Posted on 12/22/2006 5:42:55 PM PST by RDTF
NEW YORK - Macy's has pulled from its shelves and its Web site two styles of Sean John hooded jackets, originally advertised as featuring faux fur, after an investigation by the nation's largest animal protection organization concluded that the garments were actually made from a certain species of dog called "raccoon dog."
"First these jackets were falsely advertised as faux fur, and then it turned out that the fur came from a type of dog," said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States.
Pacelle added that the issue is an "industry-wide problem" and its investigation demonstrated that retailers and designers "aren't paying close enough attention to the fur trim they are selling." He added that the issue is especially problematic when "the fur is sourced from China where domestic dogs and cats and raccoon dogs are killed in gruesome ways."
Raccoon dogs — which are not domestic animals — are indigenous to Asia, including eastern Siberia and Japan, and have been raised in large numbers because their fur closely resembles raccoon, Pacelle said.
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The Sean John jackets — one a snorkel style, the other a classic version — had been labeled "raccoon fur," but were advertised as faux fur, Pacelle said.
In a statement by Sean "Diddy" Combs released by his publicist Hampton Carney, the designer said: "I was completely unaware of the nature of this material, but as soon as we were alerted, the garments were pulled off the Macy's floor and Web site. I have instructed our outerwear licensee to cease the production of any garments using this material immediately."
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This time of year? That's gonna be ruff on the bottom line!
Gross!
Black and tan or blue tic?
Ping-a-ding-ding!
That would be faux faux fur
OMG!
Coon hounds are pricey! They should have made the jackets out of poodles.
How old is this picture? Any pictures of the coonpups?
LOL I love the internet. Just type in any combination of words and out come the pickshures.
Never mind.
That pickshure has been used. LOL
That is a good looking dog!
OK. I could either resent that picture, or laugh my A** off like I did the first time I saw it 5 years ago.
So how are the kids?
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