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REPORTS ON THE FUR TRADE, FASHION AND ANTI FUR CAMPAIGNS - UPDATES Menu Real Fur is Back in Fashion An insensitive
new generation of fashion followers are buying and wearing real fur
clothing again. In a shocking report by BBC The Money Programme, young
people said that "moral objections are old hat"... Fur wearing had
fallen sharply by the end of the 1980s, helped along by hard hitting
anti-fur campaigns. These included David Bailey's shocking cinema advert
of a model strutting the cat-walk dressed in a fur coat that begins
to splatter copious amounts of blood across the stage and then the spectators.
Then there was the advert of a selection of un-clothed super-models,
claiming they would rather go naked than wear fur. At that time, emotions
were so high about the unpleasentness of clothes made of dead animals
that it became simply un-cool to be seen wearing anything that resembled
one. (even though, ironically, leatherwear never seemed to loose favour). To read this report in full and to learn more about animals killed for fur, the fur industry and opinions from fashion models visit our "Think About Fur" site
This article last updated or added to in: June 2005 Cats and dogs are Being Farmed for Fur in the EU A BBC News report and a leading UK newspaper says it has seen evidence suggesting that tens of thousands of cats and dogs are being farmed for their skins inside Europe ... Although Italy and the UK are the only countries to ban fur farming, countries like Belgium are thought to be farming cats for fur blankets etc. It is thought that tens or even hundreds of thousands of cats and dog skins are traded in Europe each year. It has also been revealed that similar to far east countries, stray cats and dogs are being rounded up around Europe for skinning, then made into clothing, blankets and accessories. Many are also stolen pets. Items found on sale include a blanket in Copenhagen made out of the coats of four golden retrievers - and in Berlin a full-length coat made from the skins of 42 Alsatian puppies. Many of these products are also labelled misleadingly to disguise their true origins.
This article last updated or added to in: May 2003
For more information about the fur issue and what the fashion models have to say read Think About Fur For more "Animal News" articles please click here For discussion on these issues see GGL's at VeggieGlobal.com
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