{"id":768592,"date":"2022-06-10T07:05:50","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T11:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=768592"},"modified":"2022-06-10T07:41:34","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T11:41:34","slug":"emotional-baggage-british-airports-reject-anti-animal-cruelty-ad-as-it-is-prejudicial-to-a-business-carried-on-at-the-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=768592","title":{"rendered":"EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE: British airports reject anti-animal cruelty advertisement"},"content":{"rendered":"\t
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Animals reared for the global leather industry are deprived food and water during demanding journeys to slaughterhouses, are often electroshocked and even beaten to death.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n

MOHSINA DODHIYA:<\/strong> Airport authorities claim the anti-animal cruelty advert is too political and can potentially evoke \u2018negative customer reaction\u2019. Every UK airport has refused to display PETA\u2019s anti-leather advertisement, the vegan charity claims. The animal rights organisation created a \u201cCruelty Doesn\u2019t Fly\u201d campaign to educate travellers on the impact of their fashion and accessory choices.<\/em><\/p>\n

The group asked airports to carry the message on their luggage trolleys at the terminal. The image \u2013 featuring a cow turned into a leather handbag \u2013 asks travellers \u201cwas she killed to make your carry-on?\u201d However, every single airport rejected the advert, on grounds of it being \u201cpolitical\u201d or capable of evoking \u201cpotential negative customer reaction.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The charity faced similar rejections in other countries as well. Queenstown Airport authorities refused to grant permission to run the advert citing that the message may be \u201cpolitical, unethical, evangelical\u201d or \u201cprejudicial to a business carried on at the airport\u201d. The Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (BZN) also initially refused to run the ad. However, PETA\u2019s insistence that such a \u2018move would be unconstitutional\u2019 saw the ad appearing on airport trolleys in the US…<\/em><\/p>\n

The leather industry is heavily criticised for not only its detrimental environmental impact, but also its inhumane animal welfare implications… Animals reared for the global leather industry are deprived food and water during demanding journeys to slaughterhouses, are often electroshocked and even beaten to death, an undercover PETA expos\u00e9 revealed…<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe public deserves to know that behind every leather bag is a sensitive individual who died a painful death,\u201d PETA Director Elisa Allen said in a statement. \u201cVegan leather doesn\u2019t come with the emotional baggage of knowing an animal was killed for it, so PETA calls on everyone to consider the gentle cows who are carved up for leather and stick to cruelty-free carry-ons”…<\/em><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, vegan leather made from innovative materials such as cactus leather, cork, pineapple leaves, apples and recycled rubber, are better alternatives that not only spare lives of the animals but also are better for the planet. <\/em>SOURCE…<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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