Laura Vandervoort Unveils Naked PETA Ad at Toronto Fashion Week

by Jennifer Mishler October 18, 2011
Categories: Animals, Causes, Fashion, Lifestyle.
Photo: PETA

Laura Vandervoort, star of Smallville and V is the latest celeb to bare all for PETA‘s ads against the use of animal skins and furs in fashion.

According to PETA, the actress unveiled her “Whose Skin Are You In?” ad at Toronto Fashion Week. Vandervoort, whose body was painted to look like reptile skin in the photo, said, “Three or four alligators have to die for one purse…They nail the snake’s head to a tree while it is still alive and peel its skin off. Because they are cold-blooded creatures, they take that much longer to die, so they suffer that much longer.”

Maybe her role as a reptile on V has inspired her to speak up for her reptilian friends. Vandervoort also said, “[Y]ou wouldn’t skin your dog to wear to an event, to go out on a date, just for a status symbol. So please, have some compassion for animals.”

Check out a video interview of Laura – and the full ad after the jump below.

About Jennifer Mishler

Jennifer is an animal advocate and activist. She is a volunteer coordinator with The Girls Gone Green, a nonprofit organization advocating for animals rights, veganism, and environmentalism. She is also an Onshore Volunteer with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, and a volunteer with CJ Acres Animal Rescue Farm, a nonprofit that rescues and rehabilitates farm animals. Along with writing for Ecorazzi, she writes about veganism and animal rights on her blog, A Dog's Eye View. She lives in Jacksonville, FL with her husband and their three animal friends. Follow Jennifer on Twitter: @jennygonevegan

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Frank

PETA — the organization that was caught euthanizing perfectly healthy dogs and cats in Virginia and North Carolina (after PROMISING to find them homes) and then dumping their bodies in a dumpster….hypocrites

My wife and I adopted a dog who had either been hit by a car or shot at close range, unfortunately due to the extensive damage, required a leg to be amputated but he’s a great dog even with only three legs!! I’m glad a reputable group found and rescued him not PETA!!

When will people wake up about this group.
http://herwinsvegancafe.blogspot.com/ herwin

“Laura Vandervoort PETA” will show currently 9.240 Google results, the top results that i checked are postive and talk about the exotic skin issue.
So no, Peta doesnt have to run shock campaigns to get the (wrong kind of)media attention, like their rexent Go Vegan campaign witha shark munching on a human leg.
PETA, stick to the positive camapigns.
http://www.verynicethreads.com christinedeleon

Ok so maybe PETA can be a little self-righteous in that arrogant ‘I don’t eat meat so I am so much superior and higher evolved than you’ way. But I do applaud their campaigns which draw attention to the cruelty of some fashion industry practices. Alligator leather hides for tacky shoes/bags/jackets/whatever on even tackier human beings is just plain wrong.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Pj-Dee/100001257152955 Pj Dee

PLEASE GET ALL THE INFO. MORE TO IT THAN YOU KNOW.
Pey

What is self-righteous and arrogant about not wanting innocent and helpless animals to be tortured and killed for their flesh? So you’re saying that expecting other animals to suffer and be killed just to satisfy your taste or whim ISN’T arrogant? You might want to rethink that.