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...explained by President G. Clifford Prout Jr., 32, and gleefully reported in the nation's press, the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals was founded four years ago by his late father, a St. Louis real estate man, who left $400,000 to institute an organization dedicated to the proposition that "all animals should wear clothing for the sake of decency." "It should have been the Society Against Indecency to Naked Animals, of course," explained the junior Prout disarmingly. "but unfortunately my father was a little-well, not quite of sound mind when he drew up the will...
Another Explanation. SINA, however, is not itself free from burlesque. By week's end it developed that G. Clifford Prout Sr. not only did not die in St. Louis; he did not ever live there, or anywhere. As for Junior, he turned out to be a successful writer for the Garry Moore Show. His real professional name: Buck Henry. His real real name: Buck Zuckerman...
SINA, which now claims 50,000 members in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain, was founded by the late G. Clifford Prout, who left $400,000 to his son, G. Clifford Prout, Jr., for the purpose of clothing all naked animals that appear in public, including any animal "that stands higher than four inches or is longer than six inches." The junior Prout, now president of SINA, has devoted all his energies to carrying out his father's plans, despite attempts by the rest of his family to contest the will...
SINA also boasts a marching song, "Wings of Decency," which begins: "High on the wings of SINA/We fight for the future now/Let's clothe every pet and animal/Whether dog, cat, horse. or cow./G. Clifford Prout, our president./ He works for you and me,/So clothe all your pets and join the march/For worldwide decency...
...When Clifford Prout, Jr. comes to Harvard (in late March or early April), he will probably declare Cambridge a "moral disaster area" because of its tolerance of animal nudity. In Prout's view the sight of naked animals "triggers moral deterioration and helps explain why there is so much juvenile delinquency and adult crime." Presumably, the proposed campus chapter of SINA woud correct this laxity by providing knickers, shorts, and other coverings for the local fauna. (A SINA "emergency clothesmobile" cruises the streets of New York with simple animal garments for the worst cases of indecency...