
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, November 27, 1993                   TAG: 9311270169
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: NEW YORK                                LENGTH: Short

FUR PROTESTERS TAKE MESSAGE TO NEW YORK

Furriers watched from behind locked storefronts Friday as more than 1,000 animal-rights activists marched through New York's fur district in an annual protest against pelts.

Marchers yelled "Shame on you!" at a few passers-by they spotted wearing fur coats on Seventh Avenue, also called Fashion Avenue - though stickers on street signs changed that to "Compassion Avenue."

Vamp horror queen Elvira rode atop a hearse surrounded by black-suited men carrying signs that said "Fur is Dead."

Furriers didn't lock their doors out of fear; their stores are always locked to prevent thefts. Counter-protesters taped fliers to lamp posts and mailboxes reading "Aren't you tired of animal activists telling you what you can't eat or wear?"

Police estimated the crowd at 1,000 to 1,200; protest organizers put it at 2,000.

In Roanoke, activists demonstrated in front of two downtown fur merchants. - Associated Press

by CNB