{"id":1342595,"date":"2023-11-20T20:30:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T20:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/?p=1079078"},"modified":"2023-11-20T20:30:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T20:30:24","slug":"misleading-humane-claims-by-ugg-prompt-legal-warning-from-peta-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/11\/20\/misleading-humane-claims-by-ugg-prompt-legal-warning-from-peta-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Misleading \u2018Humane\u2019 Claims by UGG Prompt Legal Warning From PETA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clothing brand UGG assures its customers that the animals whose skin, down, and wool are used for its products were treated humanely\u2014despite having no way to prove it. In response, PETA sent UGG a cease-and-desist letter demanding that the company remove any such claims from its website and other marketing materials and giving it until December 1 to comply. Failure to comply would risk the filing of a complaint with federal authorities.<\/p>\n

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A bloodied sheep\u2019s body and neck are twisted during shearing in Australia.<\/p><\/div>\n

PETA expos\u00e9s have repeatedly shown the cruelty inherent in the wool, down, and leather industries, yet UGG is seemingly attempting to wash its hands of the suffering behind its products. We\u2019re calling on the company to stop misleading the public with deceptive marketing claims and urging consumers not to fall for humane-washing<\/a> tactics. The only humane option is a vegan one.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On its website, UGG claims that it never accepts hides that come \u201cfrom animals who have been raised or slaughtered inhumanely\u201d and that it ensures this by obtaining only ones that are \u201cfood industry by-products.\u201d But it\u2019s standard practice in the meat industry to cut off the tails of lambs and calves and castrate the males (all without painkillers), forcefully cram animals into trucks for transport to slaughter, and slit their throats.<\/p>\n

UGG advertises that it obtains its sheepskin from certain countries, including the U.S. and Australia, because they regulate the treatment of animals\u2014but there are no such federal laws in the U.S. for farmed animals, and the few state laws that exist are filled with exemptions that allow rampant abuse. Similarly, PETA entities have released seven expos\u00e9s of facilities in Australia\u2019s wool industry that documented abuse at more than 40 farms and shearing sheds throughout the country. Workers beat, stomped on, kicked, and mutilated sheep as they sheared them, often leaving them bloodied.<\/p>\n

UGG also brags about using down from facilities certified by the Responsible Down Standard (RDS), but PETA expos\u00e9s<\/a> on Vietnamese farms that sold \u201cresponsible\u201d down revealed that geese were covered in gaping and bloody wounds and languished in sheds strewn with feces before they were stabbed in the neck and their feet were cut off while they were still conscious. One facility in Russia, where workers were shown hacking off live birds\u2019 heads<\/a> with a dull axe, didn\u2019t even know that it was RDS-certified. The \u201cresponsible\u201d down label also allows for many cruel industry standards\u2014for example, certification only recommends<\/em> (it doesn\u2019t require<\/em>) that farms be clean enough to avoid a \u201cstrong ammonia smell.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, PETA sent cease-and-desist letters to retailers Quince<\/a> and Naadam<\/a> over similar \u201chumane\u201d claims\u2014prompting both companies to drop them.<\/p>\n

Urge UGG to Do Better<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Tell UGG to choose only vegan materials and to stop supporting the exploitation and slaughter of animals:<\/p>\n

Take Action Now!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

The post Misleading \u2018Humane\u2019 Claims by UGG Prompt Legal Warning From PETA<\/a> appeared first on PETA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

This post was originally published on Animal Rights and Campaign News | PETA<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PETA sent UGG a cease-and-desist letter over misleading claims the retailer has made about the treatment of animals used for wool and down.<\/p>\n

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