After watching Tokio Hotel's recent DVD, Caught on Camera, two things became very clear to me—the boys in Tokio Hotel are hilarious, and they really care about animals. When the subject of their rather elaborate entrance to MTV's Video Music Awards on a monster truck came up, the boys took the opportunity to mention how they felt about rapper T-Pain arriving on an elephant.
Tokio Hotel's vocalist (with the best hair ever, I might add), Bill Kaulitz, said "it was sheer cruelty—it was that." Bill's brother and Tokio Hotel's guitarist, Tom, followed Bill's thought by saying "I hate zoos and circuses. People shouldn't take their children to either one." We couldn't agree more, boys! Circuses are certainly no fun for animals, as they are confined to small enclosures, forced to do tricks, beaten with sharp metal bullhooks, and unable to live a normal life. Thankfully, there are quite a few all human circuses out there, which are a very entertaining alternative!
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i am not shocked at how much they love animals…but i am shocked that they can be associated with peta at all considering bill wears leather jackets a lot (used to be almost constantly)
It's fake leather…
I've seen a few posts here about Bill wearing leather and loving McDonald's etc. Caught on Camera (dvd) was from several years back. The whole band are not vegetarian as far as I know but Bill and Tom have said that they do not eat meat. Also, there have been an increasing number of 'leather' looks being used in the fashion industry including well-known designers like Karl Lagerfeld who used fake fur in his last collection. I believe Bill had his stage costumes made for him using pvc or a leather-look material.
bill has always wear fake leather!!! seriously you can hear him saying it in their last dvd humanoid city live in the bonus material (their tokio hotel'tv episode)he said that he has always been animal friendly and that he's much happier wearing fake leather..he hates furs!!!
anyway i'm glad that the twins are a part of peta..now i think they should work hard to convince the other two..:)
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Yeah,Bill and Tom is vegetarian and they really care about animals.Bill said that in interview(in photoshoot for PETA):"When an animal caged,It just don't understand,It's just locked in.I can't stand it.If I think about it,It brings tears to my eyes."And Bill said that too:"The first dog we got was from an animal shelter it was seriously injured.He had burns all over his ears,because the former owner put out his cigarettes on his ears.He had bad teeth, because they gave him beer when he was young.These are experiences,that have influenced us.Absolutely!"