PETA's Naked Fish Protest at Bayfront Park FAIL!

Despite us bashing PETA for its excessive use of sex to sell its point, we admit we were a bit intrigued that the group was planning to stage a "lie-in" at Bayfront Park while posing as "naked fish." Can't blame us for getting excited about any kind of disturbance in...

By Jose D. Duran

September 24, 2009

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Despite us bashing PETA for its excessive use of sex to sell its point, we admit we were a bit intrigued that the group was planning to stage a "lie-in" at Bayfront Park while posing as "naked fish." Can't blame us for getting excited about any kind of disturbance in a city where people seem to take a stand only when it involves Fidel Castro.

Alas, seems like it wasn't what we had hoped for. "Naked" meant girls in pasties, which doesn't qualify as naked in our book. And the only people there seemed to be the five "naked fish," some PETA coordinators, a few photographers, and Miami Police. Nobody got hauled off to jail, nobody got splashed with red paint, and nobody got naked. "The most interesting thing that happened was when the cops came and said [the "naked fish"] couldn't lay there, so they had to stand up," reported our photographer, Logan Fazio.

Click here to view the full slide show of today's protest.

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Jose D. Duran is associate editor of Miami New Times where he primarily oversees the arts and culture and music beats. Jose joined the New Times staff in June 2008 but has been covering Miami culture since 2005. His work has also appeared in publications likeVice, Billboard, and Spin. He’s earned numerous accolades including placing first for Weekly Newspaper Contest: Business Reporting from the Florida Press Association in 2020; placing third for the Writing: Light Feature from the Florida Press Club in 2019; and placing third in Weekly Newspaper Contest: Best Obituary from the Florida Press Association in 2015. Jose holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Florida.

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