{"id":758194,"date":"2019-09-10T07:46:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T11:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=758194"},"modified":"2019-09-10T07:46:18","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T11:46:18","slug":"vegan-bus-adverts-banned-in-uk-for-claiming-wool-is-as-cruel-as-fur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=758194","title":{"rendered":"Vegan bus adverts banned in UK for claiming \u2018wool is as cruel as fur\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>PETA claims abuses and suffering in the fur trade had also been documented in the wool industry, they just are not as well known by the public.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ZOE DREWETT:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;An advert for Peta has been banned after it claimed that \u2018wool is just as cruel as fur\u2019. The adverts, seen on the sides of buses in February, read: \u2018Don\u2019t let them pull the wool over your eyes. Wool is just as cruel as fur. Go wool-free this winter.\u2019 Ten people complained that the cruelty claim was misleading because sheep needed to be shorn for health reasons so it wasn\u2019t right to compare wool to fur. But animal rights charity Peta claimed abuses and suffering in the fur trade had also been documented in the wool industry they just were not as well known by the public.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The organisation said research indicated that the need to shear sheep was a result of selective breeding over the years by humans to increase the yield of wool for use in textiles. It said the industry had created \u2018unnatural animals\u2019 with the use of artificial selection and genetic manipulation that led to a genetic condition which \u2019caused them to suffer as they may overheat and would undergo the pain and stress of shearing\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the ad was presented as a factual claim and a direct comparison between the fur and wool industries&#8230; The ASA said: \u2018We considered people who saw the ad would interpret the claim \u201cwool is just as cruel as fur\u201d as equating the conditions in which sheep were kept and the methods by which wool was obtained with the conditions and methods used in the fur industry.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Peta director Elisa Allen said the ASA\u2019s ruling was \u2018both confusing and disappointing\u2019. She said: \u2018Nevertheless, we\u2019ll continue to urge decent people to steer clear of wool and we have plans to run a modified version of the ad in numerous cities this winter&#8217;.&#8217;\u00a0<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2019\/09\/04\/vegan-bus-adverts-banned-claiming-wool-cruel-fur-10684460\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PEEkAmDo_yM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nStart at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZOE DREWETT: &#8216;An advert for Peta has been banned after it claimed that \u2018wool is just as cruel as fur\u2019. The adverts, seen on the sides of buses in February, read: \u2018Don\u2019t let them pull the wool over your eyes. Wool is just as cruel as fur. 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