Fur flies as sultry activists bare skin

Sultry animal rights activists stripped down in freezing weather to try to save the hides of animals.

Sultry animal rights activists stripped down in the freezing weather to bare their skin on Friday to try to save the hides of millions of animals slaughtered for fur garments.

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Wearing nothing more than flimsy underwear, painted-on leopard spots, cat's ears and carrying a banner reading "Only Animals Should Wear Fur", two young women from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) marched down the street at the busy commercial block of Myeongdong.

A crowd of curious, mostly male onlookers feasted their eyes on the activists who braved the numbing winter weather to show their skins and shout slogans.

But, several plainclothes policemen quickly forced their way through the group, wrapped the two naked women with blankets and overcoats and dragged them to a nearby police station.

The two were then charged with "indecent exposure" and ordered to appear before court where they will likely be fined, said Lisa Franzetta, one of the two protestors and the coordinator of PETA's international "Anti-Fur" Campaign.

"People just need to know if they are buying fur coat ... that animal was either electrocuted, or poisoned or had their neck broken simply for the sake of fashion," she said.

"We know when the Korean people become more aware of the really incredible suffering and violence behind the fur industry, they will reject fur.