Beyoncé Gets Served on Fur

We’ve faxed polite letters to her, mailed her videos, and held lively rallies outside her concerts. We even ran a full-page open letter to her in Billboard magazine. The only thing that PETA hasn’t tried to do to reach Beyoncé about the suffering of animals killed for their fur is to have a frank discussion with her over dinner—until last week. A recent eBay auction offered fans a chance to have dinner with Beyoncé, and PETA—unbeknownst to Beyoncé—placed the winning bid, giving us an unusual opportunity to talk to her directly about the chinchillas who are electrocuted for their pelts and how other animals are gassed, strangled, or literally skinned alive before they are made into fur coats.

When Beyoncé’s car arrived to pick up her “fans,” they were whisked away to trendy New York City eatery, Nobu 57, where Beyoncé settled down for dinner and drinks along with her crew, her sister Solange, and her mother, Tina Knowles (who also happens to be the inspiration behind Beyoncé’s hideously furry fashion line).

After placing their orders, Beyoncé’s animal-loving dinner companions pelted her with questions such as “Beyoncé, many of your fans would like to know why you don’t care about how minks, foxes, and chinchillas are gassed, strangled, and electrocuted for vanity and if you might have it in your heart to recognize that fur is not only cheap and tacky but also horribly cruel?”

Before a stunned Beyoncé could react, the fur foe from PETA pulled out a portable DVD player and showed her Pamela Anderson’s exposé of the fur industry—complete with graphic video footage of animals who are trapped, drowned, and electrocuted for their pelts—and asked, “Beyoncé, your fans want you to do the right thing for animals who are skinned alive, beaten, and tortured for their fur, so if you won’t accept our DVD, will you please log onto FurIsDead.com to see the video footage that inspired people to write to PETA to help to get you to stop wearing animal skins?”

Beyoncé didn’t stick around for dessert, but PETA hopes that its message will stick—and that Destiny’s “Problem” Child will have a change of heart about fur.

View video footage of Beyoncé’s encounter with PETA.

Please write polite letters encouraging Beyoncé to set a kind example for her fans by dropping fur from her wardrobe:

Beyonce Knowles
c/o Yvette Noel-Schure
Columbia Records
550 Madison Ave., 26th floor
New York, NY 10022
Ph. 212-833-4483
Fax 212-833-8536
yvette_noel-schure@sonymusic.com