London,
(ANI):
Spice
Girl-turned-designer
Victoria
Beckham
has
been
targeted
by
PETA
threatening
to
pull
their
most
controversial
stunt
ever
-
by
dousing
her
in
lizard
blood.
Aides
for
Beckham
are
being
forced
to
bolster
security
when
she
comes
to
the
UK
ahead
of
the
launch
of
her
new
handbag
collection.
Furious
that
Victoria's
bags
-
made
from
crocodile,
lizard
and
calf
leather
-
are
being
billed
as
next
season's
ultimate
accessory,
the
animal
rights'
activists
are
planning
a
spectacular
coup
d'etat.
"PETA
have
been
on
Victoria's
back
for
weeks,
sending
email
after
email,
and
even
publicly
Tweeting
her,
posting
things
like,
'Skins
are
never
posh,
Posh'.
But
it's
not
as
if
Victoria
is
going
to
the
Everglades
and
strangling
the
crocs
with
her
bare
hands," the
Mirror
quoted
a
source
as
saying.
“Peta
know
she
is
highprofile
and
that
whatever
stunt
they
pull
will
garner
mass
publicity.
The
fact
her
bags
were
so
well
received
at
her
recent
showcase
in
New
York
has
simply
given
them
more
incentive.
"One
of
the
ideas
being
mooted
is
that
Victoria
gets
covered
in
a
bucket
of
animal
blood
-
cow
or
lizard
-
at
her
next
UK
public
appearance.
Another
rather
sick
suggestion
was
to
pelt
crocodile
feet
at
her
when
she
goes
to
an
editors'
lunch
in
London
next
month.
Victoria
tries
not
to
surround
herself
with
bodyguards
but
her
security
has
had
to
be
increased," the
source
added.
Last
night
a
spokeswoman
for
Victoria
said:
"Everyone
is
entitled
to
personal
opinion
and
choice,
but
as
with
all
Victoria
Beckham
products,
the
handbags
are
made
to
the
highest
quality
and
design.
These
skins
sit
strictly
within
the
CITES
(Convention
on
International
Trade
in
Endangered
Species)
regulations,
and
are
monitored
at
every
step
of
production.
The
skins
are
farmed
in
America
under
very
tight
guidelines."