Dog Fur Found In Many Popular Clothing Brands

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Results of recent tests carried out by The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) reveal that many well-known clothes brands contain fur from dogs and other domestic animals.
The HSUS conducted mass spectrometry tests 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 – and revealed 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 and were mislabeled, a violation of federal law.
Due to the lack of animal welfare laws and prevalence of garment factories, China currently ranks as the leading exporter of fur and supplies half of all of the fur products that enter the United States for sale. Animals documented being raised and killed in China include dogs, cats, foxes, mink, and, of particular note, raccoon dogs, a species of canine whose fur resembles raccoon.

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Dog Fur Found In Many Popular Clothing Brands