Bevel, LovelySkin, The Good Liver, Phoenix Shaving, Royal Brush Manufacturing, and Silver Brush Limited are the latest compassionate companies to confirm that they’ve banned badger hair! Badgers suffer from untreated wounds and go insane in isolation inside tiny cages on badger-hair farms. PETA’s exposé revealed that a slaughterhouse worker bludgeoned a screaming badger on the … Read more »
After PETA shared with companies a horrifying video exposé of China’s badger-brush industry, retailers Caswell-Massey, The Vermont Country Store, and Floris London all made the compassionate decision to ban badger hair! PETA Asia’s eyewitness investigation revealed that badgers whose hair is used for shaving, makeup, and paint brushes are often captured using snares and other … Read more »
After a years-long push by PETA for it to go fur-free, luxury clothing brand Diane von Furstenberg (DVF) confirmed that it will no longer be using fur or angora in its designs, and it has also committed to no longer producing goods using exotic-animal skins. The brand joins hundreds of other fur-free retailers—including Burberry, Versace, … Read more »
After learning from PETA that gentle badgers are beaten with crude instruments, cut open, and left to die in the badger-hair industry, personal-care company Olivina Men and Penhaligon’s—a U.K. fragrance brand that holds the royal warrants to provide Prince Charles and the Duke of Edinburgh with goods and services—agreed to ban badger-hair brushes. Now, we’re … Read more »
After PETA shared with them a horrifying video exposé of China’s badger-brush industry, The New York Shaving Company, Bonanza, Beau Brummell, and Procter & Gamble’s The Art of Shaving all made the compassionate decision to ban badger hair! PETA Asia’s eyewitness investigation revealed that “protected” badgers are illegally captured in the wild using snares and … Read more »
Verbum Dei High School, a Catholic school in Los Angeles, agreed to remove its official dress code requirement that students’ belts be made of leather after PETA contacted its administration. This policy change is an example of Christian mercy that will no doubt inspire other schools around the country to make similar compassionate changes to … Read more »
Nearly 320 brands worldwide—including Restoration Hardware, Brooks Brothers, and Ralph Lauren—have banned mohair after learning from PETA that workers in the mohair industry were seen dragging terrified goats by the horns and legs and cutting off their skin during shearing. Angora goats used for mohair are subjected to painful mutilations, including when workers castrate them … Read more »
Iconic British brand Burberry is going fur-free—and it’s ditching angora, too! This monumental victory comes after more than a decade of campaigning by PETA entities worldwide against the company’s use of fur, including holding dozens of protests outside its stores worldwide, sending tens of thousands of e-mails, distributing countless leaflets and posters, and even becoming … Read more »
Thanks to PETA, more than 280 brands worldwide have banned mohair in just a matter of months! Each year, the mohair industry exploits, roughly handles, and mutilates countless gentle, sensitive angora goats. After workers determine that they’re no longer producing enough hair, they’re sent to be slaughtered. Recent mohair bans have been enacted at major … Read more »
More than 240 brands worldwide have banned mohair after learning from PETA that angora goats are pinned to the ground—leaving them vulnerable and completely defenseless—and violently shorn as they scream in terror. Shearers are paid by volume, not by the hour, which motivates them to work quickly and carelessly. They often cut off large swaths … Read more »
In October 2017, soon after Gucci announced that it was banning fur—which often comes from terrified animals who are forced to spend their entire lives inside filthy, cramped wire cages before being gassed, electrocuted, or even skinned alive—PETA urged the Italian brand to extend its compassion to all rabbits by including angora in its fur … Read more »
Thanks to PETA, more than 150 brands have made the compassionate decision to ban mohair after learning that it comes from terrified angora goats who are routinely pinned to the ground and scream during shearing. Thousands of these gentle, defenseless animals die slowly and painfully from exposure to the elements after they’re robbed of their … Read more »
Following the release of PETA Asia’s shocking investigation of the mohair industry in South Africa—which revealed that workers threw terrified, crying angora goats across the floor and hauled them around by their legs—more than 130 brands worldwide agreed to ban mohair. And the list continues to grow: Some of the newest companies to commit to … Read more »
After learning from PETA that mohair is stolen from terrified angora goats—who are often dragged, thrown by their legs or tails, and mutilated before being killed—nearly 110 major brands around the world made the compassionate decision to ban this cruelly obtained material. Eddie Bauer, Forever 21, Lucky Brand, Michael Stars, UNIQLO, and Zappos.com are just … Read more »
After being contacted by PETA, Wildfox Couture agreed to ban mohair, which comes from goats who are often dragged, thrown around, mutilated, and killed while fully conscious. The retailer—which has locations in California and sells clothes and accessories online—took its compassion one step further by also agreeing to ban angora wool. Like all other wool, … Read more »
