Beats By Dre linked up with Oscar De Le Renta to create a limited edition headphone line complimented with silver fox fur.  The infamous animal rights organization PETA did not receive this news well, and wrote a personal letter to Dr. Dre.  According to PETA, Dre has a lot of animal-loving fans.  The new headphones retail for $695.  Check out the full letter below.

“Dear Dre,

I hope this message finds you well. As you may know, PETA is the largest animal rights organization in the world, with more than 3 million members and supporters dedicated to the protection of animals. You have many fans here.

We’re writing today after reading about your new fox-fur headphones design with Oscar de la Renta. We wanted to get in touch to urge you to keep fur and exotic-animal skins out of your Beats by Dre designs. Foxes, minks, rabbits, and other animals—including cats and dogs—are bludgeoned, genitally electrocuted, strangled with wire nooses, drowned, and even skinned alive for their pelts. Most animals killed for their fur are slaughtered in China, where there are no penalties for those who abuse animals on fur farms.

Please take a moment to view this short video on the fur trade, hosted by actor Eva Mendes.

With so many fashionable, cruelty-free materials available these days, we hope that you will keep animals in mind and choose not to use fur or exotic skins in your collection. You’d be joining designers such as Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Marc Bouwer, and Vivienne Westwood, who have banned fur from their designs.

You have a tremendous amount of influence on young people—won’t you please consider using your platform to advocate kindness toward animals by pledging never to design with real fur and exotic skins?

With kind regards,
Michelle Cho PETA”

(via 2dopeboyz)