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Upcoming National Campaign Against Flannels (Fur Sellers)!

Boycott Flannels | 28.12.2011 00:01 | Animal Liberation

A national campaign against Flannels in order to end their sale of fur and urge them to sign a fur-free policy is set to be launched on a national scale, further information can be found within this article.

Boycott Flannels is an upcoming new national campaign that is set to be launched with the aim to bring an end to the sale of fur at Flannels and urge them to sign a fur-free policy.

Flannels have stores in Birmingham, Cardiff, Nottingham, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester. We in conjunction with various animal rights groups across the country are preparing for the official launch date which will be on the 04th January 2012.

There will be plenty happening against Flannels including regular demonstrations outside of their stores, a national day of action, and various other actions, all of which will be revealed in due course!

The campaign website can be found at:  http://boycottflannels.blogspot.com (though the address is soon to be www.boycottflannels.net)

The fur industry has been exposed many times for horrific cruelty to animals and today fur is widely unaccepted by the British public.

Some animals are caught in the wild by painful traps which often break their bones, set by trappers they can spend days in agony before the traps are visited again. Other animals are bred specifically for the industry, and thus are practically born straight into the cage in order to later be killed just for their fur.

The fur industry has been exposed by many undercover investigation teams, and each time extremely disturbing cruelty has been discovered including vile conditions and awful practices. Animals have often been found living squashed together amongst wire-mesh cages where they can barely move and 'workers' have also been caught routinely hitting, beating, throwing and stamping on animals.

The fur industry holds no ethics whatsoever and the sole purpose of the trade is to make money regardless of the extreme suffering inflicted on countless animals. Animals are often electrocuted and also skinned and dismembered alive for their coats as has been seen on a regular basis through exposes.

For information on how you will be able to get involved with the campaign, please see the campaign website.

Thank you!

Boycott Flannels Campaign

Boycott Flannels
- e-mail: boycottflannels@live.co.uk
- Homepage: http://boycottflannels.blogspot.com

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Boycotting flannels...

28.12.2011 01:12

Are you also boycotting soap and water? Most of you could do with a good scrub.

Kim and Aggie

Fur sales on the up

28.12.2011 09:59

The decision by Flannels to start stocking fur is part of a wider increase in fur sales by a number of retailers across Britain. This was a battle we thought we had won 20 years ago but in fact fur is increasing in sales and has been since 2004 which in the present economic climate is amazing.

Harrods, the largest fur retailer in the UK and the site of a 15 year campaign to stop it selling fur increased the size of its fur department in 2009 and is seeing 15% year on year increases in sales.

Ewa Harkolon of the Swedish fur producers associate has identified the UK as the fastest growing market in the EU with Germany second (the French never really stopped buying fur).

Even the attitudes of people have changed, House of Fraser Group & Selfridges did a test survey where they found 62% of 16-21 year olds found the wearing of fur "acceptable". This is a massive increase on a similar survey done in 2004 where the figure was 36%.

We need to take this fight to the streets because we are very close to the large high street retailers once again becoming fur outlets

Very worried

so people should stop using flannels?

28.12.2011 10:51

get it

bij

Sales in China

28.12.2011 10:59

Most of the increase in fur sales in the global market has come from China where sales are up about 300% since 2005 however Britain's sales are up by about 20% according to industry insiders.

It's true that several High Street chains are looking at stocking fur again but we must deal with the demand not the retailer, education of the buyer is the key.

Mike

Views change

28.12.2011 11:27

"today fur is widely unaccepted by the British public"

I'm sorry to say that attitudes over the acceptance of fur has changed in the UK. It is among the young that I have seen the biggest changes, when I first became involved with protests against fur sales I was 20 years old and I would say that nearly everyone I knew agreed with my view however now when I talk to friends of my sister (who is 21) the support is very much less, in particular and most worryingly among young women most of who regard wearing fur as something to aspire to. In my view a lot of this influence is from the Hip-Hop community who regard fur as part of the 'uniform of achievement' that indicates financial success.

Furthermore there is a dangerous misconception among many that fur is a by-product of the meat industry and to not sell and wear it is "a waste".

Regular Harrods protester

Fashion industry news

28.12.2011 14:42

Fur was all over the catwalks in February and March. Kate Moss wore pelts for Louis Vuitton in Paris. Zac Posen, Marc Jacobs, Emanuel Ungaro and many more followed suit. But for once it seems that these fur-loving fashion houses were pursuing a trend rather than setting it as newly released figures of worldwide fur sales in 2010 show that there was 8.4 per cent increase on sales the previous year.
According to figures released by the International Fur Trade Federation (IFTF), furs racked up £9.7billion worth of sales in 2010 - compared to £8.24billion in 2009.

For many, a reluctance to buy clothes made from pelts was a response to the perception that wearing them would be strongly disapproved of. With this perception fast disappearing, fur is one of the hottest trends for fashion-followers.
The fur industry itself has also successfully, if cynically, portrayed the idea that fur is ethical, green and even animal friendly. With an eye to the future, the industry has rebranded itself as the antithesis of High Street ‘fast fashion’.
Its campaign has clearly worked, as both everyday shoppers and fashion houses are stocking up on animal pelts.

Few expect the fashion industry to change tack - indeed the increase in sales sparked by fur's prevalence in this year's fashion shows is likely to mean next year's sales figures are even higher.
In fact, ploys by the fur trade mean a growing number of young student designers are using fur. Manufacturers are known to donate expensive pelts to fashion students in many of the country's top fashion colleges in an attempt to encourage them to use fur in their undergraduate collections, a material the students likely otherwise wouldn't be able to afford.
Not only does this have the effect of promoting fur use among the young, but it also catches inexperienced but potentially influential designers early, who may then continue using fur throughout their careers.

Andy Lenhart, International Fur Trade Federation chairman, said: 'Fur is the big fashion story of the autumn 2011-12 collections.

'Wholesale prices at the 2010-2011 winter auctions reached all-time highs so we expect an even bigger increase.'

Kate Moss

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Fur or meat. All the same to me.

28.12.2011 14:59

Using any part of an animal's body for commercial gain is in my view an abomination and how some people can be comfortable eating dead animal flesh while campaigning against fur is beyond me.

They are the same thing, our society will not be a fair society until it is 100% Vegan and all animal exploitation and slavery is abolished.

Vegan

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Does that include....

28.12.2011 17:32

"our society will not be a fair society until it is 100% Vegan"

So how are you going to stop cats eating mice or foxes eating chickens or moles eating worms or indeed me having a bacon sandwich ?

Vegan-ism is one part eating disorder meets one part cult.

Realist

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Comment of the week

28.12.2011 17:40



"Vegan-ism is one part eating disorder meets one part cult."

ROFLMAO

LOL !

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astroturfing troll alert!

28.12.2011 19:04

The fur industry trots out the same propaganda about how fur is back every year. The fact is, most people think is it horrendously cruel, which is why is is illegal to produce in this country.

A lot of the comments here look like they have been posted by the fur industry's PR companies, pretending they are from activists, to make people think fur is back and fashionable, when it isn't. Sure fashion is fickle and vacuous and there are always tiny blips up and down but basically hardly anyone wears fur these days.

anon

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@ anon

29.12.2011 11:52

No they're not trolls they're realists. I have done many stalls for CAFT over the years and there is definitely a noticeable increase in the number of young people who find fur acceptable. It's infuriating and frustrating yes, but we shouldn't gloss over the issue and pretend it isn't happening!

I suspect this recent rise is being driven by the retro and second hand revival that we see going on. Go into any second hand boutique and I garauntee you that almost all of them will have some items containing real fur, second hand fur is driving is the driving force behind this recent normalisation and it is something that needs to be tackled. Thankfully there are many activists up and down the country keeping up pressure on these second hand retailers. And it will hopefully be brought under control in the near future.

Sticking your hands over your ears and pretending a problem doesn't exist anon isn't the way forward, when we see new trends evolving we need to tackle them not deny their existence.

Realist
- Homepage: http://www.caft.org.uk/

I'm not saying don't target the fur industry still

29.12.2011 13:29

Don't get me wrong, it is good that people are targeting the fur industry, they need to be pressured until the bitter end. But some of the comments here and on other animal rights stories just don't ring true. It is clear there are people trolling by pretending to be activists on a downer. The fur industry would love people to think fur is fashionable again, but the fact is it isn't. You always get a handful of fashion airheads who will be into it for various reasons but they are a tiny minority. I virtually never see people wearing fur in the UK.

For example, see this article about a completely fake story and comments that were planted about Bristol and Bath hunt sabs:  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/12/490513.html

And look at all the trolling in the hidden comments on this article about McDonald's in Havant
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/12/490556.html?c=all#comments

anon

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WHO'S THE TROLL IN REALITY

30.12.2011 13:21

For example, see this article about a completely fake story and comments that were planted about Bristol and Bath hunt sabs:  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/12/490513.html

THE STORY HAS SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN SHOWN TO BE TRUE HOWEVER IT IS IN THE INTERESTS OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS (ONE OF WHOM IS AN INDY MOD) TO TRY AND KEEP IT HIDDEN.

And look at all the trolling in the hidden comments on this article about McDonald's in Havant
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/12/490556.html?c=all#comments

TROLLING ? DO YOU MEAN OFFERING AN ALTERNATIVE VIEWPOINT AND AN ANALYSIS OF WHY THE ANIMAL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IS SO OUT OF TOUCH WITH MUCH OF WIDER SOCIETY ?

WE ARE ON TO YOUR IMC MANIPULATION

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WHO'S THE TROLL IN REALITY

30.12.2011 14:05




For example, see this article about a completely fake story and comments that were planted about Bristol and Bath hunt sabs:  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/12/490513.html

THE STORY HAS SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN SHOWN TO BE TRUE HOWEVER IT IS IN THE INTERESTS OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS (ONE OF WHOM IS AN INDY MOD) TO TRY AND KEEP IT HIDDEN.

And look at all the trolling in the hidden comments on this article about McDonald's in Havant
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/12/490556.html?c=all#comments

TROLLING ? DO YOU MEAN OFFERING AN ALTERNATIVE VIEWPOINT AND AN ANALYSIS OF WHY THE ANIMAL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IS SO OUT OF TOUCH WITH MUCH OF WIDER SOCIETY ?

WE ARE ON TO YOUR IMC MANIPULATION

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WHO'S THE TROLL IN REALITY

30.12.2011 15:16

For example, see this article about a completely fake story and comments that were planted about Bristol and Bath hunt sabs:  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/12/490513.html

THE STORY HAS SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN SHOWN TO BE TRUE HOWEVER IT IS IN THE INTERESTS OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS (ONE OF WHOM IS AN INDY MOD) TO TRY AND KEEP IT HIDDEN.

And look at all the trolling in the hidden comments on this article about McDonald's in Havant
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/12/490556.html?c=all#comments

TROLLING ? DO YOU MEAN OFFERING AN ALTERNATIVE VIEWPOINT AND AN ANALYSIS OF WHY THE ANIMAL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IS SO OUT OF TOUCH WITH MUCH OF WIDER SOCIETY ?

WE ARE ON TO YOUR IMC MANIPULATION

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no, I mean trolling

30.12.2011 17:35

"TROLLING ? DO YOU MEAN OFFERING AN ALTERNATIVE VIEWPOINT AND AN ANALYSIS OF WHY THE ANIMAL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IS SO OUT OF TOUCH WITH MUCH OF WIDER SOCIETY ?"

Er, no, shouty person, I mean pretending to be something you are not, in order to discredit your opponent's point of view by constructing a "straw man". That is trolling, not offering an alternative viewpoint.

Anyway, Indymedia isn't supposed to be objective and represent all possible views. It is supposed to be the alternative to the mainstream media. You'll find shills for animal abuse all over the mainstream media, so it's not the sort of thing Indymedia is designed for.

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