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Kiosk 78 Remove Real Fur From Sale

West Yorkshire Animal Rights Group (WYARG) | 10.09.2010 20:39 | Animal Liberation

As shops begin getting their Autumn / Winter Season stock in, West Yorkshire Animal Rights undercover store investigators have been out in the county, inspecting shops to see if they are stocking real fur. We are pleased to announce that only one has been found so far.

As shops begin getting their Autumn / Winter Season stock in, West Yorkshire Animal Rights undercover store investigators have been out in the county, inspecting shops to see if they are stocking real fur. We are pleased to announce that only one has been found so far.

This week, we contacted Kiosk 78, one of the most upcoming fashion businesses in Leeds, about the fur items that they had on sale and we got an extremely possitive responce from the shop’s owners, adopting a fur-free policy and informing us they were unaware the items on sale were made with real fur.

The following statement was received today:

“Hi there, thanks for your email.

The coats in question have only just arrived in store and we ordered these from images so we actually assumed the fur on the hood was fake. We would never knowingly order any items made from real fur nor will do so in the future.

These have now been taken off-sale from the shop.

Kind regards,
Damon Bryan
Kiosk 78″

We thank Kiosk 78 for their ethical and honest reply with regards to the sale of real fur.

West Yorkshire Animal Rights Group (WYARG)
- e-mail: westyorksanimalrights@hushmail.com
- Homepage: http://www.westyorkshireanimalrights.wordpress.com

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Hollow victory

10.09.2010 22:52

Yet you allow them to continue to sell leather? They're still exploiting animals, or is it only the fluffy cute ones that matter?

Maxwell


As hollow as your logic

11.09.2010 00:21

As much as leather is wrong, it should be campaigned against in a seperate manner to fur.

Animals are farmed solely for their fur, so taking out fur shops will take out the fur industry in it's entirety. The deceased animals on fur farms aren't exactly sold to butchers to bring in profit to keep the industry going, but are fed back to the other animals as waste. So there's only one way to take out the fur industry (the stores, with there being none of the fur farms in the UK) and no back-up means for them to make profit and keep functioning.

The leather industry, on the other part, goes hand in hand with the meat industry. One another keep each other functioning, when sales go bad in the other aspect. Leather/Suede is a by-product, coming as an on-the-side item that can be sold for profit following the animal's carcass being sold for meat. If the leather industry was failing, those animals would still be killed and their skins simply sent off to the incenerator to make our electricity, alongside the offal and off-cuts. Secondly, if the skins could still be sold in a specialist market, like most UK fur is done today with specialised furriers, but not making much money the meat industry finances would simply hold it up and keep it continuing. The way to solve this is by shutting down abattoirs and getting people to go veggie / vegan.

Before making pointless and un-constructive comments, learn a little bit about the industries you are trying to take on.

Maxwell Murder


Leather.

11.09.2010 05:54


"Before making pointless and un-constructive comments, learn a little bit about the industries you are trying to take on"

"While many people think it is cruel to kill animals for their fur, leather remains a popular consumer item, even though both products require the killing of animals. Most consumers mistakenly assume that leather is merely a by-product of the meat industry, and that buying leather clothing does not increase the number of animals slaughtered. However, this belief ignores the economic interdependence of factory farming and the leather trade.
In reality, leather is a co-product of the meat industry, generating significant profits for both factory farms and the leather trade itself. In fact, without the lucrative sale of animal skins for leather, factory farms would not even be able to turn a profit by selling meat alone. Ultimately, buying leather products subsidizes factory farms while providing financial incentive for them to produce more leather. "

 http://www.idausa.org/facts/leatherfacts.html

"Although Hindus hold the cow in special esteem, and Jains regard all life as so sacred that they try to avoid hurting insects, investigations show that all India's major communities are complicit in the cruel treatment of cows.

Hindu farmers allow their cows to be taken for slaughter. Muslims butcher them using primitive techniques in appalling conditions. Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, Muslims and Christians all profit.

And because much Indian beef finds its way to the Middle East and Europe from Kerala and Bangladesh - "we took up a lot of the slack from Britain caused by mad cow disease," says one authority - and leather products made from Indian cow hide are sold in High Street shops such as Gap, the British consumer is also unknowingly benefiting from the abuse."

 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/how-indias-sacred-cows-are-beaten-abused-and-poisoned-to-make-leather-for-high-street-shops-724696.html

Yes I suggest you learn a bit about the industry. Fur is an easy target, leather isn't. Stop with all this "I know better than you" bollocks.

Leeds Animal rights.

Luke
- Homepage: http://Leather.


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Hypocrites

11.09.2010 11:18

The fact that you can't see the hypocrisy speaks volumes.

Claiming victory after a shop stops selling fur is like claiming victory after getting some redneck American farming community to give up keeping slaves from Ghana but allowing them to continue to keep slaves from Nigeria. There is still massive abuse taking place. By easing the pressure as soon as they stop selling fur it reinforces that selling skin is perfectly acceptable

Is it any wonder why the general public tends to roll its eyes at the animal rights movement and proclaim that it only cares about the fluffy foxes and bunnies?

From where I'm standing it's nothing but hypocrisy.

Maxwell


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Maxwell

11.09.2010 13:17

The movement is diverse, not all in the movement are short sighted, just a few.

Leeds Animal rights.

Luke


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Sod this

11.09.2010 22:56

Sod the coppers commenting in my name.We are achieving many victories on a weekly basis as a movement, weather it be stopping fur or vivisection imports.

Fight the real fight and if you want to discuss it face-to-face,then I am more than happy to do so.

As always, ACAB!

The Real Luke Puke


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is this the same

12.09.2010 11:54

"Fight the real fight and if you want to discuss it face-to-face,then I am more than happy to do so."

Luke who cried into his pillow every night while in prison? Go get mummy to fry you up some tofu

peeps


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cry baby

12.09.2010 14:12

when your door went in. Cry baby in interview and cry baby in prison.

peapod


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Getting a bit personal

12.09.2010 14:32

Imc mods you need to delete some of these comments?

Not "peaplod"


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