PETA protests Gap stores use of leather products
NYP2000030906 - 09 MARCH 2000 - NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA: Singer Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders is arrested for protesting with PETA members, March 9, in a Gap store window in New York. jr/ep/Ezio Petersen UPI
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