Save A Prayer For FIFTY MILLION animals killed for fur each year!

“fear is in your soul – say a prayer for me now”

 

Caged and deprived of everything that comes naturally to them, kicked, stomped on, bludgeoned, thrown to the ground, gassed, anally electrocuted, SKINNED ALIVE!  Does this sound like an entertaining music video to you?  This is Duran Duran’s latest video, “Girl Panic,” featuring five supermodels clad in fur, snakeskin, goat hair, feathers and leather.

 

I’ve always enjoyed Duran Duran’s music, so I was very disappointed to hear about their new video.  C’mon guys this isn’t 1982, it’s 2012, surely you’ve heard about the extreme cruelties of fur production?  The animals live in terrible conditions and are then killed in horrific ways.  A typical fur coat requires the slaughter of 35 – 125 animals.  Tragically, more than 50 million animals are killed for fur each year.  Over 2 million of them are dogs and cats.

Naomi Campbell in Duran Duran's "Girl Panic" video

 

Please scroll to the bottom and add your name and comment if you’re against Duran Duran’s promotion of fur.

We also request you contact Duran Duran to ask them to promote compassion towards animals, rather than extreme cruelty in the name of vanity.  We recommend you approach them in a respectful manner, so your message will be heard.

 

 

PLEASE NOTE:

A person that worked on the video and helped source the clothing confirmed that all of the fur garments appearing in the video are made from actual animal fur.  Information on the furs is also available in the printed UK version of Harper’s BAZAAR December 2011 issue.  We have reached out to Duran Duran, politely asking the band to stop promoting the use of animal fur and inviting them to participate in an IDA anti-fur public service announcement.  If they respond, we will post an update immediately.

 

Additionally, please politely ask the models to stop wearing fur:

Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Yasmin Le Bon: info@models1.co.uk

 

To help fur bearing animals please go to our Fur Campaign.

 

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Work every day of your life to right what is wrong.

 

882 Responses to “Save A Prayer For FIFTY MILLION animals killed for fur each year!”

  • annette masters:

    will never play their music again till, they stop promoting such inhumanity & make a public statement condemning it !!

  • Jen:

    Please have mercy on these poor animals!!!They have feelings like humans. They can sense the PAIN just like us.Please, please, and please stop promoting fur!!

  • Corey Barnes:

    Will never listen to/download Duran Duran again. Not until I see that they have come forward to announce that they will no longer use fur.

  • Emilia:

    Where are your hearts, DD???

  • Diane Lindsay:

    Hey, there is NO excuse for using animal’s fur! Please take a look at what you are doing to the animals. I know that you do not want to promote such cruelty.

  • jane eagle:

    People do NOT look attractive draped with dead animals. I have better things to spend my money on.

  • Lorri G.:

    This is absolute barbarism. This is evolution? Seriously? DDs lost a fan here.

  • Megan:

    The only fur and skin we have the right to wear is our own.
    Promote compassion and dignity for ALL lives!

  • Gina:

    Shame. You should be more aware than this.

  • Verna C.:

    Hello DD get a clue!

  • nic:

    This is appalling!!! Wearing Fur is truly evil and inhumane

  • Christi:

    Public Denouncement of all Fur-wearing, Amoral, Jack-holes IS Required by Duran Duran before I will Ever put another dime in their irresponsible, thoughtless pockets!!

  • this is unbelievable!why on earth making a video like that?if you want to draw attention to your band and song try more ethical methods!you’ll loose many fans of yours like that

  • Rose:

    This is ridiculous! Stop killing animals!

  • neslihan gedik:

    I am ashamed on behalf of these shameless people. will right a letter ASAP.

  • Liz:

    I’m not a fan of fur!

  • jackieb:

    Shame on all of you. There is NO NEED to wear fur; fur belongs on animals, not on you, you vain, pompous idiots. Would you like to be treated in such a cruel, despicable, torturous manner? ‘No’? Then stop wearing the results of such treatment and send out a clear message that you believe it is totally wrong.

  • Katrina:

    How disgusting. Shame on you Duran Duran.

  • Marie Louise Morandi Long Zwicker:

    this is despicable and disgusting. to perpetuate the wearing of fur is to perpetuate helpless animals being murdered by strangling, drowning, neck-breaking and anal electrocution. duran-duran should be ashamed of themselves for perpetrating and encouraging this hideous torture. SHAME, SHAME, SHAME!!!

  • Alicia Roland:

    How could anyone be so cruel to another living creature!!!

  • STOP!!! This cruel treatment of animals this isn’t necessary and its pure evil!!

  • Tina:

    How could they! I never did like them, tho I liked a few songs they had! But now I understand my gut feelin to y I couldn’t like that band! Shame on them!

  • Who would want to hang dead animals off their bodies anyway?? Suffering, tortured, bloody dead animals. Duran Duran, you are better than this barbaric practice. Fake fur is fun fur and no one gets hurt. Stop the murdering of innocent animals now!!

  • I love Duran Duran. It’s a shame that they feel the need to have fur in their video. DD has always prided themselves being on the cutting edge of fashion. Here they fell short. Make compassion the fashion, Guys. I’m disappointed with the Girl Panic attempt.

  • jt waldie:

    Duran Duran and all the models involved in making this video must realize they are rapidly becoming a thing of the past hence~ must su up their ingenuity to maintain status quo as celebrity. What they must realize is that animal abuse is not now and will never be condoned no matter who perpetrates this crime. This video leads to the decline in popularity of all involved. I wouldn’t buy this video or watch it because of the cruelty involved in making it. Its sad when has~beens stoop this low to attempt regaining whatever popularity they may have had.

  • Lauren Qi:

    Well now they’ve really done it! They finally showed the world what they’re truly about: selfishness and cruelty. NO ONE in this video deserves to be a celebrity.

  • Candace:

    The use of fur and support of the industry shows a lack of respect for life. There are too many socially responsible bands to spend time and money on.

  • Nessa:

    I (respectfully) withdraw from being a Duran Duran fan until they stop promoting fur in their videos.

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