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UPDATE Escada Stops, Restarts Fur
fur-free or not?
UPDATE: Escada Begins The New Year With Fur Deleted.10/2010: Kinship Circle, with animal advocacy groups worldwide, pressured Escada to sell cruelty-free couture instead of fur garments constructed from violence and death. Escada press rep Frank Elsner says, “Starting with the Spring-Summer 2011 collection, in stores January 2011, Escada stops using fur, including rabbit and Karakul (Persian lamb). This decision is valid for an unlimited period.” Our members persistently asked Escada to clear its shelves of animals killed by genital electrocution, cervical dislocation (neck popping), lethal injection of pesticides or other junk chemicals, asphyxiation from unfiltered carbon monoxide, and steel jaw leghold traps.
Editorial NoteEscada is back. With fur. Still hideous, fur. Real fur returns to the designer clothing brand Escada, after a brief respite in 2011. The label backpedals on its pledge with mink-trimmed shoes and raccoon dog collars on jackets. A little fur is a lot of cruelty. Animals farmed for fur are scrunched into small dirty cages before electrocuted, bludgeoned or gassed to death. Some remain conscious when skinned… ACT: Please ask Escada to join the fur-free revolution once again and stop selling fur immediately
This alert is closedIt is archived as a letter-writing template
Dear Sir/Madam,
Please eliminate fur and fur-trimmed goods from your product lines. I cannot in good conscience purchase Escada designs while your company endorses the violent fur industry.
There are virtually no regulatory guidelines to protect animals farmed for their fur. At typical farms, caged animals are stacked in open sheds where they pace in feces and urine. Some perish from dehydration, starvation or self-mutilation.
Wild animals normally travel miles each day, raise young, gather food, and express other traits. On fur farms, they resort to head bobbing, self-mutilation, infanticide, cannibalism, and other coping mechanisms.
Undamaged pelts are commonly derived via genital electrocution. With a metal conductor lodged in the animal's throat and an electric prod in his or her rectum, the killer delivers a 240-volt blast of electricity. The electrical current only works as a paralyzing agent. The animal remains conscious for two or more minutes to endure an excruciating heart attack.
Other furbearers die by cervical dislocation (neck popping), lethal injection of pesticides or other junk chemicals, and asphyxiation from unfiltered carbon monoxide.
Animals trapped in the wild suffer no less. Those caught in leghold traps or snares may gnaw their teeth to the jawbone or chew off their feet to escape. Others languish on trap lines for days before trappers return to fatally club, stomp or drown them.
Indiscriminate trapping devices crush dogs, cats, deer, livestock and 2 to 10 times as many non-target animals. Endangered species are among the millions of animals trashed by trappers every year.
I urge Escada stores worldwide to choose cruelty-free couture. Please join Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, J. Crew, Ann Taylor, Polo Ralph Lauren, Stella McCartney, Vivienne Westwood, Todd Oldham, Marc Bouwer, and other popular designers that market sophisticated collections without real fur.
Thank you, YOUR FULL NAME
ADDRESS, CITY, STATE
COUNTRY
Illinois, Chicago Escada Shop
840 North Michigan Avenue ● Chicago, IL 60611
ph: 1 312 9150500, fax: 1 312 9150799
California, Costa Mesa Escada Shop
Suite 2207; 3333 Bristol Street ● Costa Mesa, CA 92626
ph: 1 714 9576800, fax: 1 714 9571434
Hawaii, Honolulu Escada Shop
Ala Moana Shopping Center Court 3F
1450 Ala Moana Blvd., 3101 ● Honolulu, HI 96814
ph: 1 808 9733738, fax: 1 808 9733740
USA ESCADA STORES, CONTINUED Nevada, Las Vegas Escada Shop
The Forum at Caesar's Palace
3500 Las Vegas Blvd. Suite C-3 ● Las Vegas, NV 89109
ph: 1 702 7912300, fax: 1 702 7917644
California, Los Angeles Escada Shop
9502 Wilshire Blvd ● Los Angeles, CA 90212
ph: 1 310 2850330; fax: 1 310 2850165
New York, Manhasset Escada Shop
The Americana, 2060 Northern Blvd ● Manhasset, NY 11030
ph: 1 516 8690966, fax: 1 516 8690980
Florida, Naples Marissa Collections Escada Shop
1167 Third Street South ● Naples, FL 34102
ph: 1 239 263 4333, fax: 1 239 262 5437
New York, New York Escada Shop
715 Fifth Avenue ● New York, NY 10022
ph: 1 212 755 2200, fax: 1 212 832 3750
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