Animal rights nude protest.Byline: By JOHN FALLON John Fallon (born Cambuslang, 1940) was a goalkeeper for Celtic F.C., who was a member of the famous Lisbon Lions of 1967. Fallon was taken on as a junior by Celtic, and soon was promoted to cover for the famous eccentric keeper Frank Haffey. ANIMAL rights activists will today strip off to protest outside a shop in protest at fur clothes. The activists have targeted the Brown Thomas Brown Thomas & Company Limited is a chain of four department stores located in Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick. Owned by the Wittington Investment Group, Brown Thomas is an upmarket chain, akin to Canada's Holt Renfrew chain and Britain's Selfridges stores, which are also in Galway and have threatened go nude in front of the store at midday. Spokesman John Carmody said they will be taking the action in a bid to discourage shoppers from buying fur items this winter. He added: "I'll gladly bare my skin if it will help save animals skins. With so many new faux furs, there's absolutely no reason to wear real fur." |
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