PETA Asia, in its recent 13-month lengthy investigation, discovered that famend style retailer H&M is supporting the down business.
According to PETA, H&M is sourcing down jackets from Vietnam the place toes of struggling birds are minimize off stay and they’re slaughtered with axes earlier than their feathers are stuffed into jackets.
Despite H&M’s assertion that its merchandise contain no hurt to animals, the investigation by PETA Asia uncovered distressing circumstances in duck farms and slaughterhouses throughout Vietnam.
Ducks have been reportedly discovered with gaping wounds in soiled sheds, stabbed within the neck, and struggling on heaps strewn with feces. Even at a facility licensed by the Responsible Down Standard (RDS) in Vietnam, geese had their toes minimize off whereas nonetheless acutely aware.
Similar disturbing practices have been noticed in ‘responsible’ down farms in Russia, the place geese have been subjected to brutal remedy. H&M has eliminated the ‘responsible’ down label from its US on-line choices, acknowledging the label’s lack of credibility, but it continues to promote down jackets.
H&M Group CEO Helena Helmersson is ready to obtain a proper communication from PETA addressing the corporate’s involvement within the down business. The correspondence will likely be accompanied by a symbolic bundle that includes a simulated bloody duck foot and a illustration of an ‘axe’.
PETA’s letter enclosed within the bundle serves as a reminder to the H&M govt of documented cases of cruelty and earnestly urges the corporate to discontinue its affiliation with the down business, advocating for the welfare of birds.
“H&M’s down sales help prop up an industry that exploits and slaughters terrified birds, who have every bit as much desire to live without fear and pain as any of its executives do,” commented Tracy Reiman, Executive Vice President, PETA, including, “H&M already sells affordable and stylish vegan clothing and PETA is urging the company to ditch all down in favor of these innovative options.”
