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Olympian Amanda Beard Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur/watch the ad then sign pledge!

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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Aug-14-08 06:55 PM
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Olympian Amanda Beard Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur/watch the ad then sign pledge!
http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/amanda_beard?c=weekl...

Swimmer Amanda Beard might be the sexiest and most compassionate U.S. Olympic athlete of all time. Need proof? Check out the anti-fur ad that she did—naked—for PETA.

Even with her busy and demanding training schedule, Amanda took the time to bare her skin to help save animals' skins. With the tagline "Be Comfortable in Your Own Skin. Don't Wear Fur," Amanda posed nude to help raise awareness of the cruelty inherent in the fur industry.

With Beijing hosting the 2008 Olympic Summer Games, Amanda's ad couldn't have come at a better time. An investigation into the fur industry in China—which is where most fur originates—revealed that minks, foxes, dogs, cats, and other animals are kept in tiny wire cages in all weather extremes. ***In the video footage, animals were strangled or bludgeoned, and they were often still alive and struggling when workers flipped them onto their backs or hung them by their legs or tails to skin them.***

The cruelty of the fur industry does not end at the borders of China. Every dog, fox, rabbit, mink, and baby seal suffers immensely, whether they are killed in China, Europe, or North America. "I have seen a lot of the videos, and brings me to tears," Amanda says. "What think is pretty is actually something that's very gruesome and gross."

....cont'd.

***The link contains links to the ad and the pledge. Just to warn you before clicking on the ad, there are disturbing images shown during Amanda's interview.

Thanks for all you do for the animals!
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   Now we're talking. nt  smoogatz   Aug-14-08 06:57 PM   #1 
   Hey smoogatz  panader0   Aug-14-08 07:03 PM   #3 
      Thanks!!!  smoogatz   Aug-14-08 07:05 PM   #5 
   Didn't she also pose in Playboy?  panader0   Aug-14-08 07:00 PM   #2 
   Yes she did  MrCoffee   Aug-15-08 02:02 PM   #9 
   Any of the volley ball players, like the Brazilians, feel the same way?  Clear Blue Sky   Aug-14-08 07:04 PM   #4 
   Good thought.  smoogatz   Aug-14-08 07:06 PM   #6 
   WOW! Got my attention... n/t  Union Thug   Aug-14-08 07:09 PM   #7 
      The photo or the video ?  Catchawave   Aug-14-08 08:25 PM   #8 
 
smoogatz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Aug-14-08 06:57 PM
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1. Now we're talking. nt
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panader0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Aug-14-08 07:03 PM
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3. Hey smoogatz
Edited on Thu Aug-14-08 07:04 PM by panader0
I have been trying to find your latest book, "High Seaon" here in this little town, to no avail. Looks like I'll have to go to Amazon. Look forward to reading your work; it'll be a first for me. I like Hammett, Leonard and Lehane.
Edit for spelling
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smoogatz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Aug-14-08 07:05 PM
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5. Thanks!!!
Get the paperback; it's cheap. And I hope you like the book!
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panader0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Aug-14-08 07:00 PM
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2. Didn't she also pose in Playboy?
That was for different animals.
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Aug-15-08 02:02 PM
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9. Yes she did
and yes, it was glorious.
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Clear Blue Sky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Aug-14-08 07:04 PM
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4. Any of the volley ball players, like the Brazilians, feel the same way?
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smoogatz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Aug-14-08 07:06 PM
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6. Good thought.
:smoke:
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7. WOW! Got my attention... n/t
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8. The photo or the video ?
:shrug:

Great video, but doubt it would result in an uppercase WOW :hi:
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