PETA protestors arrested for public indecency.
One-day demonstration was part of the group's anti-leather campaign.
Savannah Morning News
Dana Clark Felty
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Two partially nude animal rights activists said they were surprised to
be arrested Thursday during a demonstration in downtown Savannah.
Lisa Franzetta, 30, of Oakland, Calif., and Kayla Rae Worden, 42, of
Hendersonville, N.C., were dressed in thong underwear, pasties and
faux-leather shoes.
They carried a banner reading "Pleather Your Tootsies."
The pair protested the killing of animals for leather goods on behalf
of the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, based in
Norfolk, Va.
Shortly after noon, the activists were handing out pamphlets on the
southwest corner of Bull and Broughton streets when they were taken
into police custody.
Sgt. Mike Wilson, spokesman for the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan
Police, said the women were arrested for having a lewd appearance.
"They were just in their underwear," he said. "So that would qualify
as lewd appearance."
Both were taken to the Chatham County jail for the misdemeanor.
Franzetta is described by PETA as campaign coordinator for the
nonprofit organization's "Pleather" Tour, which encourages consumers
to buy synthetic materials such as vinyl, faux-leather and other
high-tech fabrics not made from animals.
The group argues that the slaughter of animals for consumer goods and
foods is inhumane.
"By showing some of our skin, we hope to save animals' skins,"
Franzetta said.
In March, Franzetta made news in a demonstration in New York's Times
Square where, wearing a fur coat, she drank from a toilet.
The group expected to take their campaign to Atlanta as well as
Charleston and Columbia, S.C.
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