Zara Parent Company Announces No Sale Of Angola Rabbit Hair Products

Zara parent Inditex group announced that they would stop selling Angola rabbit hair products, including sweaters and accessories woven from Angola rabbit hair.

It originated in 2013, and PETA released some videos, which revealed the process of rabbits being ripped off, so that the public concerned about rabbit hair products.

It operates nearly 6500 stores around the world. It says its suppliers are not rabbit abusers, but the company will still stop using rabbit hair products.

The company's commitment to animal welfare policy on its official website is that "Inditex no longer sells products containing Angola rabbit hair."

In addition, Zara will donate its warehouse.

Sweaters and hats for refugees in Syria, Lebanon.

According to UN news, tens of millions of people in the region are suffering severe winter storms.

Apart from Zara, brands like H&M, Marks & Spencer, Topshop and Primark agree to stop selling Angola rabbit hair products.

According to foreign media reports, Angola is not always using extreme cruelty to get products.

Some small-scale rabbit breeders will comb and trim rabbit fur by using scissors and push clippers, and then extract fiber material into wool.

Inditex group said, "there is no evidence on our farm to prove that its suppliers use the brutal means to get Angola rabbit hair."

But after discussing with animal welfare organizations, we will discuss more production.

A sustainable way to help develop better standards in the industry.

We decided to ban the production of rabbit hair products in Angola is the right decision. "

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