AR-News: ACTION ALERT!

[Jodi de Vries]

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**/6th December 2003/ **
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*/European sales of dog/cat fur/*
 
*/Dear Friends/*
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*/Following on from the Update of 4th November, we have been alerted to 
a company selling toy cats purportedly made from rabbit fur by mail 
order and through the internet. We have however serious grounds to 
believe that the fur used is from either dogs or cats./*
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*/This company, "Home Ideas", operates throughout Europe. Their web site 
address is /**/http://www.walz-shopping.com//**/  - after selecting 
language/country click the tab "Home Interiors" then click the " > " for 
page 2 for the "Cuddly Cat". Compare this with the image at 
http://sirius.2kat.net on the "Dogs for Fur" page./*
 
*/After phoning the UK branch and speaking to someone who obviously had 
no knowledge of the product in question, we e-mailed them for more 
information. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the UK e-mail address did not work. 
Since their German branch has refused to reply to our urgent request for 
their assurances that these products are not made from cat/dog fur (sent 
on 27/11/03), we must draw the obvious conclusion./*
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*/Please write/phone/e-mail this company to express your feelings about 
their products./*
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*/Contact info can be found through the national flags and then clicking 
the "Data Protection" and "Contact" tabs at the base of their site./*
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*/SAMPLE e-mail, but please write an original if possible:/*
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Dear Sir/Madam
 
I was outraged to learn that you are selling toy cats that you claim are 
made from rabbit fur when evidence indicates that these may in fact be 
made from either dog or genuine cat fur. Whilst I cannot condone the use 
of any animal fur for such trinkets when there are man-made alternatives 
available, the use of dog or cat fur for such items is particularly 
sickening. Your customers who purchase these products clearly are animal 
lovers and certainly would not buy such items were they aware of the 
origin of the materials involved.
 
To sell such items without clearly identifying the origins of the fur 
used is a blatant and cynical exploitation of the European people and 
will hopefully be legally addressed by the EU as an issue of consumer 
protection in the near future.
 
Until such time, I would ask you to either voluntarily withdraw these 
items from your catalogue, or to at least have the decency to clearly 
identify them for what they are.
 
Sincerely
 
Name/Address/Country
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*/Our continued thanks to all of you for your support and for caring 
enough to try to make a difference./*
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*/From all the team at ITD/*
 
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