bebe Stops Buying Fur but Keeps Selling It November 13, 2007
Posted by Marta at November 13, 2007 9:13 AM | Permalink | Comments ( 71 ) | TrackBack
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We're happy to announce that after more than a year of education and negotiation with PETA (and e-mails from many of you), bebe has stopped buying fur! It's definitely a step in the right direction, since no more animals will be killed for their fur for bebe's clothing, but by continuing to sell items made of fur, bebe is sending its shoppers the message that it's okay to wear an animal's fur. Rabbits killed for their fur sometimes have their necks broken or have their skulls smashed before being strung up by their legs to slit their throats. Gruesome, isn't it?
Clothing retailers J.Crew, Polo Ralph Lauren, and Wet Seal (who also happen to be some of bebe's top competitors) all pulled fur from their shelves upon pledging to go fur-free, but bebe is still selling fur.
Please don't shop at bebe this holiday season. Let's send the company a message that while it's great that they've pledged to go fur-free, we will only spend our hard-earned dollars at companies that are completely fur-free.
Itchin' to help more animals killed for their fur? Write the CEO of Burberry, Angela Ahrendts, urging her to remove fur from Burberry's collections permanently.
Oh, and if you haven't yet, be sure to order your "I'm an asshole; I wear fur stickers." 'Nuff said.
Thanks so much for sticking up for those without a voice—we appreciate it a lot, but the animals appreciate it even more.
♥ Marta
Urge bebe To Pull Fur From Its Shelves! November 1, 2007
Posted by Marta at November 1, 2007 6:51 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 10 ) | TrackBackWith Halloween officially over, we're headed into the winter holiday season, and that means it's time to start fighting off unruly crowds at the mall. Yikes! I personally plan on avoiding the mall as much as humanly possible (which I do anyway), but when I do make my way out to purchase some gifts for my family and friends, there's one store I can guarantee will not get my hard-earned money—bebe.
Not only will bebe continue to buy rabbit fur for months after its supposed announcement of going "fur-free" the company also has no plans to drop any fur from its inventory for this fall and winter. This is totally inexcusable. Animals don't deserve to suffer and die all to become just a bit of trim on a jacket. How vain is that?
Like other animals farmed for their fur, rabbits are kept in tiny, filthy cages, surrounded by their own waste. To kill the rabbits, fur farmers break the animals' necks or smash their skulls before stringing them up by their legs to slit their throats.
Check out Ryan's adorable bunny-friend, Bambi, below (AKA peta2's official "spokesbunny."). Can you imagine looking into a bunny's eyes and telling her that she has to die so you can use her fur on your coat? No way, right? Paying someone else to do that is just as bad—actually, it's worse in my opinion. Don't pay someone else to do something you can't even watch. bebe must actually believe that people want to wear bunnies. Ridiculous!
Please contact bebe founder Manny Mashouf and let him know that you will not be shopping at bebe until the company follows the lead of its top competitors, including J.Crew and Wet Seal, who have not only pledged to stop using fur but also pulled it from their shelves. Politely ask the company to make the compassionate decision to go completely fur-free.
Let's save the bunnies!
♥ Marta
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