Victory! SHEIN Bans Fur, Wild-Animal Skins, and Exotic Feathers After Push From PETA
Victory! SHEIN Bans Fur, Wild-Animal Skins, and Exotic Feathers After Push From PETA
After hearing from PETA about how foxes, rabbits, ostriches, and other wild animals suffer in the fashion industry, retail giant SHEIN has added third-party sellers to its company-wide ban on fur and wild-animal skins, which now includes any items made from the skins or feathers of ostriches, alligators, and other animals considered “exotic.”
“Every rabbit-trimmed jacket or crocodile-skin purse is made with the suffering of a thinking, feeling being who didn’t want to die,” says PETA Senior Vice President Jason Baker. “By banning fur and wild-animal skins, SHEIN has taken a compassionate step forward, and PETA calls on all other hold-out companies to do the same.”
Foxes rely on their bushy tails to spread scent to communicate, ostriches nurture their young for up to three years, and crocodiles are doting mothers who diligently protect their eggs from predators. PETA entities have released dozens of investigations exposing cruelty to animals exploited for clothing. Videos have revealed that workers imprison foxes and other animals in filthy wire cages for their fur, yank out the feathers of ostriches one by one, and hack at crocodiles’ necks and shove metal rods down their spines in a crude attempt to kill them for their skin.
SHEIN joins hundreds of major designers and retailers—including H&M, Mango, Zara, Burberry, Chanel, and Nike—in banning fur and wild-animal skins. PETA is now rallying the public to urge Gucci to follow the rest of the industry’s lead and ban wild-animal skins.
PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to wear”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone. For more information, please visit PETAAsia.com or follow the group on X, Facebook, or Instagram.
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