Posts with tag FauxFur

PETA urges the Queen of England to drop the fur

Email thisPosted Oct 23rd 2008 at 5:00PM by Tiffany Neal

Whatever opinions someone may have concerning the tireless animal rights organization PETA one thing is for certain, no one can ever say they don't try.

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Tags: animal rights, AnimalRights, faux fur, FauxFur, ingrid newkirk, IngridNewkirk, peta, queen of england, QueenOfEngland, stella mccartney, StellaMccartney, vivienne westwood, VivienneWestwood

"Faux" fur often real dog hair

Email thisPosted Feb 8th 2007 at 4:19PM by Jonathon Morgan

Filed under: Clothing

That "faux fur" trim on your favorite jacket may be made -- at least partially -- from real dog hair.

The Humane Society of the United States tested 25 jackets, of which 24 were incorrectly labeled, and contained actual animal hair. In most cases the fur came from the wild raccoon dogs of Asia and norther Europe.

And it's not like these were purchased off of some "vendor" selling knock-offs on the street or from the back of his van. The group purchased the Sean John, Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger jackets from a number of different mainstream department stores, including Macy's, Burlington Coat Factory and J.C. Penny.

Just when you thought Fido was safe.

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Tags: dog fur, DogFur, faux fur, FauxFur, jackets

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