PETA WATCH

FLAMBOYANT American figure skater Johnny Weir, now best friends with Aussie media personality Eddy McGuire, says he has been unfairly targeted by militant pressure group PETA for wearing a pelt of white fox fur on his shoulder and leather skates.

But in defiance to the lobby Weir claims he won't be caving in to PETA's perpetual pontificating.

'I like fur and I like things that come from dead animals,' he said.

Weir believes he has been unfairly targeted by the lobby at the Vancouver Olympics because nearly all skaters are wearing leather skates.

In other FUR news, the Independent reports that the forthcoming New York Fashion Week will be awash with fur. Designers had better be on the watch for the inevitable red paint...