More Major Retailers Drop Angora Wool
They were the screams heard ’round the world. When PETA released shocking undercover video footage showing how workers violently rip the fur out of angora rabbits’ writhing bodies, customers shared the video widely, vowed never to wear angora again, and contacted stores and designers in droves demanding that they stop buying the product. The retailers listened, and the list of stores that are making their customers and rabbits happy is now a long one. Watch and share the video and pledge to leave angora wool out of your wardrobe.
A PETA undercover investigator visited almost a dozen angora rabbit farms in China, the source of 90 percent of the world’s angora fur, and found rabbits screaming and writhing in pain as workers ripped the fur out of their skin. Rabbits endure this terrifying ordeal every three months for two to five years before being killed. After they have been plucked bald, the rabbits lie motionless inside their tiny, filthy cages, stunned and in shock. There are no penalties in China for animal abuse on rabbit farms and no standards that regulate the treatment of animals.
More than one hundred companies have refused to sell angora, including the following:
- Adidas
- Adrienne Vittadini
- Albert Nipon
- AlexandAlexa
- Alloy Apparel & Accessories
- AllSaints
- Angelo Litrico
- Anne Klein
- Ann Taylor
- Anthropologie
- Arcadia Group Limited
- ARROW
- Ascena Retail Group
- ASOS
- Athleta
- Authentic Brands Group
- Banana Republic
- Bealls
- bebe
- Benetton Group
- BHLDN
- Boden
- Boohoo.com
- C&A
- Calvin Klein
- Catherines
- Century 21 Department Store
- Chaps
- Choxi.com (formerly Nomorerack)
- Clockhouse
- Club Monaco
- Daniel Cremieux
- Debenhams
- Destination Maternity Corporation
- Dotti
- Dress Barn
- Dynamite
- Eddie Bauer
- Esprit
- Express, Inc.
- FatFace
- Forever 21
- Frederick’s of Hollywood
- Free People
- French Connection Group
- Gap Inc.
- Garage
- Genesco Inc.
- Gina Tricot
- Guess, Inc.
- Hot Topic
- Huntington Surf and Sport
- Inditex
- IZOD
- Jacqui E
- Jaeger
- John Lewis
- Johnston & Murphy
- JoJo Maman Bébé
- Jones New York
- Journeys
- Judith Leiber
- Juicy Couture
- The Just Group
- Just Jeans
- The Kasper Group
- Lacoste
- Lands’ End
- Lane Bryant
- La Senza
- Laura Ashley
- L Brands
- Le Château Inc.
- Levi Strauss & Co.
- Loblaw Companies Limited
- LOFT
- Lucky Brand, Inc.
- Mango
- Marc O’Polo
- Marks & Spencer
- Matalan
- Michael Stars
- Mint Velvet
- Miss Selfridge
- Monsoon Accessorize
- Motherhood Maternity
- Nasty Gal
- New Era Cap
- New Look
- New York & Company
- New Yorker Deutschland
- Next
- Nine West
- Old Navy
- Olga
- Oliver
- Pacific Sunwear of California (PacSun)
- Palais Royal
- A Pea in the Pod
- Peebles
- Perry Ellis
- Peter Alexander
- Phase Eight
- Polo by Ralph Lauren
- Primark
- PUMA
- PVH Corp.
- Quiksilver
- QVC, Inc.
- Ralph Lauren Corp.
- Reiss
- Reserved
- River Island
- rue21
- Scotch & Soda
- Soft Surroundings
- Speedo
- Spyder
- Stage Stores
- Sundance Holdings Group
- Tchibo
- Ted Baker
- Tiger of Sweden
- The Kooples
- Toad&Co
- Tommy Hilfiger
- Topman
- Topshop
- UNIQLO
- Urban Outfitters
- Van Heusen
- Vans
- Victoria’s Secret
- Volcom
- Warehouse
- Warner’s
- WE Fashion
- Westbury
- Whistles
- Your Sixth Sense
- Zappos.com
- Zara
- Zumiez
Thank you to everyone who has been sharing the video, contacting retailers, and helping us with this historic victory for rabbits.