For original article, visit change.org If you’d like to sign the petition asking DKNY to stop using rabbit fur, go to the bottom of the article. By Annie Hartnett Yesterday was Cyber Monday, the Black Friday of online shopping. With so many style mavens online, PETA chose this day to stage an anti-fur protest on clothing [...]
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On October 27th, the Washington Post published a recipe for Rabbit Gumbo. RabbitWise, a rescue group in the D.C. Metro area, submitted a response which was published in the Post today. RabbitWise’s blog also mentions their response. What do you think? Was their response effective? Do you think it would dissuade cooks from trying to prepare [...]
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Ah! As if I needed a reason to like the Veronicas, an Aussie twin sisters singing duo, even more than I already do, news surfaced from Down Under that the singing sisters have come out swinging against the use of rabbit fur in the fashion trade. It certainly brightened up this bunny girl’s otherwise mundane Monday. According to [...]
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Animal abusers to get public shaming in NY county FARMINGVILLE, N.Y. – A county on New York’s Long Island is creating what is believed to be the nation’s first public database of animal cruelty convicts. Animal welfare activists are hoping the law passed this week in Suffolk County will inspire other governments nationwide. They compare their hopes to the proliferation [...]
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This morning I was sad to see an ad for rabbit-fur accessories featured in Burberry’s fall/winter line. Burberry, did you really have to use bunnies for fashion? Really? With an increasing number of designers opting for cruelty free, faux fur, it’s disturbing that Burberry doesn’t follow suit. Killing animals for fashion is not trendy or “fashion [...]
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BEIJING, Sept. 21 – A student anti-fur art exhibition that aims to educate young people in China, one of the world’s biggest fur exporters, that the wearing of fur is cruel and unnecessary opened Friday at the Renmin University of China. The exhibition of works from the Design Against Fur (DAF) competition, co-organized by Swiss Animal [...]
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On September 9th, BNN reported the results of a 9-month PETA investigation into animal abuse at a hellish research lab. It is never easy to read, or hear, about this kind of abuse, which is, to say the least, shocking and startling. I can only hope that by getting the word out, it will inspire or move [...]
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I sent the following email to Waggener Edstrom (ad agency for Microsoft), and Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, yesterday. It’s about a Microsoft video that I recently watched called, “Rabbits Rule.” The video features a classroom rabbit called “Sniffs” and promotes Microsoft Office 2010 software. Watch the video. If you think it does a disservice to rabbits, contact Waggener Edstrom and/or Mr. [...]
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This is an article that is primarily about chickens in Tulare, CA (if you don’t know where Tulare is, it is just east of Spinks Corner and south of Farmville). Located between Fresno and Bakersfield Tulare is in California’s Central Valley, an agricultural area that is literally the “bread basket” of California (and possibly the rest [...]
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From the Boston Herald By Donna Goodison September 9, 2010 Talbots Inc. has pulled fur items from its store shelves and “e-tail” site after complaints from Humane Society of the United States members about a switch in its fur-free policy. The classic women’s retailer now says it’s again committed to being fur free, but [...]
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