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November 22, 2023
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Miami – On Friday, the busiest buying groceries day of the yr, a flock of PETA supporters dressed as large geese and ducks will swoop down at the H&M retailer on Lincoln Street to name out the corporate’s use of cruelly produced down and urge passersby to buy just for feather-free pieces.
When: Friday, November 24, 12 midday
The place: Outdoor H&M, 551 Lincoln Rd., Miami Seaside
A PETA Asia investigation into Vietnamese duck farms and slaughterhouses—which give so-called “accountable” all the way down to providers, together with person who indexed H&M as a buyer—presentations geese affected by gaping and bloody wounds within grimy sheds and on loads strewn with feces and being stabbed within the neck whilst nonetheless mindful. Lots of the birds persevered to transport for greater than a minute after staff reduce their necks. Consequently, H&M has got rid of the “accountable” down label from its on-line choices within the U.S.—indicating that it is aware of that the designation is a sham—nevertheless it continues to promote down.
“Each down merchandise represents the ache and struggling of terrified birds, and misleading labels and lip carrier are intentionally designed to dupe well-meaning, conscientious customers,” says PETA Government Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA is urging H&M to lend a hand finish this cruelty through banning down and is encouraging vacation customers to increase peace on Earth to all animals through sticking to feather-free, vegan fabrics.”
PETA—whose motto reads, partly, that “animals aren’t ours to put on”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more info on PETA’s investigative newsgathering and reporting, please consult with PETA.org, pay attention to The PETA Podcast, or practice the crowd on X (previously Twitter), Fb, or Instagram.