French group uses rabbit cruelty video to urge angora ban - France - RFI
"It's unacceptable," One Voice's president Muriel Arnal told French news agency AFP, calling for a ban on angora "as long as this farming is not regulated".
One Voice, created in 1995 and based in the eastern city of Strasbourg, "infiltrated" six angora rabbit farms around France for the investigation, which was conducted from February through July, she said.
The group would not identify the companies, preferring to "denounce an overall system and achieve a ban on raising and selling angora," Arnal added.
Some 90 percent of world production of angora wool comes from rabbits in China, which lacks animal protection laws.
As a result of PETA's drive, major clothing retailers including H&M ceased using angora in their products.
"Compared with China, the only thing that is different in France is that the rabbits have straw in their cages, but that's more to keep their fur silky and clean than for their well-being," Arnal said.
"It's unacceptable," One Voice's president Muriel Arnal told French news agency AFP, calling for a ban on angora "as long as this farming is not regulated".
One Voice, created in 1995 and based in the eastern city of Strasbourg, "infiltrated" six angora rabbit farms around France for the investigation, which was conducted from February through July, she said.
The group would not identify the companies, preferring to "denounce an overall system and achieve a ban on raising and selling angora," Arnal added.
Some 90 percent of world production of angora wool comes from rabbits in China, which lacks animal protection laws.
As a result of PETA's drive, major clothing retailers including H&M ceased using angora in their products.
"Compared with China, the only thing that is different in France is that the rabbits have straw in their cages, but that's more to keep their fur silky and clean than for their well-being," Arnal said.
