PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) whose animal rights campaigns include seeking to end fur and leather use, meat and dairy consumption[1] claimed the scalp of US socialite Paris Hilton upon the occasion of her opening Julien Macdonald’s London Fashion Week. As Ms Hilton and Mr Macdonald were making their way to the after-show party they were pelted with flour bombs in a fur protest.

Whilst this largely American organisation does not resort to grave robbing and various other terrorist acts routinely committed by their hard-line British cousins, they are similarly afflicted by an aversion to the Truth.

The BBC reports that the spokeswoman for PETA Europe, Yvonne Taylor explained,

“There is nothing remotely fashionable about the torture and death of animals killed for fur.”

And,

“Julien Macdonald may have been able to ignore images of bloody skinned animals gasping for breath in the past, but hopefully a dash of flour[2] will help him rise to the occasion and forsake fur once and for all.”

Now, just hold on a moment,

“…nothing…fashionable about the torture and death of animals killed for fur.”

Animals bred for fur are not tortured.  The animal rights fraternity always claim that animals are tortured routinely by the humans processing them.  It is a blatant untruth.  Is it truly PETA’s case that animals bred for fur are skinned alive? If so, where is their evidence?

“…ignore images of bloody skinned animals gasping for breath…”

Oh dear.  This all smacks of hyperbole to me.  Now, where did I put those rotten eggs I was saving for Ruth Kelly…

[1] Vegans.

[2] Napoleon preferred a “whiff of grapeshot” to impose his will.