John Lewis receives Peta's compassionate marketing award for Monty the Penguin

"Slick creations such as this ad show that using actual animals, as well as being cruel, is utterly unnecessary", said Peta, praising the John Lewis Christmas ad.

Animal protection charity Peta has praised John Lewis for its compassionate marketing, specifically for its Christmas 2014 campaign featuring a loveable computer-generated penguin called Monty. The advert, which has gone viral, was created by Adam & Eve/DDB, and breathes live into a heart-warming tale of a young boy and his toy penguin who comes to life thanks to CGI.

Mimi Bekhechi, the UK director at Peta, said:

“On-screen entertainment has progressed technologically as well as socially since the commercials of the 1970s, in which chimpanzees were forced to wear roller skates, carry pianos or pour tea from a pot. Slick creations such as this ad show that using actual animals, as well as being cruel, is utterly unnecessary.”

 

 

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