Toronto: Urge Pharrell Williams to nix cruel animal skins

Please join local PETA supporters outside the Pharrell Williams’ Piece by Piece documentary and biopic screening at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) to call out Pharrell, Louis Vuitton’s men’s creative director, for his disgraceful use of wild animal skins and fur in his collections.

Animals raised and killed for fur are confined to tiny, filthy cages before they’re electrocuted, bludgeoned, gassed, or even skinned alive. A PETA Asia investigation into slaughterhouses in Indonesia that supply LVMH shows snakes being inflated with water, bashed with hammers, and cut with razors while likely still conscious. PETA entities have also documented how workers in the fashion industry hack at crocodiles’ necks and shove metal rods down their spines, chop off conscious lizards’ heads with machetes, and electrically stun ostriches before slitting their throats in full view of their terrified flockmates.

We are calling on Pharrell to stop being complicit in cruelty and help pull Louis Vuitton out of the dark ages by shunning the antiquated use of animal skins.

To learn more and to take action please visit: https://support.peta.org/page/70082/action/1?locale=en-US

Here are the details:

WHEN: Saturday, September 7th, 2024 7:30am – 9am ET

WHERE: Scotiabank Theatre: 259 Richmond St W, Toronto, ON M5V 3M6, Canada (Please see map here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ziTYr7fmHhVHXG8p6)

CONTACT: Racheli Holstein, RacheliH@peta.org

All materials (such as posters and leaflets) will be provided.

Please wear business-professional clothing and dress sharply. Looking uniform helps our message come across much stronger!

Please refrain from bringing dogs as there may not be shade or a safe place for them to lie down during the protest.

Note that reserved parking will not be available, and please be prepared for the weather.

Outreach events are a fun and effective way to help animals as well as meet local advocates, so be sure to invite others!