9:57 am - 01/08/2012
Animal rights group PETA is upset with Dr. Dre and Oscar de la Renta over a pair of limited edition fox fur headphones.
The special “Beats by Dre” headphones – on sale for a cool $695 through De La Renta’s website – deliver “rich, full sound from a portable and stylish unit.”
But they’re also “covered” in “luxe silver fox,” and PETA is not pleased.
In a letter obtained by Global Grind, organization official Michelle Cho urges Dr. Dre “to keep fur and exotic-animal skins out of your Beats by Dre designs.”
“With so many fashionable, cruelty-free materials available these days, we hope that you will keep animals in mind and choose not to use fur or exotic skins in your collection,” continues the letter.
Cho adds, “You have a tremendous amount of influence on young people – won’t you please consider using your platform to advocate kindness toward animals?”
There’s been no response yet from the rapper-enterpreneur. What do you think about the headphones?
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Dr. Dre Under Fire for Fox Fur Headphones
Animal rights group PETA is upset with Dr. Dre and Oscar de la Renta over a pair of limited edition fox fur headphones.
The special “Beats by Dre” headphones – on sale for a cool $695 through De La Renta’s website – deliver “rich, full sound from a portable and stylish unit.”
But they’re also “covered” in “luxe silver fox,” and PETA is not pleased.
In a letter obtained by Global Grind, organization official Michelle Cho urges Dr. Dre “to keep fur and exotic-animal skins out of your Beats by Dre designs.”
“With so many fashionable, cruelty-free materials available these days, we hope that you will keep animals in mind and choose not to use fur or exotic skins in your collection,” continues the letter.
Cho adds, “You have a tremendous amount of influence on young people – won’t you please consider using your platform to advocate kindness toward animals?”
There’s been no response yet from the rapper-enterpreneur. What do you think about the headphones?
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do those really exist?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/1
also who would wear fox fur headphones
I mean really
though aren't foxes menace animals sometimes?
or r u an extremist just like him
They give animal rights groups everywhere a bad name
I hate that these people are automatically "the face" of animal rights. A bunch of insufferable shits.
I love all panda so I'm probably biased
Edited at 2012-01-08 04:11 pm (UTC)
altho legislation recently passed that closed this loophole (which allowed retailers and labels to lie about fur w/ a market value of less than $150 or some shit), but people are still doing it
because teenagers don't take care of shit