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Article: Dog Fur Found in U.S. Stores; Humane Society Says It Traced Items to Merchants in Asia
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- December 15, 1998
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It took some searching, but Richard Swain found the coat he was
looking for last month at a store in Greenbelt. The black,
fur-trimmed parka resembled others on the racks, but the tag was
unsettling. It said the trim was "Mongolia Dog Fur."
The find was a coup for Swain, chief investigator for the
Humane Society of the United States, which is wrapping up an
18-month undercover probe into what it says is an extensive
worldwide trade in the pelts of domesticated dogs. The tag offered
the first hard evidence that dog products had entered the U.S.
market.
In a report out today, the Humane Society says that the fur is
used to make everything from stuffed toys to parkas like the one ...