the time. âI say we let all the circus animals free to run through the city!â His friend chimes in, while a third whips out his camera phone to get proof of how much more awesome their afternoon was than whatever their bro's were doing in school.
âSome mastermind at PETA came up with the tiger in a cage and we have been doing this for years,â Fortino says of the caged-animal motif. âIt's an eye-catching visual that brings people over, so they can get the information.â
I'VE SEEN FIRST HAND WHAT THESE SO CALL PETA PEOPLE CAN DO AND BELIEVE ME IT'S NOT PRETTY, IT'S DARN CLOSE TO EVIL. THESE MIS INFORMED FOLLOWERS OF PETA NEED TO REALLY CHECK INTO THE THINGS THAT PETA HAS DONE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO IF NOT STOPPED.
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