Tash Joins PETA to Protest David Jones’ Sales of Wild-Animal Skins

Animal rights activist Tash Peterson joined PETA outside the David Jones department store in Perth today to protest its sales of products made from skin stripped from wild animals such as snakes, lizards, crocodiles, and ostriches. Wearing a “bloodied” snake-print bikini to resemble an abused reptile, Tash laid on a “blood-soaked” chopping block that reads “David Jones: Drop Wild-Animal Skins”.

David Jones still hasn’t committed to adopting a policy to ban wild-animal skins despite several closed-door meetings.

Photo: Jack Higgs

PETA’s recent exposés of snake and crocodile farms demonstrate that cruelty is ingrained in the entire industry. At python farms in Thailand, PETA Asia investigators documented that workers pin struggling pythons down by the neck and bash them over the head with a hammer before driving metal hooks through their head. To make their skins easier to remove, workers inflate the snakes with water, even as they continue to move. The companies that sell these skins are the reason this horrific abuse persists. The only way to protect wild animals is to stop selling their skin.

Myer, Selfridges, Nordstrom, Mytheresa, THE ICONIC, and other global retailers have already acted responsibly by banning wild-animal skins. Since David Jones is currently considering updating its animal welfare policy – now is the ideal time to call on the company to ditch these cruelly obtained materials. Please join us by sending a message to the retailer now:

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