Morrissey se presentará en el Royal Oak Music Theatre, en las afueras de Detroit. previo a su show, él ha escrito una carta a General Motors, después de que un video de PETA mostraban cómo los proveedores de cuero del fabricante de coche maltrataban a sus animales. En la carta, Moz pide a GM ofrecer interiores de cuero vegano por sus modelos Chevrolet Volt y Bolt.
A principios de este año, PETA y The Smiths colaboraron en un juego de video llamado «The Beautiful Creature Must Die«, siendo parte del soundtrack utilizando el tema Meat Is «Murder» en versión instrumental. Recientemente, Microcosm Publishing anunció una libro de cocina vegetariana de Morrissey.
Mary T Barra
Chair and CEO
General Motors Company
21 November 2016
Dear Ms Barra,
As I head to Detroit to play the Royal Oak Music Theatre, I’m writing to ask GM to make Chevy’s Volt and Bolt more eco-friendly by giving buyers the option to choose vegan leather interiors–including steering wheels and gear shifts. GM is named in PETA’s brand-new investigation of cattle ranches, on which animals are branded on the face, electro-shocked, and beaten before they’re slaughtered and used to make leather interiors for car companies, including yours.
More and more people are opting for vegan leather for the sake of both cows and the environment. A staggering 51 per cent of global greenhouse-gas emissions are caused by animal agriculture. Animal skins also have to be treated with a toxic soup of chemicals in order to keep them from decomposing, and runoff from leather tanneries poisons vital waterways.
Given that the Volt and Bolt are being marketed to eco-conscious buyers, entirely vegan options would only broaden their appeal. I look forward to your reply.
Yours sincerely,
Morrissey
