Written by PETA
The truth will set you free—free of any chance that you might accidentally buy real fur, that is. President Obama has signed the Truth in Fur Labeling Act into law, which now requires that all products containing any animal fur—no matter how little—be labeled by species and country of origin. Under the previous law, manufacturers weren't required to label or identify the fur as real on an article of clothing unless it cost more than $150, leaving people in the dark about whether they were buying real or faux fur.
Just ask Diddy. The music mogul had a "faux no" moment when he recently found out that jackets from his Sean John clothing line that were labeled as having fake trim actually contained raccoon dog fur (insert shudder here).
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Speaking of garments made of real fur, I'll leave you with comedian Elayne Boosler's take on the new law: "Congress passes Truth in Fur Labeling Act! From now on, every fur coat will have a label that says, 'This garment being worn by a shallow, narcissistic, selfish creature.'"
Written by Amy Skylark Elizabeth
Fantastic news!!!!
@hannibal the cannibal What-- Really? Why the freak are you even HERE if you're going to say somthing like that? In case you are blind, this is PETA, where peole who accually TRY to help God's beautiful creatures. Only a friggin' neanderthal would wear fur.
We need a law up here in Canada. Cat and dog fur is sold legally here under misleading names.
P.S. Jennifer clearly hasn't actually read anything about the fur industry, which even admits itself that most of its fur doesn't come from "meat" animals.
rare cudos to barrack....diddy by big white booty he did not know.,...sorry dont believe that....
Re: Jennifer. Fur is not a by-product of the meat industry. Instead, fur comes from an animal on a fur farm or from one who was trapped in the wild. These industries, therefore, should be shunned since they torture animals--including cats and dogs--for no purpose except their skin. To learn more about the fur industry, please read: www.peta.org/.../fur.aspx.
Wow. Another idiotic thing done by our stupid president. I reckon y'all really hate the Indians then, huh? Because they not only did what God intended and ate meat, but they didn't kill more than they needed for food, and used EVERY part of the animal, including the hides/furs for clothing and blankets. I think the REAL people that should be shunned are those that kill animals ONLY for their fur. That is bad killing! But if we kill an animal for food, and use that same animals hide for food or clothing, that is what God intended.
I think that this is great news. I do find it interesting that I saw no animal group, PETA included, mention that Obama said that Micheal Vick deserves a second chance and he was glad that he was doing a great job. Too bad the animals didn't get a second chances before they were drowned, electrocuted, and beaten by him. Good going, Obama. Animal groups should be ashamed for bypassing this one. Animal issues should be non-partisan.
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