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It is truly saddening and revolting that such inhumane and cruel
practices are allowed to take place in the 21st century. Please
support this campaign and urge Italian luxury retailer Dolce & Gabbana to
stop using angora fur in their collections and spare the lives of thousands of
innocent rabbits!
A video published on the Internet shows just through what suffering
rabbits are forced to go through for the sake of fashion – every time you come
across a garment made out of angora fur, think about this video and the screams
of those bunnies in distress!
Dolce Gabbana, the well known Italian fashion duo, is one of the
biggest companies to use angora fur in their collections – each year, thousands
of rabbits are skinned alive for D&G fur items such as luxurious fur pelts,
gloves, caps or purses.
Most of the production is conveniently outsourced to China, a
country without animal welfare laws and with cheap, yet skilled labour. These
two characteristics have consolidated China’s position as the world’s global
fur exporter.
China entrepreneurs have set up so-called “fur farmsâ€, where animals
such as rabbits, minks or foxes are bred exclusively for their pelts. Forced to
live in terrible conditions – such as spend all day in tiny, dirty cages with
little food and water – those animals live a life no animal should forced to
do. And it is all in the name of fashion. The skinning process is probably the
worst end to their sad, miserable lives – for instance, rabbits have their fur
ripped off of them as these gentle creatures scream in pain and beg for mercy.
But heartless workers do not stop until the job is done. Afterwards, the
animals that have not survived are discarded in the trash like disposable objects. Other rabbits are placed back in cages (in complete solitude) for their fur to grow back again. This is the true cost of
fur, which few of us unfortunately get to know!
Please take a stand against these outrageous and outdated practices
and ask Dolce Gabbana to stop selling angora fur effective immediately.
Armani has recently announced it will drop all fur items from its
collections. We sincerely applaud Armani for this announcement and hope a
strong message will be sent to the industry and other prestigious brands such
as D&G will follow suit.
We, the undersigned, would like hereto to inform D&G management
that we will not be buying any of the company’s products until our demands are
reviewed and fulfilled.
PS. Always be vigilent when going shopping for clothes and make sure
you do not buy ANY fur garments.
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