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Campaigns
Sainsbury's Joins Fur Free Retailers
Respect for Animals' is delighted to confirm that Sainsbury's, one of the UK's largest supermarket chains with almost 800 stores, has signed up to the Fur Free Retailers scheme. The supermarket, with its TU clothing and homewares ranges, has pledged that it will not use real animal fur. It joins other compassionate UK retailers already signed up to the scheme: Topshop, Marks & Spencer and the Co-operative Group. In addition, Mavro Vintage, an online specialist vintage clothing retailer has also become a Fur Free Retailer. Signing the pledge, the store's owner explained "At Mavro Vintage we are opposed to the wearing of fur, be it new or old. We are committed not to trade in any real fur products and are pleased to be associated with the Fur Free Retailers scheme." For more information contact Respect for Animals. Holiday Shoppers Beware: Six Major Retailers Selling Real Fur as Faux
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is warning shoppers to be on the lookout for real fur described as faux when shopping at department stores and online retailers this holiday season.Following up on last winter's HSUS investigation that uncovered a faux fur scandal in the apparel and retail industry, HSUS discovered again this winter that many leading retailers—including Bloomingdale's, Neiman Marcus, Lord & Taylor, Dillard's, Saks Fifth Avenue and Yoox.com—have not addressed this consumer deception. For more information, visit HSUS. International Progress towards Ending Canada's Annual Seal Hunt
The international opposition to Canada's annual commercial seal hunt is steadily spreading. Currently, the European Commission is evaluating the humane aspects of the seal hunting, the results of which could provide the foundation for a ban.Closing markets are causing seal product prices to plummet. Seal skin prices in 2007 fell by a whopping 50% from last year. In part because of the drop in pelt value, hunters killed less than 80% of their allotted quota in 2007. For more information, visit Humane Society International-Canada. M&S and Wildlifeworks UK Come up Trumps in Animal Welfare Awards
Fur-Free companies Marks & Spencer, Wildlifeworks UK and Beyond Skin are celebrating after collecting the fashion accolades in this year's RSPCA Good Business Awards. Emmeline 4 Re and Howies were celebrated as finalists.The gala event, hosted at the Natural History Museum on 12 October by broadcaster Richard Johnson, revealed the top animal welfare achievers in the fields of fashion, food and beauty. Entries were judged by independent experts, based on criteria set by the RSPCA, the world's oldest and largest animal welfare charity. For more information, visit the RSPCA Good Business Awards. The Cool vs. Cruel 2007 People's Choice: It's Your Call
Think you know fashion better than Tim Gunn? Test your eye for style by voting now in The Humane Society of the United States' third annual Cool vs. Cruel fashion design contest. Then see how the People's Choice winner you help select compares to the judges' (sartorial guru Tim Gunn among them) choice.For a third year, staff from The HSUS traveled to Art Institutes schools around the country to talk to fashion students about the problems associated with animal fur, including cruelty and false labeling. The students were shown four runway designs from fall 2007 that used animal fur and instructed to reinterpret and improve them without the cruelty. Check out the finalists and choose your favorite! ANIMAL Campaigns to Ban the Fur Trade in Portugal
The Portuguese FFA member group ANIMAL is conducting a legislative campaign to advance the protection of all animals in Portugal, including a ban on fur farming and on the sale of fur.ANIMAL has prepared a guiding proposal for an Animal Protection Code which is now being presented to the Parliament. ANIMAL is calling all the political parliamentary groups to support it, adopt it and turn it into the next animal protection law in the country. This proposal, named the "Manifesto ANIMAL", incorporates a ban on the entire fur trade throughout the country. If and once approved, Portugal would become the first legislatively established fur-free country in the world. To learn more and become involved, visit ANIMAL. UK Retailers Commended for Their Animal-Friendly Policies
UK FFA member group Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) established the annual RSPCA Good Business Awards in 2005 to encourage improvements in companies' retail policies. The Awards aim to provide consumers with guidance on which companies have positively considered animal welfare. This year, retailers Marks & Spenser, Beyond Skin, Emmeline 4 Re, Howies and Wildlifeworks were nominated in the fashion category for adopting responsible policies, including refusing to sell any items made from real fur.Independent panels of distinguished industry experts judge the awards' entries. The winner of each of the categories will announced at a glittering ceremony at London's Natural History Museum on Thursday 11 October. For more information, visit the RSPCA. |
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