{"id":1378262,"date":"2023-12-07T20:33:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T20:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radiofree.asia\/?guid=b4fa610537d50c772ac6db0ec24dca9a"},"modified":"2023-12-07T20:33:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T20:33:42","slug":"ugg-removes-baseless-humane-claims-after-cease-and-desist-from-peta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/12\/07\/ugg-removes-baseless-humane-claims-after-cease-and-desist-from-peta\/","title":{"rendered":"UGG Removes Baseless \u2018Humane\u2019 Claims After Cease and Desist From PETA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following PETA\u2019s demand that UGG stop baselessly assuring customers that the animals whose skin, down, and wool were used for its products were treated humanely\u2014when UGG has no way to ensure that\u2019s true\u2014the company has removed the misleading claims from its website.<\/p>\n

PETA pointed out that it\u2019s standard practice in the meat industry to castrate and cut off the tails of lambs and calves without painkillers, forcibly cram animals into trucks for transport to slaughter, and slit their throats\u2014so UGG has stopped claiming that using hides that are \u201cfood industry by-products\u201d and from its \u201cpermitted animal hides list\u201d means that they don\u2019t come \u201cfrom animals who have been raised or slaughtered inhumanely,\u201d that all the materials it uses \u201care sourced from animals that have been raised humanely,\u201d and that its hides are \u201cnever sourced using inhumane methods.\u201d<\/p>\n

UGG has also stopped claiming that its suppliers ensure that \u201canimals are free from hunger and thirst, discomfort, pain, fear, and distress\u201d after PETA noted that its expos\u00e9s<\/a> of facilities certified by the Responsible Down Standard revealed that geese were covered in gaping and bloody wounds before they were stabbed in the neck and their feet were cut off while they were still conscious.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy removing these baseless and misleading claims, UGG has acknowledged that there\u2019s nothing \u2018humane\u2019 about killing sheep, cows, and geese and using their skin and feathers for boots and jackets,\u201d says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. \u201cPETA is calling on UGG to give today\u2019s kind customers what they want\u2014luxurious vegan materials that leave animals out altogether.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A bloodied sheep\u2019s neck is sheared in Australia. Credit: PETA<\/em><\/p>\n

Earlier this year, retailers Quince<\/a> and Naadam<\/a> similarly removed \u201chumane\u201d claims about cashmere after receiving cease and desist letters from PETA.<\/p>\n

PETA\u2014whose motto reads, in part, that \u201canimals are not ours to wear\u201d\u2014opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information on PETA\u2019s investigative newsgathering and reporting, please visit PETA.org<\/strong><\/a>, listen to The PETA Podcast<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, or follow the group on X (formerly Twitter)<\/strong><\/a>, Facebook<\/strong><\/a>, or Instagram<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

The post UGG Removes Baseless \u2018Humane\u2019 Claims After Cease and Desist 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":"

Following PETA\u2019s demand that UGG stop baselessly assuring customers that the animals whose skin, down, and wool were used for its products were treated humanely\u2014when UGG has no way to ensure that\u2019s true\u2014the company has removed the misleading claims from its website. PETA pointed out that it\u2019s standard practice in the meat industry to castrate… Read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

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