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December 22, 2006 @ 12:32 pm
Diddy In Trouble With Humane Society For Use of Fur
The jacket, part of Sean “Diddy” Combs clothing line, was labeled as containing “raccoon” fur, but has now been found to be fur from a canine species known as “raccoon dog.” Macy’s informed The HSUS that the company has pulled the mislabeled Sean John garments from its department stores and online shop. The group is urging all retailers to follow their lead.
“First these jackets were falsely advertised as faux fur, and then it turned out that the fur came from a type of dog,” said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The HSUS. “This is an industry-wide problem, and our investigation demonstrates that retailers and designers aren’t paying close enough attention to composition of the fur trim they are selling. It’s especially problematic when the fur is sourced from China where domestic dogs and cats and raccoon dogs are killed in gruesome ways, even skinned alive. The safest course of action is for Sean Combs and other designers and retailers to stop using fur trim. That single act would solve the problems we have uncovered.”
The news comes on the heels of other mass spectrometry tests conducted by The HSUS on a range of fur-trimmed jackets from retailers such as Burlington Coat Factory, Bloomingdale’s, J.C. Penney, Macy’s, and Saks Fifth Avenue, and from designers and clothing lines such as Baby Phat, Andrew Marc, MaxMara, and Calvin Klein, revealing that most of the jackets labeled as “raccoon” or “coyote” from China in fact contain fur from raccoon dogs. Of the ten garments tested by The HSUS, nine tested positive as raccoon dog fur, meaning they were mislabeled, a violation of federal law.
The Fur Products Labeling Act prohibits the advertising or sale of any fur product that is falsely or misleadingly labeled, and authorizes the Federal Trade Commission to seek criminal penalties, impose fines of up to $5,000 per violation and to seize mislabeled products.
The HSUS is also calling on Congress to amend the Dog and Cat Protection Act – which bans the sale of dog or cat fur in the United States – to include raccoon dog, since the animals are so inhumanely killed and the species is similar to domesticated dogs.
Raccoon dogs are indigenous to Asia, including eastern Siberia and Japan, and are sometimes called Asiatic raccoons, Finn raccoons, or tanuki. “It would be jarring to the public to shop in a marketplace where dog and cat fur is banned, but coats labeled as ‘raccoon dog’ are still legally sold,” added Pacelle.
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I can't and try my hardest not to support ANYONE, designers or artists with clothing labels that use fur, real or fake. What they do to those animals is so cruel. I can NOT respect anyone who is okay with that. And for what? Fur trim on a hoodie or skirt? But I have to give credit where it is due and commend Diddy for pulling those items off the racks. I wish other designers/artists would follow his example, but they won't because they're greedy or don't care. Not unless people speak out against it.
December 27, 2006 at 10:35 pm
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Andrea says:
I'd like to see designers and retailers become completely fur-free across the board. I feel that considering all the ethical questions surrounding real fur, if companies are going to use it, they should go to great pains to make sure their products are accurately labelled. They should go to the farms that raise mink and fox and see for themselves if the standards are suitable. But retailers and designers only seem to care about the bottom line.
December 27, 2006 at 2:10 pm
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Brian S. says:
C'mon P Diddy - keep it real and ditch the fur. This is no way to portray the up and comming. Fur is the primary status symbol of a greedy old school lifestyle.
Set an example for your fans and consumers and say NO to cruelty.
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Kayla D. says:
I guess it's not Diddy's fault for not knowing. Whoever they're getting the fur from is misleading the designers and the public. The way they treat those poor animals is sick and cruel for no reason. I don't understand torturing a dog or other animal to get fur, that you want to trick people into believeing is fake. I saw a video on the hsus.org web site and it made me sick to my stomach to see how they treat those animals. I knew I shouldn't buy real fur, but now I know not to buy faux fur either.
December 22, 2006 at 11:05 pm