fur

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Yes, this trend for fur in fashion is very

disheartening. I can't believe this issue has come up

again. Those damn fashion designers and the twits who

follow their lead. Anyway, the following was posted on

the HSUS e-mail newsletter ...

 

FUR UPS AND DOWNS:

In the past few weeks, there have been two major

developments on the front of the fur wars. While one

major European-based fur retailer stopped selling all

garments made from real fur, another retailer in the

U.S. took the opposite tact and put fur on its sale

roster.

 

For the first time in its more than 80-year history,

Barney’s New York has begun selling fur garments in

its new, uptown flagship store on Madison Ave. Because

Barney's is considered a fashion icon by many, its

decision to sell fur is a significant step backwards

in the fight against the bloody fur trade.

 

Ironically, Barney’s declares that it stands for

“taste, luxury and humor,” but its sale of the

products of animal suffering is anything but tasteful.

Wild animals trapped for their fur suffer horribly in

steel-jawed leghold traps, often chewing off their own

limbs in order to escape the cruel traps.

“Ranch-raised” fur animals fare just as poorly on fur

farms, driven insane by their confinement inside tiny

wire cages and finally killed by gassing, neck

breaking or electrocution via anal or genital clamps.

 

Partly because of this cruelty, Zara, a major

European-based fashion retailer, has made a decisive

move to ban fur garments from its stores. The

compassionate decision came after activists had

planned major protests at Zara locations worldwide,

for its sale of rabbit-fur lined garment. Zara

operates more than 2,000 stores throughout Europe, the

U.S. and Mexico.

 

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

 

Let Barney’s know how disappointed you are in its

callous and cruel decision to profit from animal

cruelty. Ask them to rethink their decision to sell

fur coats.

Barneys New York

660 Madison Avenue

New York NY 10021-8448

Phone: 212.826.8900

Fax: 212-833-2293

email: info-madison

 

 

Send an email to Zara executives, thanking them for

their compassionate, ethical decision:

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