Six big retailers are selling jackets advertised as having “faux” fur, but the fur is actually from real animals. It’s not only mean, it’s a violation of the federal Fur Products Labeling Act. An investigation by the Humane Society of The United States * found jackets sold at Saks, Neiman Marcus, Lord & Taylor, Dillards, Yoox and Bloomingdales containing the faux “faux” fur. Much of the world’s fur is processed in China, a place where they skin animals alive for their fur.
Holiday Shoppers Beware: Six Major Retailers Selling Real Fur as Faux [Humane Society Of The United States] (* note: this is a different group than your local animal shelter)
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@monkey
Thank you
You sound just as stupid as you did in the beginning
@stan
I hope you choke
Well, I see things have taken a turn for the better since I last checked in.
@ms.darwin: “I hope you choke”
and yet animals dying is deplorable to you? At least we are sticking to our convictions instead of flip flopping like you you bloody hypocrite.
Would everyone please flag this person for spamming the forums with her vapid empty morals, her blaring contradictions, and for spamming the same damned video over and over again?
@machete_bear: I’ve tried flagging, but everytime I do it says flag failed. The Consumerist wants us to suffer.
And we’re done here! I would like to thank every for their moral tirades and rampant sarcasm. Goodnight folks!
Jesus, I go away for a few hours and look what you people get up to
Ms. Darwin has been banned. But, in the future, please do not feed the trolls.
*buys Ben a beer*
My humblest apologies for providing troll food
@ms.darwin:
Do you have any common sense? I’m not justifying the killing of animals for fur, in fact I think fur is disgusting, but I’m a capitalist and I have the common sense to realize that these companies can make money by selling the carcass. I’m sure they don’t just throw it away as you claim.
i personally can’t complain here. It’d make me a Big-ass hypocrite. I mean I anhialate 5 or more chickens at a single meal consuming hot wings. I’ve probably devoured more than my fair share of cattle.
I have to tell you though, what my dad’s mini schnauser does to cotton tail rabbits can’t be any better than what happens to them at the fur farm.
@notec: I sure hope you’re being sarcastic. The fur does not stand up because the animal was skinned alive and the adrenaline does it. That’s the biggest load of horsehockey I’ve ever heard. The hair sticks up as a result of the tanning process….yes fur is tanned just like leather….in fact fur is just leather with the hair still on it.
My guess is, they skin the animals alive because it’s cheaper than gassing them. If your primary product is fur or hide from an animal you don’t have to worry about poison getting in the hide unlike with a food animal.
Y’know, I’d think it’d be pretty easy to tell weather fur was fake or not, because of the leather underneath the hair.
I hate it when people completely deviate from the article in the comment thread (PETA wasn’t even mentioned, people!) and then proceed to unite in hate and knock down strawmen. Talking about how much you hate PETA–such negativity!–and hoping that people who DON’T WANT TO WEAR FUR WERE DUPED INTO WEARING FUR. And then the whole mudslinging that makes up the last half of comments…
This seems to me the same deal as non-organic milk being marketed as organic. The difference is, the companies were charging more for the “organic” milk, whereas the “faux” fur was probably cheaper. But it’s the same issue: the company was lying to consumers were trying to shop responsibly. It isn’t fair to trick consumers, no matter how much it happens.