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SPECIAL FEATURE : BEVERLY HILLS LABELING INITIATIVE
In the spring of 1999, an animal rights initiative to have furs labeled with details of how the furbearers MAY have died was defeated in Beverly Hills, CA.
Website:
Beverly Hills Coalition for No on A
Biography:
The Adventures of Luke Sissyfag (a.k.a. Luke Montgomery), the brains behind the Bev Hills labeling initiative. From the Sydney Morning Herald, Mar. 23, 1996.
Articles:
May 24, 1999: Press comments on Beverly Hills labeling initiative
May 11, 1999: Beverly Hills Voters Reject "Shock Politics"
May 8, 1999: Wall Street Journal Questions Bev Hills Labeling Campaign
April 17, 1999: Don't Label Beverly Hills By Teresa Platt, Executive Director, FCUSA.
Feb. 11, 1999: In Beverly Hills, Fur Is Flying Over Truth-In-Slaughtering Label Direct link to Seattle Post-Intelligencer, with permission.
Feb. 8, 1999: Fur Labels Aren't Needed Ventura County Star editorial, reproduced with permission.
Feb. 7, 1999: Should Furs Have Tags on How Animals Were Killed? Reader's letter to Westside Weekly, a publication of the LA Times.
Feb. 5, 1999: Fur Flies As City's Name Is 'Used'; This Is A Grievous Type of Fraud Beverly Hills Courier editorial, reproduced with permission.
Feb. 3, 1999: Hold the Label in 90210 More on labeling initiative.
Jan. 9, 1999: Initiative Qualifies by A Hair. How Now in Beverly Hills?
Nov. 23, 1998: Are the Signatures Valid in Beverly Hills? Fur Farmers Think Not
Nov. 6, 1998: Animal Rights Signature Drive Goes Down in Flames in Beverly Hills
June 18, 1998: "Hold the Label," says Teresa Platt, executive director, FCUSA.