Harrods-Stop selling real fur

Harrods, Europe's largest department store, is selling real fur again, 15 years after owner Mohammed al Fayed pledged to make the store fur-free. The world famous store is now the only department store in the country which still sells real animal fur, following recent decisions by rivals Harvey Nichols, Selfridges and Liberty to adopt a fur-free policy.For more details on the fur industry,read below

˙Harrods had previously stopped selling fur in 1989, when the store was the flagship store of House of Fraser, the largest department store chain in the UK. Following years of protest, House of Frazer along with the other major department stores decided to remove their fur departments.

At the time, Mr al Fayed was quoted as saying "Our colour is green and it is my determination to make it greener. House of Fraser is Europe's biggest department stores group and we have a great responsibility."

In 1993, Al Fayed and Harrods split from the House of Fraser group.
Since that time fur has gradually crept back into the store, and now Harrods is now once again a major supplier of real animal fur.

Recently Harrods has teamed up with the chairman of the British Fur
Trade Association to launch a new fur collection. Frank Zilberkweit, owner of Hockley Furs in London as well as head of BFTA, has launched a new British fur label, and the collection goes on sale this Autumn, available exclusively at Hockleys shop and...Harrods.

When Harrods went fur-free in 1989, their then media director Michael Cole stated "The trade is not as acceptable now as it used to be" If Harrods thinks the fur trade is any more acceptable now than it was 15 years ago, they are making a serious mistake.

Millions of animals around the world continue to be killed for their fur.The majority of these animals are factory farmed in horrific conditions-living˙cramped in their own filth,˙being slaughtered by anal electrocution,neck breaking & gassing.

http://www.caft.org.uk/factsheets/mink-impact.html

Wild animals face agonisingly slow deaths caught in traps,often chewing off their own limbs in an effort to escape

http://www.caft.org.uk/factsheets/trapping.html

Fuelled by the insatiable demands of a cruel and callous fashion industry, cats and dogs, along with 40 million other animals, are slaughtered for their fur and sold internationally.

Innocent cats are strangled and slit open or drowned internally while other cats watch terrified

The dogs are tethered by a wire noose, then stabbed in the groin, the lucky ones bleed to death before being skinned, those less fortunate are skinned once blood loss renders them too weak to struggle. Some desperately try to escape in a pool of blood. This method of slaughter causes least damage to the animals' fur, thus preserving its market value.

http://www.caft.org.uk/factsheets/cats-and-dogs.html

Mr Al Fayed,There are many fur free alternatives available today.We implore you to rethink selling real fur in your store.

The Undersigned

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