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Humane Society reports that Marc Jacobs faux fur coats have dog hair in them

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:45:00 +0000

The Humane Society is reporting that several faux fur Marc Jacobs coats sold at designer discount retailer Century 21 and online were found to contain real fur.

The tests were part of an undercover probe organized by the Society and state Assembly member Linda Rosenthal, and identified fur lining the “Marc by Marc Jacobs” coats as hair from the Chinese raccoon dog. According to investigators, hair from raccoon dogs is cheaper than the synthetic fur.

“Anybody who doesn’t want to buy animal fur should be very angry that a product that they’re trying to avoid is being misrepresented as a product they may want to buy,” said Humane Society representative Pierre Grzybowski.

Watch the Humane Society's investigation, below:

NRA pushes “right to hunt and fish” amendments

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 14:58:00 +0000

In four states this November, voters will decide whether to institute a constitutional amendment ensuring the "right to hunt and fish." These measures are being pushed by the National Rifle Association primarily as a way of preemptively protecting hunters and gun owners from "radical" animal rights groups.

Since 1996, twelve states have put into place constitutional provisions to ensure the right to hunt and fish. Vermont also has a measure in place, but it's been around since 1777. In the other states, the measures represent a supposed fear that outdoorsmen's rights could be at stake if animal rights groups have their way.

Next month Kentucky, Idaho, Wyoming and Nebraska all have ballot measures up for a vote after passing the bills out of their respective legislatures. In Nebraska and Kentucky, the measures carve out the right for people to "to hunt, to fish and to harvest wildlife"; in Wyoming and Idaho, the bills specify the right to "hunt, fish and trap."

Michael Vick, dog owner

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:47:00 +0000

Michael Vick owns a dog. Michael Vick, the Philadelphia Eagles' quarterback. Michael Vick, the family man. Michael Vick, the criminal who, five years ago, pleaded guilty to federal felony dogfighting conspiracy charges and served almost two years in prison. One of the most notorious animal abusers in modern history. Good for him.

It wasn't the sort of thing a man with his reputation was going to brag about. But last week, Vick tripped up when he tweeted a photograph of himself innocently hanging out with his daughter, mutually engrossed in different projects, with the caption "we working." Within moments, a sharp-eyed Crossingbroad.com contributor noted something interesting about the photo, observing, "Unless Michael Vick is eating Milk Bones, he has a dog. Look at the top right of the picture." And Vick, almost as quickly, posted a different photo of the same tableau, this time with no damning box of Milk Bones in the shot.