The ladies of the lingerie football league are wearing less clothes than normal for a new PETA ad. The “Tackle Cruelty: Bench Fur” ad campaign features a video interview with members of the Chicago Bliss LFL team as well as a nude photo-shoot.

PETA writes:

“The ladies of the Lingerie Football League (LFL) are some seriously tough cookies… These bombshell athletes teamed up with PETA to use their fame and fit figures to show the world that fur should be permanently cut from the roster. They jumped at the chance to draw attention to the millions of animals who are abused and killed for their skins each year.”

The Huffington Post reports that the girls from the Chicago Bliss team also traveled with PETA to a demonstration in Toronto. The girls, in their lingerie football uniforms, carried signs that read “Tackle Cruelty: Bench Fur” and encouraged people to ditch fur this holiday season.

PETA Campaigner Emily Lavender said in a press statement:

“Wearing fur is a personal foul. With so many stylish, warm, and durable fabrics available today, there’s no excuse for wearing anyone’s skin.”

Here’s PETA’s interview with the lingerie football players. (NSFW for animal cruelty.)

PETA writes:

“On fur farms around the world, chinchillas, foxes, minks, raccoons—and even dogs and cats—suffer from the time they are born until their final breath. Many people are shocked to learn that fur farms use the cheapest and crudest slaughter methods available, including bludgeoning, gassing, and anal electrocution.”

What do you think of PETA’s lingerie football ad? The animal right’s website will be launching a PETA.xxx website which will feature similar videos to the one above. PETA is hoping to bring people to its site with the promise of naked ladies, then shocking them with facts and images of animal abuse.

Do you think that’s the right approach to raise awareness about animal abuse?

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Update: June 1st, 2011

At the request of Melissa Berry, a model and player on the Lingerie Football League Tampa Breeze team, we’ve removed the photo gallery originally linked on this page.

The Inquisitr strives to accurately and totally cover the stories on which we report- however, Melissa prefers the images not be published here and we respect her feelings on the matter.

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(Note: The reporter’s audio track seems to be missing from this clip. It doesn’t really matter, though.)

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Photo slideshow here. Gotta love the local media and their eye for, erm, news.

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