{"id":766034,"date":"2021-11-28T07:54:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T12:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=766034"},"modified":"2021-11-28T08:43:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T13:43:24","slug":"staff-at-harrods-luxury-store-tell-secret-shopper-animals-killed-for-fur-dont-suffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=766034","title":{"rendered":"WHERE THE SKIN LIES: Staff at London’s luxury store filmed telling secret shopper animals killed for fur \u2018don\u2019t suffer\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\t
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Harrods don\u2019t want to describe the grim reality of life for animals on fur farms, locked up in barren battery cages their whole lives. They will all be killed by anal electrocution, and the luxury lies of fur trade PR spin will market their lifeless fur to consumers.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n

GERGANA KRASTEVA:<\/strong> Luxury designers at stores in Harrods have been accused of \u2018creatively cloaking the cruelty of the fur trade\u2019 with claims that animals \u2018do not suffer\u2019. Undercover footage appears to show staff representing global brands Yves Salomon, Moncler and Max Mara making \u2018misleading\u2019 claims about the fur trade…\u00a0The shocking footage comes only days after Metro.co.uk reported on foxes with deformed feet, missing ears and diseased eyes discovered trapped in tiny cages in a fur farm in Finland…<\/em><\/p>\n

A representative for the brand appears to claim foxes on fur farms are not kept in cages in the animal rights organisation\u2019s footage… The member of staff goes on to say that they have \u2018their own private space\u2019 in \u2018separate rooms\u2019 \u2013 like in Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. But the HSI argued that the the comparison with the well-known rescue home for pets was a \u2018whole new level of delusion\u2019. The secret shopper is also assured the animals \u2018have enough space to play and everything\u2019, and that they are put down with an injection before their fur is taken.<\/em><\/p>\n

When the activist questioned the Yves Salomon rep about distressing videos she had seen of animals suffering in the fur trade, she was told it is \u2018only propaganda\u2019… As the video continues, a sales assistant believed to be working at Moncler \u2013 an Italian luxury fashion brand mostly known for its skiwear \u2013 claims the Finnish fox it uses is just a by-product. \u2018We take our fur from animals who were already taken for other purposes, like for example meat or something else,\u2019 they add.<\/em><\/p>\n

HSI\/UK executive director Claire Bass said: \u2018It\u2019s hardly a surprise that staff in Harrods don\u2019t want to describe the grim reality of life for animals on fur farms, because it would surely leave their customers horrified’.\u00a0 ‘The week before speaking to five Harrods\u2019 sales assistants who all creatively cloaked the cruelty of the fur trade, I visited several supposedly \u201chigh welfare\u201d Finnish fur farms. I come face to face with the abject misery and suffering of thousands of foxes locked up in barren metre-squared battery cages their whole lives.<\/em><\/p>\n

Before Christmas they will all have been killed by anal electrocution, and the luxury lies of fur trade PR spin will market their lifeless fur to consumers… \u2018The claim that fur farms are \u201clike Battersea\u201d, a rescue home for pets, was a whole new level of delusion… There is nothing ethical about any fur farming, certified or otherwise. We urge Harrods to stop peddling lies and stop selling fur cruelty’… Ms Bass also added that the sooner the UK Government bans the import and sale of animal fur, the sooner \u2018we can stop bankrolling this brutal industry\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

Activists also claim sales staff at Max Mara told their secret shopper that its fur is certified by the SAGA Furs assurance scheme, meaning their products are marketed as ethical… England and Wales were the first countries to ban the practice on ethical grounds in 2000, followed by Scotland two years later. But material is still imported from countries like Finland, Poland and China to be used by top fashion brands. <\/em>STORE…<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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