Now, fur worn for educational purpose gives pause for thought.(Neighbor)(Neighborhoods)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January, 2006

Byline: Lenore Adkins As a joke, I told Judi Brownfield to watch out for the red paint PETA protesters might douse her with when she told me she planned to wear a fox wrap around her shoulders. She wore the piece for a children's book discussion she organized on "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe," that coincided with the movie's release.

PETA, which stands for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, has sometimes taken interesting measures to get its point across, including hiring uberbabe Pamela Anderson to front its "Give fur the cold shoulder" campaign - one of Anderson's famous lines was that she said she'd rather go naked than wear fur. Recently, PETA made headlines after Paris Hilton topped its 2005 worst-dressed...