Folks for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) bosses have remarkable Lisa Marie Presley’s commitment to animal rights following her death.
Lisa Lange, Senior Vice President of PETA, honoured Lisa Marie’s legacy as “a pal to animals” in a assertion on Thursday, recalling how the singer/songwriter helped free a chimpanzee named after her and housed two canines for the length of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Lisa Marie Presley used to be no longer simplest a proficient singer-songwriter, loving wife, and mom but additionally a pal to animals,” Lange expressed. “After learning that an Elvis impersonator had named a chimpanzee after her and used to be exploiting her for profit, she efficiently teamed up with PETA to discontinuance the unencumber of her namesake to a sanctuary. And he or she didn’t discontinue there.
“Early within the COVID-19 pandemic, when shelters were in desperate need of foster families, Lisa Marie and her twin daughters space an shimmering example by opening their home and hearts to two canines. Despite the reality that the Lights Out singer has handed away, her brilliant imaginative and prescient for animals will proceed to encourage all of us at PETA.”
On Thursday morning, Lisa Marie, 54, used to be rushed to the properly being facility after suffering a cardiac arrest at her home in Calabasas, California.
Her family announced the sad news of her passing later that day.
“It’s miles with a heavy coronary heart that I must part the devastating news that my shimmering daughter Lisa Marie has left us,” her mom, Priscilla Presley, wrote in a assertion. “She used to be the most passionate, stable and loving woman I essentially have ever known.”
As properly as to her mom, Lisa Marie is survived by her three daughters; Riley, 33, and 14-year-ragged twins Harper and Finley.