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A number of well-known fashion designers have used seal fur and skins in their collections in the past. By using seal skin and fur in items such as coats, tunics, dresses, shoes, vests, jackets, handbags, pillows, and even lamp shades, these designers are providing the Canadian government and sealers with an economic incentive to continue the hunt.


Send a letter to these designers and politely request that they make their fashion more compassionate by adopting a permanent policy against the use of seal fur. Though the use of seal fur and skin is banned in the United States, these designers have used seal products in their European and international collections. Here are some points you can make. In addition, please sign our Fur Free pledge.

Send your letters to the following design houses. (If you live in the United States and you send your letters to Italy or Denmark, postage will be 84 cents.)


Annika Heinadottir
Oehlenschlaegersgade 30
Copenhagen
Denmark
Phone: 45 26192611
Email: annika@dottir.dk

Birger Christensen
Ostergade 38
DK-1100 Copenhagen K
Denmark
Phone: 45 33 11 55 55
Fax: 45 33 93 21 35
Email: bc@birger-christensen.com

Gucci
685 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY 10022
212-750-5220
clientservice-europe@gucci.it

The Odette Leblanc Collection
022 de l'ecole Rd., Pointe-aux-Loups
Iles de la madeleine PQ. G4T 8B1
Canada
Phone: 418-969-9385
Email: oleblanc@tlb.sympatico.ca

Petit Nord OU
Marielundvej 28, 1
2730 Herlev, Copenhagen
Denmark
Phone: 45 44 85 20 50
Fax: 45 44 85 20 51
Email: Use the form at http://www.base-1.com/petit.html

Prada World Headquarters
Prada S.P.A.
Via Andrea Maffei, 2
Milan, Italy 20154
Phone: 39 02 54 67 01

Prada U.S.
610 W. 52nd St.
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212 307 9300

Versace
Donatella Versace
Versace S.P.A. Headquarters
Via Manzoni, 38
Milan, Italy 20121
Phone: 39 02 76 09 31
Fax: 39 02 76 00 41 22

Updated Dec. 15, 2008



VUITTON AND VERSACE PUT SKIN IN NEW COLLECTIONS

By Ian Herbert

A Louis Vuitton collection has used sealskin in coats, tunics and pinafore dresses. Donatella Versace made it a part of her first show. It is also used decoratively on shoes and as a trim on coats, vests and jackets.

Traditional Scottish sporrans, right, are also made from seal fur and retail at as much as £180.

Seal oil is naturally high in omega-3 fatty acids, which is said to combat arthritis. The Canadian Sealers' Association has also worked on a lotion for eczema and psoriasis. It be also used in skin creams and lip balms and sealers energy and food products Seal penises are shipped to Asia as aphrodisiacs and can sell for up to £200 each. The sealers have also developed seal protein drink for sportspeople.

Meats include salami, pepperoni and seal sausage. The buoyancy of seal fur also makes it a popular bait for the fishing industry.


According to an Angus Reid Group poll released in September, 1997, 85% of Canadians oppose the killing of seal pups under a year old, 82% object to the trade in seal penises, and 75% oppose government subsidization of the hunt, including a majority of Newfounlanders.



"I saw baby seals struggling after they had been skinned and making conscious efforts to get away from the hunters."



http://www.thenausea.com/elements/special%20topics/crimesagainstanimals/canada/seals%20facts.html

I have a feeling you may have missed something there newfie...

You obviously didnt miss that newfie otherwise you wouldnt have pointed it out.