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Claire’s agrees to halt sale of feather-based products following PETA pressure

Accessories retailer Claire’s is understood to have agreed to stop buying feathers for its products following heightened pressure from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). According to an investigation into ostrich feather providers by the animal rights organisation, including a location in South Africa, evidence of animal...

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PETA calls on the FTC to take action on false 'recycled' claims for pre-consumer animal materials

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is urging that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) amend one of its key points in the Green Guides regarding recycling claims. The animal welfare organization sent an open letter to Samuel Levine, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, insisting the agency revise one of the points...

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Should feathers be the next material banned from Fashion?

Should feathers be banned for adorning garments? Animal cruelty is a hot topic since the luxury fashion houses all but collectively agreed to stop using fur for their runway collections. Feathers generally are considered an animal by-product much the way that leather is a by-product of the meat industry. A large portion of the plumage used in...

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Fashion's feather master Serkan Cura tickles up a storm

Serkan Cura was first tickled by the possibility of feathers when he was just 13. "I found a bird of paradise feather in a street market in Brussels," he told AFP. "It was love at first sight." The thrill has never quite left him. "I made my first wedding dress that year out of feathers and plastic," he recalled. Two decades later Cura is one of...

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Birds live-plucked at farms part of the 'Responsible Down Standard'

London - The authencity of the Responsible Down Standard (RDS), an certification from the Textile Exchange which aims to ensure the best practices in animal welfare are carried out on bird farms which supply down and feathers, has be cast into doubt following an undercover exposé from PETA. The animal rights' organization visited geese farms in...