BCBG Max Azria: Stop slaughtering rabbits

The Issue

In 2008, BCBG Max Azria pledged to go fur-free. Not any more.

BCBG's present Fall/Winter collection includes rabbit-fur ponchos and earmuffs. How are these items made? Well...
--Rabbits raised for their fur are kept in cramped, unsanitary cages little bigger than a shopping basket. There is no room for the animals to perform natural actions such as hopping forward or raising their ears; this lack of space leads to severe physical problems such as painful spinal deformities and to abnormal behaviors such as self-mutilation, cage-gnawing and fighting.
--Rabbits bound for slaughter are often handled roughly and endure broken bones and lesions as a result of carelessness during transportation.
--Slaughter consists of stunning with either a blunt object or electric shock, followed by slitting of the throat. The UK Farm Animal Welfare Council recommends that the interval between stunning and slaughter be limited to 15 seconds; however, at one Spanish slaughterhouse that processed over 9,000 rabbits anually, investigators from Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade found that rabbits were often left unattended for long periods after stunning, with one animal left hanging by the ankles for all of ten minutes before having its throat slit while still conscious. Rabbits awaiting slaughter were kept stacked in crates one on top of the other, with excrement from the animals above dripping down onto those below, and live rabbits could clearly hear the squealing of those being killed.

Civilized, sophisticated consumers have no need for fur garments or accessories. Let's send BCBG Max Azria a clear message: Cruelty leads only to boycotts.

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The Issue

In 2008, BCBG Max Azria pledged to go fur-free. Not any more.

BCBG's present Fall/Winter collection includes rabbit-fur ponchos and earmuffs. How are these items made? Well...
--Rabbits raised for their fur are kept in cramped, unsanitary cages little bigger than a shopping basket. There is no room for the animals to perform natural actions such as hopping forward or raising their ears; this lack of space leads to severe physical problems such as painful spinal deformities and to abnormal behaviors such as self-mutilation, cage-gnawing and fighting.
--Rabbits bound for slaughter are often handled roughly and endure broken bones and lesions as a result of carelessness during transportation.
--Slaughter consists of stunning with either a blunt object or electric shock, followed by slitting of the throat. The UK Farm Animal Welfare Council recommends that the interval between stunning and slaughter be limited to 15 seconds; however, at one Spanish slaughterhouse that processed over 9,000 rabbits anually, investigators from Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade found that rabbits were often left unattended for long periods after stunning, with one animal left hanging by the ankles for all of ten minutes before having its throat slit while still conscious. Rabbits awaiting slaughter were kept stacked in crates one on top of the other, with excrement from the animals above dripping down onto those below, and live rabbits could clearly hear the squealing of those being killed.

Civilized, sophisticated consumers have no need for fur garments or accessories. Let's send BCBG Max Azria a clear message: Cruelty leads only to boycotts.

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The Decision Makers

Max Azria, CEO
Max Azria, CEO
BCBG Max Azria Group
Lalena Luba, Vice President of public relations
Lalena Luba, Vice President of public relations
BCBG Max Azria Group
BCBG Customer Service
BCBG Customer Service
BCBG Max Azria Group
BCBG Women's Customer Service
BCBG Women's Customer Service
BCBG Max Azria Group
Grace Rigonan
Grace Rigonan
Fabric R&D, BCBG Max Azria Group

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Petition created on November 3, 2011