AnimaNaturalis: Protesters strip off in anti-leather demo in Barcelona, Spain [PHOTOS]

While the weather was pretty chilly in Barcelona over the weekend, this didn't stop anti-leather protesters from stripping off and splashing themselves with fake blood.

Photo courtesy AnimaNaturalis

Almost 200 people braved the weather and stripped off their clothing, splashing themselves with fake blood this weekend in a protest against the use of animal skins and fur in clothing.

According to Francisco Vásquez Neira, the president of AnimaNaturalis International, which staged the protest, every year the demonstration is betting bigger and bigger. 

"Thanks to social media, we are getting more attention than ever." 

Impactante protesta de @AnimaNaturalis contra el uso de abrigos de pieles #vistetupropiapiel https://t.co/ho9FLcq2Lk pic.twitter.com/JiIB8jywxt

— LaTorturaNoEsCultura (@LTNEC) December 7, 2015

On the group's website they state, "For the tenth consecutive year, more than a hundred people from around Spain and across the world gathered in Barcelona to brave the cold winter temperatures and get naked to protest against the use of animal skin."

As per the website for AnimaNaturalis, the demonstrators lay one on top of the other in the protest "like the bodies of the dead animals once they have been skinned."

The protesters displayed signs reading, "How many lives just for a coat?" in English, Spanish and Catalan.

Aída Gascón the head of AnimaNaturalis in Spain told The Local, "Leather garments have been wrongly associated with luxury and fashion and this is the way of thinking that must change because if there is no demand, there will be no supply." 

#Animanaturalis Stop using furs' coats protest performance in #Barcelona https://t.co/ZcwSPqyUyv pic.twitter.com/m0JNToFCF4

— Demotix (@Demotix) December 6, 2015

"Nowadays there are many alternative clothing options without taking the skin and the life of an animal," she added. 

Sources: AnimaNaturalis / The Local