PETA prez to work for used car dealer!
 Bidding has ended to hire PETA president Ingrid Newkirk for a day, and the winner … is … a … Vista, Calif. used car dealer, Bear Auto Sales(!?), whose logo is pictured here. We weep—our fantasies about Anna Wintour or J. Lo employing her as a slave—with The Insider covering the story exclusively!— are all for naught. The price “bearautovista” paid was $43,600 … and now we’re left struggling to find the angle here. Does this car dealer perhaps employ the services of a dancing bear which she’d have to take care of? Will she be forced to clean remnants of roadkill off of pickup trucks the dealer has for resale? We’re bereft … and somehow, we don’t think this was what PETA had in mind, either. Meanwhile, we’ll sit around wondering what buzz—besides this confused post—this whole thing generates. [UPDATE: PETA commented to this post by pointing to its release on this subject. The people who "bought" Newkirk are animal-rights activists. Newkirk has the choice of either spending a day at a spa or "going naked for a day to protest fur."]
—Posted by Catharine P. Taylor
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November 10, 2005 | Permalink
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How about an ad headlined, "PETA President Works For Bear - Says, "I've never sold for a more ethical animal!"
Okay, it needs some work....
DanO
Posted by: DanO | Nov 10, 2005 5:43:28 PM
The winners actually want Ingrid to do a naked fur protest. You can read the news release at peta.org.
Posted by: Holly | Nov 11, 2005 8:55:23 AM
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