We’ve already written about what sells in advertising… babies, pets and sex. The new PETA ads hit 2 out of 3 on the money.
PETA’s latest ad featuring Joanna Krupa has already managed to piss off the Catholic Church. Fox 411reports:
“The fact is that cats and dogs are a lot safer in pet stores than they are in the hands of PETA employees,” Catholic League President Bill Donohue said in a statement. “Moreover, pet stores don’t rip off Christian iconography and engage in cheap irreligious claims.”
“PETA is a fraud,” Donohue continued. “It also has a long and disgraceful record of exploiting Christian and Jewish themes to hawk its ugly services. Those who support this organization sorely need a reality check. They also need a course in Ethics 101.”
Krupa issued a statement responding to the Catholic League, saying: “As a practicing Catholic, I am shocked that the Catholic League is speaking out against my PETA ads. I’m doing what the Catholic Church should be doing, working to stop senseless suffering of animals, the most defenseless of God’s creation.”
Here are the ads, in all their glory, plus a little reminder from past PETA classics along the same theme lines:
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Many years ago, Pope John Paul II came out in support for environmental issues and preservation of life on all accounts. PETA has defaced the source of all life and He who ended all blood sacrifice.