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Stella McCartney reported on an undercover report, videoed on a fur farm in the USA and was absolutely distraught with her findings. The secret filming revealed that animals were kept in tiny cages and left to rot with disease. On February 25th 1997, a fox died in his tiny cage after having an ear infection so bad that he could not hold his head up anymore. Another fox sadly ate its cage mate due to its dire starvation. Many of the animals kept in captivity for fur do not receive food at all and sometimes do not receive water for five weeks at a time. Many of the animals become "Cage Mad" (PETA) from being cramped into such a small space for an exceptionally long time. Video footage from the undercover investigation shows the cruel ways in which the foxes are killed, an electronic rod is placed inside the foxes anus and the fox is forced to bite down on another rod, as this happens, the rod inside the fox sends powerful electronic currents through its tiny body until the fox finally dies an excruciatingly painful death. This treatment is often un-effective in killing the animal, and often leaves animals in a large amount of pain before slowly dying an untimely death. Unfortunately, this footage shows the metal rod fall out several times causing the fox even more pain and discomfort than necessary.

It was later found out from the video footage that the skinned carcasses were later ground down and fed to the other caged animals.

Fur in the Fashion Industry

Following the recent discoveries of despicable behaviour at fur farms, Tommy Hilfiger has decided to go totally Faux. This following report was taken from a bulletin on (furisdead).

"Following months of discussions with PETA, Tommy Hilfiger joins Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Kenneth Cole, and others in banning fur from his collections." Starting immediately, the company will cease development of any product containing fur, and any fur garment already in production will be phased out of sales channels by the delivery of the spring 2008 collection,' Tommy Hilfiger Corp. announced in a statement. Fred Gehring, CEO of Tommy Hilfiger Corp., told fashion trade publication Women's Wear Daily that to guarantee our products live up to the integrity we promise our customers, we have decided to switch to a faux fur policy entirely.'"

On the other hand, Burberry Design Director, Christopher Bailey, recently spoke out in a seminar and revealed that he does in fact use real fur in his garments. This website

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