Chrissie Hynde and three others were arrested for protesting in the window of a Gap clothing

store against what she said was the clothing chain’s use of leather from cows slaughtered in India, where cattle are

sacred. Despite the company’s claims that the “Made in India” labels in its leather jackets did not mean that the leather originates in India, Hynde stated “India does not import leather, and it is the largest exporter of leather in the world….So it seems highly unlikely that the Gap buys its leather from America, where the slaughterhouse practices are considered humane

and legal, and send the leather to India, stitch up the jacket and send it back to America.”

PETA director Dan Mathews said Gap was buying its leather ”from a black market … where it’s illegal to kill cows. And they have

assumed no responsibility.”