The Nation - News from Dec. 16, 1985

Seven animal-rights activists, including one dressed as Santa Claus, were arrested in a Bullock’s department store in Los Angeles as part of a nationwide protest against the sale of fur coats, said Margo Tannenbaum, a spokeswoman for a group called Last Chance for Animals. Other activists targeted fur-selling stores in 23 locations around the country “to show furs are . . . a symbol of pain and suffering.” A total of 66 arrests were made. In Los Angeles, bail was set at $500 each for those arrested.