Oh No They Didn't! - PETA blasts Beyonce for custom sneakers made of 5 different animal skins

PETA blasts Beyonce for custom sneakers made of 5 different animal skins #jayz

Frankly, they look like a reasonably ordinary pair of white trainers. But try telling that to Beyonce – or animal rights campaigners. For these shoes, commissioned by the singer, are made from no fewer than five different animal skins: stingray, anaconda, ostrich, crocodile and calf. Fans and animal welfare groups alike condemned Beyonce, 31, as ‘cruel’ and ‘spoilt’ for having the trainers made. A spokesman for animal charity PETA said: ‘These custom-made kicks come with a high price – and it’s paid by the various animals who were beaten and skinned alive or cruelly farmed and killed.’ He added: ‘We hope that one day she’ll go completely cruelty-free.’ Andrew Tyler, director of Animal Aid, described the trainers as ‘a brazen publicity stunt’. ‘The less that is said about it the better,’ he added. The cream colour shoes are a take on the wedge-style trainer, made popular by...

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