On November 26, 2004 members of Mercy For Animals held a silent vigil against the violent and bloody fur industry outside Easton Town Center Mall. The protest marked Fur-Free Friday, a national day of action held the day after Thanksgiving, traditionally the busiest shopping day of the year.

MFA members displayed signs, banners, and distributed literature describing how every year millions of animals are trapped, drowned, and beaten to death in the wild and gassed, strangled, and electrocuted on fur farms before being made into garments. An activist wearing a “body screen TV” aired graphic footage depicting animals suffering on fur farms. Television news coverage of the event reached thousands of Columbus residents with the message that there is nothing fashionable about animal cruelty.

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