PETA gift Angelina and Brad with rescued chinchillas
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have been given a very special wedding present - a pair of rescued chinchillas.
The couple wed in secret in France at the weekend (23Aug14) and now activists at PETA have honoured the animal-loving pair by naming two newly-free pets after them.
Brad and Angelina are up for adoption at PETA's Virginia
headquarters after the organisation's leaders closed down one of
the largest chinchilla ranches in California.
Announcing the furry wedding gift, PETA senior vice president Lisa
Lange tells WENN, "Among Brad's and Angelina's kind acts are their
animal rescues, as well as making their wardrobes fur-free, so
naming two of PETA's rescued chinchillas in their honour seems an
apt wedding present.
"We can all follow this couple's great example, and help
chinchillas like Brad and Angelina, by refusing to wear any real
animal fur."
The pets are two of more than 400 chinchillas rescued from Valley
View Chinchilla Ranch, where animals deemed not suitable as pets
were electrocuted and skinned so their pelts could be made into
bedspreads, coats and scarves.
PETA bosses have sent the newlyweds a letter alerting them to their
wedding present.