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Sir Paul Sees Red over China Fur
Back in the U.S.S.R.? No problem. Just don't expect Paul McCartney to play Beijing anytime soon.
The former Beatle has vowed never to perform in China after seeing footage of dogs and cats killed for their fur.
"I wouldn't even dream of going over there to play, in the same way I wouldn't go to a country that supported apartheid," McCartney says during a BBC News feature on animal cruelty in the Chinese fur trade.
"It's like something out of the dark ages," he continues. "It's just against every rule of humanity. I couldn't go there."
The video footage, which aired as part of BBC's Six O'Clock News Monday in England, purportedly shows screaming cats and dogs lifted out of tiny cages with metal tongs and thrown over a seven-foot fence. A bag of cats is seen thrown into a cauldron of boiling water. Several other animals are shown being brutally killed and skinned.
"How can the host nation of the Olympics be seen allowing animals to be treated in this terrible way?" McCartney asks.
"If they want to consider themselves a civilized nation?they're going to have to stop this."
During the News program, McCartney and wife Heather Mills express horror, shock and disgust in response to the video, which was shot by an undercover investigator for PETA. Both McCartney and Mills are outspoken animal-rights activists.
Says Mills: "People in every other country in the world should now boycott Chinese goods."
But spokesman for the Chinese ambassador in London sought to downplay the McCartneys' concerns.
"Though cats and dogs are not endangered, we do not encourage the ill treatment of cats and dogs," the rep tells the news agency.
"I do not agree with Mr. McCartney and his wife's point of view...a boycott of Chinese goods and the Olympics is simply not justifiable."
No official musical lineup has been unveiled for the 2008 Summer Games and it is not known whether McCartney was being considered.
The 63-year-old rocker, still a family-friendly world icon, headlined this summer's Live 8 benefit and the Super Bowl halftime show in January. Two weeks ago, he took a break from his fall tour in support of his new release, Chaos and Creation in the Backyard, to become the first performer to play a set live for a space crew, singing "Good Day Sunshine" and the new song "English Tea" for the International Space Station.
McCartney, who also recently published his first children's book, the animal-centric High in the Clouds, wraps up his U.S. tour in Los Angeles this week. He's expected to take some time off before playing more dates in the spring.
Needless to say, China isn't on the itinerary.
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