In a 2019 interview with TravelGirl, Priscilla Presley revealed that her animal advocacy started early. “I was rescuing animals when I was only five years old. I used to hide them in my closet because my dad didn’t want animals in the house,” she said. Eventually, she ended up caring for half a dozen dogs, and she set out to help canines far from her Los Angeles home.
In 2018, Presley participated in a protest against South Korea’s controversial dog meat trade. While standing in front of the consulate of South Korea in L.A., she cradled a dead dog. A fellow celeb protestor, actor Kim Basinger, also aimed to shock and horrify by holding up a gruesome photo of skinned dog carcasses. According to USA Today, the protest was organized by Last Chance for Animals founder Chris DeRose, who explained the message behind the canine cadavers that Presley and others held during the event: “The dogs represented those that are routinely tortured before they are hung, beaten, electrocuted or boiled alive on South Korean dog meat farms.”
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Some animal rights advocates spoke out against the event. “I don’t appreciate how a movement is supposed to be more powerful because there’s beautiful women exploiting a dead animal,” one critic told the National Enquirer. A few Twitter users also expressed concern over where the carcasses came from. DeRose didn’t reveal how the dogs died, but told USA Today they came from a shelter.
