Anti-fur activists to stage protest

Anti-fur activists are to march along Dublin’s Grafton Street today to call for an end to the trade.

The Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade (Caft) said masked protestors will be carrying bloody animal skins in a coffin as it demonstrates outside Barnardo’s Fur Shop at the bottom of the shopping street.

A spokesman said the group will be acting to stop the thousands of animals skinned, electrocuted and gassed for the fur business.

The demonstration will begin at 2pm at the bottom of Grafton Street before stopping outside other shops in Castle Market and South Anne Street.

A spokeswoman said the group had to rely on the stark image of the coffin and bloodied skins in order to get the message across to shoppers.

She said: “The message is: 'Don’t wear animal skins. You are wearing death.'”