PETA wants to put an anti-leather sign in front of world's largest boot sculpture at San Antonio's North Star Mall
The boots, covered with urethane foam and painted to look like ostrich skin, were molded onto a steel frame that could be disassembled and reassembled. (No animal products are involved)
The activist group hopes to put up the sign before the holiday shopping season. Mall officials say it's against company policy.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has sent a letter to North Star Mall pitching the placement of an anti-leather sign in front of the shopping destination's iconic World's Largest Cowboy Boots statue.
"Give animal leather the boot," the proposed sign would read, according to PETA's announcement. "Please shop for vegan leather: made from cactus, apple, pineapple, cork and more."
PETA hopes to put up its plea at the mall's entrance just in time for the holiday shopping season, according to its letter. A mockup provided by the activist group shows the sign partially obscuring the 35-foot-high shit kickers,[b] which have the appearance of being made from ostrich and cow leather.
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However, I'm sure there will be attempts to construct renegade signs.
It's more quirky than anything. Those boots have been there for forty years.
They were originally constructed in Washington DC
Then. they were transferred to downtown San Antonio, where they caught fire.
Shortly afterward, they were moved to the mall.
