Infamous vegan activist Tash Peterson has sparked outrage and confusion after taking to the streets wearing nothing but a bikini and fake blood to protest against the sale of items made from animal skin.
The half-naked activist staged a bloody protest outside David Jones on Hay Street in Perth’s CBD on Monday, in a joint protest with animal rights organisation PETA against the department store giant.
She made her message loud and clear as she lay on a ‘blood-soaked chopping board’ that read: ‘David Jones: Throws wild animal skins.’
In a video posted on her Instagram, Peterson said that “animals are not jackets, bags and belts, they are people who feel pain.”
“Animals are brutally tortured, abused and killed alive with their skins turned into jackets, shoes, bags and belts,” she said as she stood on the block.
Shoppers walked past as another person was seen eating their lunch behind the activist as she continued her furious rant against David Jones.
“This is blatant animal abuse, animals should have the right to live just like us,” she said.
Her snake-print bikini was meant to resemble an “abused reptile” to alert the public to her allegations of animal abuse.
Celebrity vegan activist Tash Peterson (pictured) appeared scantily clad and covered in fake blood to protest against David Jones in Perth’s CBD.
The latest act comes after Peterson pleaded guilty to one count of disorderly conduct and criminal damage for a similar act at another Perth shopping centre two days before Christmas in December.
Previous incidents included the moment she poured fake blood on the glass of a butcher’s shop and two separate confrontations at the Fyre restaurant in the northern Perth suburb of Connolly last year.
Last week, Peterson promised West Australians that their protests would be more “tactical”.
But on Monday, Peterson returned to the streets to take part in bloody stunts while describing punishments for his previous protests as “absurd.”
“It’s absurd that pouring fake blood in a butcher’s shop to draw attention to animal cruelty is seen as a crime, while real blood and body parts of murder victims sold in that same butcher’s shop is legal,” she explained as she walked down Hay Street in a bikini.
He also claimed that an undercover police officer had “infiltrated” his group to “gather information about my activism.”
The protest (pictured) came just a week after Ms Peterson pleaded guilty to one count of disorderly conduct and criminal damage over an incident in December.
“The police are investing huge resources in trying to stop me from protesting for animal rights,” he told his supporters.
But I want to be clear: I will never stop speaking out on behalf of the most oppressed victims on this planet.
Peterson is currently banned from leaving Western Australia under a six-month community order issued by a Joondalup Magistrates Court magistrate last month.
He was also fined thousands of dollars and ordered to complete 30 hours of community service.
Previous antics have led Western Australian police and policymakers to describe her as “Australia’s biggest pest”.
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