Faux-Fur Wearers Beware

So this post is a little late to the game, but apparently awhile ago several chain stores were found to be passing off real fur as imitation faux-fur. I'm not going to take sides on whether fur is right or wrong, but what concerns me is that the 'imitation' fur being used was found to be dog and cat fur.

Imported from China (where extremely inhumane methods of raising and killing fur-bearing animals have been documented) the furs were sent for DNA testing to determine whether claims that they were coyote and raccoon fur were true, or whether the fur of dogs was used. It is believed that raccoon-dog fur was used, a type of dog raised in China that has raccoon-like fur. Macy's, Burlington Coat Factory and Loehmann's were 3 of the chain stores found to be falsely advertising their 'faux-fur' collections. Whether you are a fur-wearer or not, just be careful of what you are buying