Eva Mendez Strips For PETA’s Winter Anti-Fur Campaign
Filed under: animals, campaigns — Michael d'Estries @ 1:48 pm
December 6th 2007
The beautiful actress Eva Mendez, star of Training Day, Hitch, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Ghost Rider and We Own The Night, has become the body of PETA’s winter anti-fur campaign. We are some highlights from their interview with her:
How did you come to get involved with helping animals? Did you have any animal companions growing up?
I love animals, but I hadn’t had a pet since I was a kid. I recently got a dog and he’s not only made me a happier girl—he’s made me much more sympathetic to animal rights. I look at my beautiful dog and think, “Of course I’d never eat him or skin him for his fur, so why would I be okay with eating a cow or wearing a cheetah?” It’s just not right. It’s a contradiction.
As a fashion icon in Hollywood, do you find that people put pressure on you to wear fur on the red carpet? If so, how do you handle that?
A lot of the high-end designers are unfortunately still big on fur, but I simply let them know that I won’t wear it on the red carpet or for photo shoots. People are pretty respectful and don’t try to pressure me to wear fur (smart for them … haha).
For the rest of the interview, jump over to The PETA Files blog site!
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Eva Mendez is a bright shining star in the sky and fauxpasser MJ Blige should learn from her!!!
There’s an organic hog farm owned by the Rockefellers a few miles from the Indian Point nuclear power plant on the Hudson river North of Manhattan, but PeTA won’t protest there because one of PeTA’s top 20 benefactors are the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors… PeTA is fine protesting fur and meat eaters, as long as it doesn’t bite the carnivorous hand that feeds them!
“PeTA is fine protesting fur and meat eaters, as long as it doesn’t bite the carnivorous hand that feeds them!”
In today’s world it’s not about what you stand for but who pays your bills that motivates action…sad.