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January 25, 2008

Stripping for PETA

P2kimora72.jpg Kimora Lee Simmons, director of the Baby Phat clothing line, bares almost all in a new ad for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), covered only in angel wings and her rescued dog, Zoe.

The ad, for peta2, the organization's youth branch, is called "Be Your Dog’s Angel,” and it urges people to take better care of their dogs. Kimora’s message is directed specifically at the practice of chaining dogs.

“Play with them … take them for long walks … don’t ever chain or cage them,” she says.

PETA, which last month unveiled a campaign featuring Ultimate Fighter Mac Danzig touting vegetarianism, has taken some heat for it's latest choice of spokesperson from critics who have pointed out that Simmons uses rabbit fur in some of her designs.

As for where the feathers came from to make the angel wings, we'll just assume they were left over from old Victoria's Secret ads.

The model and fashion designer, who says she has been rescuing animals off the streets since she was a small child, says chaining should never be an option.

“You cannot chain a dog — the chains are heavy; it’s cruel,” she says. “[Dogs] need to run and play ….”

The ad is not the first by PETA to make use of naked celebrities. Christina Applegate served as a previous PETA nude spokesperson.

Here's Simmons' spiel on video:



Posted by John Woestendiek at 11:00 AM | | Comments (3)
        

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I'd like to write a guide for PETA on how they might take better care of dogs entering their facility in VA. Step 1 would probably be something like: Stop killing 95% of dogs you take in.

http://terriermandotcom.blogspot.com/2008/01/counting.html

What a bunch of hypocrites.

Great job PETA! Always can count on you for such amazing ads with such strong messages!

Everyone should care about animals as much as PETA and work towards ending animal homelessness. Always spay and neuter, and adopt, don't buy!

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About Jill Rosen
Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.
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