Animal rights activists protest Gucci store opening in Edinburgh

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2024-09-20

Edinburgh (PA Media/dpa) - Animal rights activists have staged a protest outside the new Gucci store as it opened in Edinburgh, urging the luxury brand to end the use of reptile skins. Demonstrators from People from the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) stood outside the shop holding signs that read: "Gucci: ban wild-animal skins." Footage posted on social media showed two people walking into the store on Multrees Walk holding the signs aloft b......

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