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"Thousands of petitioners have signed their names to signal that they disapprove of Janet Jackson&amp;#x27;s latest fashion endeavor: The vegan and self-professed animal lover is the latest face of Blackglama furs, which, predictably, has the PETA people and a bunch of other animal rights activists up in arms. Janet is currently fronting a the &amp;quot;What becomes a legend most&amp;quot; campaign for the label, modeling mink coats and scarves she helped design, despite the fact that she&amp;#x27;s spoken out against fur in the past. PETA&amp;#x27;s senior VP, Dan Mathews, sent the pop star a letter (via Black Voices) that read: &amp;quot;You told me that you were always aggravated at photo shoots when stylists would try to throw fur on you and that you were even wary of wearing fake fur out of concern that it might actually be real or look real in photos and send the wrong message...You were very straightforward and sensible about it. What happened?&amp;quot; And now Care2, a social action network, has started a petition site to speak out against her latest campaign. They claim that &amp;quot;an average of 40 minks must be killed to make one fur coat,&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;unfortunately, these minks will live their lives in cramped cages before being killed by poison, electrocution, suffocation or gas.&amp;quot; They already have close to 6,500 signatures imploring Janet to &amp;quot;Cancel your fur line!&amp;quot; As for Janet, she spoke only of style in defense of her decision: &amp;quot;The art of fashion is one of my great passions,&amp;quot; she said in a press statement. So...what do you ladies think of this sticky situation? Does Janet have the right to design and promote anything she wants, despite her veganism and her past claims to be an animal lover? Or do you find this campaign highly hypocritical? Will you sign Care2&amp;#x27;s petition to ask Janet to shut down the line? What&amp;#x27;s your take on celebrities speaking out against fur and then wearing it? Discuss! PLUS! - West Hollywood becomes the first U.S. city to ban fur - $14 billion worth of furs were sold in 2010! - How to look chic in a faux fur jacket Photo: via Blackglama"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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