Consumer power once again, has asserted itself and made a major difference to animals in this world!
Dear Reader!
Big news! Zara has suspended all orders for products containing angora wool until each supplier has been inspected.
Almost 300,000 members of the SumOfUs.org community signed the petition to Zara, urging it to respond to horrific video footage released by PETA that shows angora rabbits being tortured for their fur. Thousands of you commented on the Zara Facebook page; 330 of you joined our Super Bunny Warrior Team; and some of you were brave enough to talk to Zara staff in-store. It worked!
It’s exciting to see the impact our community is having on our retailers. Will you join me in celebrating the good news by sharing the image below with your friends on Facebook?
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Thanks for standing up for bunnies everywhere,
Hanna and the team at SumOfUs.org
P.S. We’ve had a major impact on retailers about the sourcing of angora, but we need to keep going to make sure they stick to their word. SumOfUs doesn’t take any money from corporations, and we can’t do it without you. Donate now so we can effectively fight against animal abuse in the name of fashion.
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H&M has stopped production of all its angora products in response to horrific video footage showing the torture of rabbits on angora farms in China.
But Zara refuses to do the same. Tell Zara to save the bunnies, and cease production of angora products.
Friend,
Great news! Huge clothing retailer, H&M, ceased production of all its angora products last week, in response to horrific video footage released by PETA that shows rabbits screaming in pain as their fur is torn off at angora farms in China, and to a 77,000-strong SumOfUs petition.
Sadly, Zara is refusing to do the same -- at the time of writing, there are still 60 angora items for sale on the Zara website.
Workers in China were secretly filmed by PETA, plucking angora rabbits of all their long, soft fur while they scream. Plucking a rabbit without causing harm takes up to two weeks of gently removing the loosened hair, but here it takes only a few, violent minutes. After this tortuous experience, which the rabbits endure every three months, many of them appeared to go into shock, lying motionless inside their tiny, filthy cages.
H&M has taken responsibility for this barbaric practice, Zara should too.
Tell Zara to stop production of its angora products immediately, and save the bunnies!
Ninety percent of angora fur comes from China, where there are no penalties for abuse of animals on farms and no standards to regulate the treatment of the animals. The reason for this cruelty comes down to profit, pure and simple. Angora has a trade value of $35 to $45 per kilogram, but the longer hair that comes from plucking, as opposed to shearing, can sell for more than double that.
The big retailers have a responsibility to tell their suppliers that they won’t accept this brutal treatment of angora rabbits. H&M have acted, saying in a statement that it will step up inspections of its sub-suppliers before selling angora again. In the meantime, customers can take back their H&M angora products for a full refund. H&M isn’t the only one -- it joins Topshop, New Look, Esprit, Asos, and C&A.
If they can act, Zara can too. But right now, its website is full of angora sweaters, gloves, hats, and scarfs. Zara thinks we don’t care where our clothes from, or how they are made. We need to prove it wrong.
Tell Zara we don’t want to see angora on its shelves. Cease production of angora products!
UK retailers Topshop and Asos’ decision to stop the production of angora was a direct response to our pressure -- SumOfUs members not only signed petitions to those companies, but we kept the pressure up by commenting on the Topshop and Asos Facebook pages, tweeting, making campaign graphics, and writing personal letters -- all leading to a huge victory for both consumers and bunnies! Now let’s multiply our impact, by getting major global clothing retailer Zara to stop selling angora.
Thanks for all you do,
Hanna, Johnny, Joakim, Martin, Ledys, Paul, and the rest of us at SumOfUs.org
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