Fur flies on catwalk

Animal rights protesters interrupted a fashion show when Otis Ferry, the pro-hunting campaigner son of rock star Bryan Ferry, was on the catwalk.

Holding signs reading "Burberry: Fur Shame" and chanting "Fur is dead", three animal-rights activists took to the catwalk during the Burberry show at Milan Fashion Week. They were later escorted out.

A spokeswoman for the activists said: "On fur farms, animals spend their entire lives confined to tiny, filthy cages, where they often go insane before they are killed by poisoning, gassing, anal electrocution or neck-breaking.

"Designers who still use fur are heartless and shameless."

Last year, Otis Ferry was one of eight people arrested for bursting into Britain's House of Commons during a debate on hunting legislation.