PETA’s Campaign Urging Hermès to Drop Wildlife Skins
PETA entities have documented how in the fashion industry, workers hack at crocodiles’ necks and shove metal rods down their spines, chop off conscious lizards’ heads with machetes, and electrically stun ostriches before slitting their throats in full view of their terrified flock mates.
PETA is urging Hermès to stop using skin taken from snakes, crocodiles, alligators, or other animals in its collections. See our latest actions below, and send Hermès a message!
Update (29 April 2025): PETA Entities Speak Out Ahead of Shareholder Meeting
Ahead of the Hermès shareholders’ meeting on April 30, PETA France sent a letter to the mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine, Jean-Christophe Fromantin, requesting permission to place a memorial in the town’s cemetery, where founder Thierry Hermès is buried. The tombstone would commemorate the wild animals killed for the brand’s “luxury” bags.
PETA US, which owns stock in the company, will also be asking Executive Chair Axel Dumas to address a question on wild-animal skins during the meeting.
3D rendering illustration of a tombstone nr.4
Update (28 September 2024): Activists Take Over Hermès Runway
Update (30 April 2024): Hermès Challenged to Visit Exotic-Skins Abattoirs With PETA
Update (7 November 2023): BREAKING: PETA Supporters Crash Hermès Event in London
Update (19 July 2023): Hermès Should Respect Jane Birkin’s Legacy and Drop Croc
Update (8 September 2021): Hermès Store Hit With PETA ‘Crocodile’ Protesters
Update (6 May 2021): PETA US Protesters in Heels and Hazmat Suits Call On Hermès to Ban Exotic Skins
Update (6 June 2017): Activists Speak Up for Animals at Prada and Hermès Annual Meetings
Update (28 July 2015): Jane Birkin Demands That Luxury Hermès Birkin Handbags Be Renamed!
Update (1 July 2015): Will This Naked, ‘Bleeding’ Activist Persuade Hermès to Ditch Reptile Skins?
