I hate the sicko who makes these.

[glitchunter]

pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/greenvibrations/message/1814

It basically is a letter of complaint about hamster fur coats... they make em' out of chinchillas too.
>>Dear Mr Patton

I rang your store this afternoon to complain about your company's promotion of the barbaric fur trade, i.e. the sale of jackets made of (for example) hamster fur. I was told that your press release on this issue would be sent to me.

In all my years I have never witnessed such a pathetic excuse for a press release. Press releases are meant to cover the issue in question, and include the details of the organisation issuing them.

I will be urging my clients, contacts and friends to boycott your company until you sever your connections with this outdated, abhorrent, and unacceptable trade. Please don't tell me that you wish to give your customers the choice. Presumably you would find it acceptable to give your customers the choice to be racist, sexist, or whatever 'ist' they like, as long as it does not affect your profits. Please be assured I will be circulating this widely.

Chris Deacon MSFA, ACII, Chartered Insurance Practitioner.
Plymouth

www.guardian.co.uk/animalrights/story/0,11917,1160055,00.html
The Guardian. 2 March 2004.
100 hamsters gassed to make each coat
By David Ward

A hamster fur coat is not, as some might think, a
covering designed to protect a small rodent from
sub-zero temperatures. It is instead an emerald green three-quarter length garment made with at least 100 pelts from Russian hamsters gassed to death to advance the cause of fashion.
The coats, named Sanya, are produced by the Austrian designer Lothar Repp for women with a disdain for animal rights and £1,750 to spare. The coats are on sale at the House of Bruar, a shop on the tourist route near Blair Atholl in Perthshire. But there were signs yesterday that they may be withdrawn after campaigners urged a boycott of the store, protesting at the pain endured by the hamsters. "This is horrifying," said Yvonne Taylor, spokeswoman for Advocates for Animals, based in Edinburgh. "About 100 hamsters would be needed to make each coat. "Having seen other fur farms, some of these animals are probably still alive while they are being skinned after gassing - their suffering must be horrendous." The Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals branded the garments "coats of death".
"This is very gory and it is unacceptable in this day and age that any animal should be killed purely for clothing," said its spokeswoman, Doreen Graham. "It really smacks of the Stone Age. I don't know how these animals died but from looking at other fur farms many are gassed or electrocuted." Yesterday a spokeswoman said House of Bruar prided itself on its relationship with its customers and was concerned that it might have offended some people. "The policy of The House of Bruar is to offer comprehension and allow our customers the freedom of choice, for example by offering fake and real fur
garments," she said. "We are constantly reviewing our product ranges in the light of customer feedback in our pursuit of excellence
in customer service."
Yesterday the company's website carried pictures of tweed shooting jackets, an Austrian tapestry jacket and a faux suede coat. There were no shots of hamsters. The royal tailor Gieves and Hawkes suffered a similar backlash in 2001 when it briefly offered a hamster fur jacket for £3,000 and an £800 cravat made from the pelts of 15 red squirrels<<

[Die Fledermaus]

Please do not post like that. Briefly summarize in your own words, and then bracket any quotes with these: >> <<. Using the "quote" function here for large amounts of text makes it too small to comfortably read. Thanks.

[glitchunter]

I fixed it... but don't you hate how they do that to hamsters and chinchillas?

[Hamsters82]

I thought all of that has been banned by now. It's still going on? Outrageous, let's see what happens when we take you and do the same to you as you're doing to the animals!

[Die Fledermaus]

We had a hamster fur coat thread long ago. Years ago. As I recall, it was an aberration and sick gag, but disgusting nonetheless.

Here it is! This goes back over four years! Read it.

kanez.proboards22.com/index.cgi?board=AN&action=display&thread=1847

Chinchies have long been used for fur, which is also sickening. I think all fur is.

[pinky]

I will have nothing to do with fur. I passed on my mom's mink stole.

[Die Fledermaus]

My mother's seal coat (black, not white). She always wanted one, but after my father finally got it she learned how brutal all of it is. . . and never wore it. I refused to give it away (lest someone wear ir), and it is in the closet still. But I was proud of her.

I have told that story before, and just did again!