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Behind The Leather: PETA Surprises Shoppers With Fake Leather Accessories

Some people tend to turn a blind eye to animal suffering when it comes to buying leather goods. Ogilvy & Mather Advertising Bangkok and PETA Asia teamed up to change this attitude. They opened a fake pop-up shop in one of Bangkok’s most trendy shopping malls and put seemingly ordinary luxury leather goods on display. However, they had a terrifying secret inside.

The inside of the bags, shoes, wallets, and other items was the ultimate definition of gore. They contained fake animal flesh, blood, one bag even had a beating heart. Unsuspecting shoppers jumped back in horror, gasping for breath. That’s what you call a wake-up call!

More info: petaasia.com

PETA Asia and Ogilvy created a fake pop-up shop in one of Bangkok’s most trendy shopping malls


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Unsuspecting shoppers jumped back in horror, gasping for breath


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Leather purses, jackets, and even gloves were filled with fake animal flesh and blood


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“Every year, at least 440,000 pythons are caught in the jungles of Southeast Asia”


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They’re cruelly decapitated


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Sometimes they’re even skinned alive…


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Just to become a trendy item…


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“An average handbag requires the slaughter of not one, but four crocodiles”


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Does this really have to be the price to pay for yet another bag?


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Watch how shoppers reacted to these bloody accessories here: