Hollywood celebrities intending to donate luxury goods to a fund-raising auction to benefit the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals were rebuffed by the highly principled organization. An offer of an expensive silk gown from actress Susan Sarandon was rejected because silkworms lost their lives in the process of making it. Restaurant-chain owner Rocky Aoki offered a 1974 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, but the offer was rejected because the car's interior had "the skin of a cow in it."

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