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Article: BIGGEST U.S. COAT RETAILER PULLS PARKAS WITH DOG FUR.(Business)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- December 16, 1998
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Burlington Coat Factory, the nation's largest coat retailer, pulled hundreds of men's parkas from its stores after a vendor admitted they were trimmed with fur from slaughtered dogs.
The Humane Society of the United States objected after an investigation and said the coat controversy was part of an extensive international trade in pelts of domesticated dogs.
Stephanie Kenyon, a spokeswoman for the Fur Information Council of America in Washington, D.C., condemned the practice of using cat or dog fur in garments, though federal law doesn't prohibit the practice.
``Our position is that dog and cat fur should not be sold in the United States,'' she ...