Post by AnimalAvenger on Jun 17, 2010 18:34:30 GMT -5
saveabunny.org/news/please-ask-jo-ann-fabrics-stop-selling-rabbit-fur
Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores, a leading national specialty retailer of crafting products, may be a great place to shop for dress patterns and fun kits for kids, but it’s also selling rabbit fur: bit.ly/azDTnf
In the US, no federal laws protect rabbits, minks, chinchillas, and other animals farmed for their fur. The fur industry remains completely self-regulated; animals are kept in crowded, filthy wire cages, where they often develop neurotic behaviors and become sick or wounded, and fur farmers kill them by breaking their necks while they are fully conscious or by using anal or genital electrocution.
The situation is worse in China, the world’s largest exporter of fur, where an absence of animal-protection laws means animals suffer unimaginable cruelty—some animals raised for their fur may even be skinned alive.
Some stores try to justify selling rabbit fur by saying that it is “just a byproduct” of the rabbit meat industry, but this is absolutely not true. The rabbit fur industry actually demands the pelt of thicker, older animals than those who are slaughtered for meat. In fact, the United Nations reports that “few skins are now retrieved from slaughterhouses,” and countries such as France kill as many as 70 million rabbits a year for fur. Like other animals raised and killed for their fur, rabbits -- who are extremely clean by nature -- are kept in tiny, filthy cages, surrounded by their own waste. They spend their entire miserable lives standing on the thin wires of their cage, never having a chance to dig, jump, or play. The methods of slaughter are inhumane -- to kill the rabbits, fur farmers snap the animals’ necks or smash their skulls before stringing them up by their legs and cutting off their heads.
Animal lovers, especially those in the US, are appalled at the use of dog and cat fur. Rabbit fur is no different! Please contact Jo-Ann Fabrics and urge them to stop selling fur from these gentle animals. Inform them that rabbits are sensitive, intelligent animals who form strong bonds with their mates and human companions. They are pets, not pelts!
Contact information:
1-888-739-4120 (M-F 9am -8pm; Sat 9am-6pm ET)
Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft Stores
5555 Darrow Road
Hudson, Ohio 44236
Or use this online form to send an email:
www.joann.com/joann/common/contactus.jsp
In the US, no federal laws protect rabbits, minks, chinchillas, and other animals farmed for their fur. The fur industry remains completely self-regulated; animals are kept in crowded, filthy wire cages, where they often develop neurotic behaviors and become sick or wounded, and fur farmers kill them by breaking their necks while they are fully conscious or by using anal or genital electrocution.
The situation is worse in China, the world’s largest exporter of fur, where an absence of animal-protection laws means animals suffer unimaginable cruelty—some animals raised for their fur may even be skinned alive.
Some stores try to justify selling rabbit fur by saying that it is “just a byproduct” of the rabbit meat industry, but this is absolutely not true. The rabbit fur industry actually demands the pelt of thicker, older animals than those who are slaughtered for meat. In fact, the United Nations reports that “few skins are now retrieved from slaughterhouses,” and countries such as France kill as many as 70 million rabbits a year for fur. Like other animals raised and killed for their fur, rabbits -- who are extremely clean by nature -- are kept in tiny, filthy cages, surrounded by their own waste. They spend their entire miserable lives standing on the thin wires of their cage, never having a chance to dig, jump, or play. The methods of slaughter are inhumane -- to kill the rabbits, fur farmers snap the animals’ necks or smash their skulls before stringing them up by their legs and cutting off their heads.
Animal lovers, especially those in the US, are appalled at the use of dog and cat fur. Rabbit fur is no different! Please contact Jo-Ann Fabrics and urge them to stop selling fur from these gentle animals. Inform them that rabbits are sensitive, intelligent animals who form strong bonds with their mates and human companions. They are pets, not pelts!
Contact information:
1-888-739-4120 (M-F 9am -8pm; Sat 9am-6pm ET)
Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft Stores
5555 Darrow Road
Hudson, Ohio 44236
Or use this online form to send an email:
www.joann.com/joann/common/contactus.jsp
