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The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) has yet to reflect the changing times by committing to a cruelty-free future in the fashion industry. As the organizers of New York Fashion Week—one of the world’s leading fashion events—the CFDA has a duty to lead by example and prohibit designers from showing the fur and skins of tortured wild animals. Join us in urging them to ban fur and wildlife skins from their catwalks!
Reptiles, such as crocodiles and pythons, are often subjected to extreme cruelty in the wildlife skins industry. These animals can be bludgeoned, electroshocked, stabbed, and skinned while they’re still moving and fighting for life. Similarly, minks, foxes, and other animals used for fur are confined to cramped, filthy cages for their entire lives before they’re gassed, electrocuted, have their necks broken, or even skinned alive.
Minks are highly active animals who can swim up to 100 feet underwater and jump from tree to tree. Snakes are fascinating animals who communicate through body language and sounds, and they fiercely protect their young. But these complex animals are treated as nothing more than accessories by the fashion trade.
Other fashion weeks in London, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Melbourne, and Stockholm have already banned fur and wildlife skins from their catwalks. Please act now by calling on the CFDA to immediately adopt a policy banning fur and wildlife skins from New York Fashion Week.