“If it says ‘Angora,’ remember the gentle rabbits whose fur was cruelly ripped out of their skin – and leave the item on the rack.”
PETA UK Associate Director Mimi Bekhechi
Address list update December 14th – scroll down for the contact details of more retailers that sell angora – New list is about half way down. Also added December 23rd a petition for you to sign, please scroll further
If you have not done so already, before continuing please read the previous blog entry: Rabbits Scream in Pain as Their Fur is Plucked While They Are Alive!
https://rantingsfromavirtualsoapbox.wordpress.com/2013/11/20/rabbits-scream-in-pain-as-their-fur-is-plucked-while-they-are-alive/ – Watch the video if you can but be please be warned it is very distressing. This is by far the most shocking video I have ever seen of animal cruelty, this atrocity has to stop now.
PETA ask you to refuse to buy angora and to ask family and friends to do the same.
There is however more action we can take to stop this atrocity.
Action You Can Take
I hope in time PETA will organise further action such petitions and letter writing campaigns.
In the mean time
Please Write to Retailers – Also please sign this petition to tell Ralph Lauren to stop selling angora
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/215/579/302/tell-ralph-lauren-to-stop-using-angora-rabbit-fur/
Please write and ask retailers to stop selling angora products made in China.
Please be polite, the store you are contacting may not be aware of the treatment of rabbits in Chinese farms.
Here is a list of stores that sell angora:
As ninety per cent of angora clothing is produced in China it is highly likely that the angora sold in the following stores is made in China.
A friend and I have done an on-line search for stores that sell angora however as the country of origin is not included in the on-line information I cannot be absolutely certain that the garments sold by each store come from China. Nonetheless it is worth writing to ask them not to stock angora produced in China.
I began my letter with:
“As a retailer of angora products I urge you to please consider not selling angora clothing that is produced in China.” Then I went on to explain what happens to rabbits in Chinese farms and included the PETA link and links to the Independent and the Daily Mail.
Thanks to Rabbits United Forum user Compass for the list of retailers below. There are no doubt other stores which sell angora and if you know of any not on this list please let me know by leaving a comment.
- John Lewis
- Laura Ashley
- Debenhams
- Topshop
- Ted Baker
- Lidl
- ASOS
- Net-A-Porter
- White Stuff
- Marks and Spencers
- La redoute
- Phase Eight
- New Look
- Whistles
- Oasis
- House of Fraser
- American Apparel
Letters are more effective and more likely to be read, but please if this is not possible send e-mail or use the stores on-line form. Please do your best and write to as many of these stores as possible.
The information below is correct to the best of my ability. Please verify yourself if you have any doubts. There’s not always an appropriate subject choice for e-mail or on-line forms, few stores provide a general e-mail address. Where appropriate I have advised the best subject selection.
Also please consider writing on the Facebook and Twitter pages of retailers asking them to stop selling angora products made in China.
It is important to keep in mind that this is a problem world-wide.
Although the PETA campaign included on this blog is featured on their UK website many other countries world-wide sell angora products produced in China.
A similar campaign can be found on PETA’s USA website:
Check on PETA USA’s website for similar campaigns in your country:
http://www.peta.org.uk/ – scroll down to the bottom of the page
So far most , but not all, addresses for retailers included below are here in the UK
Contact Details of retailers who sell angora
Marks and Spencer
The Registered Office and Head Office of Marks & Spencer is
Marks and Spencer Group plc
Waterside House
35 North Wharf Road
London
W2 1NW
Telephone: 020 7935 4422
To send an e-mail click the link below
http://corporate.marksandspencer.com/site_contacts the only e-mail I can find is for customer services where after clicking “Contact us by e-mail click here” you are taken to a page where you will be asked to ” Select a subject for your e-mail” I choose “instore service and feedback”
Zara
Head Office
United Kingdom – London
120 Regent Street
LONDON
W1B 5FE
Tel. 44 20 78514300
Fax 44 20 78514301
Affiliate http://www.zara.com/uk/en/company/offices-c18002.html
Contact by e-mail
John Lewis
e-mail Contact us @johnlewis.com
http://www.johnlewis.com/customer-services/essential-information#cq-i-contact – from what I can ascertain it is only possible to e-mail a specific shop. In which case I would e-mail the shop nearest to you or send a letter to head office
Head Office
John Lewis Partnership
Partnership House
Carlisle Place
London
SW1P 1BX
Tel: 0207 828 1000
http://www.johnlewispartnership.co.uk/about/the-partnership/head-office-location.html
Laura Ashley
Contact details by e-mail and post
http://www.lauraashley.com/page/contactusform
Head Office
Laura Ashley
27 Bagleys Lane
Fulham
London
SW6 2QA
Tel: 0207 880 5100
Fax: 0207 880 5200
http://www.lauraashley.com/about-laura-ashley/corporate-information/page/corporateinformation
Debanhams
Scroll down there is a subject selection I chose general enquires
http://www.debenhams.com/wcsstore/DebenhamsUKSite/faq/our_online_services/contact_us.html#
DEBENHAMS – NATIONAL – HEAD OFFICE
1 Welbeck Street, London, Greater London, W1G 0AA
02074084444
Ted Baker
http://www.tedbaker.com/uk/contact-us
Head Office
Ugly Brown Building
6a St Pancras Way
London
NW1 0TB
Tel: 020 7255 4800
Email: enquiries@tedbaker.com
http://www.tedbakerplc.com/ted/en/contactus/headoffice
Lidl
So difficult to find this contact link in tiny letters right at the bottom of the customer information page
e-mail form
http://www.lidl.com.mt/cps/rde/SID-FDE9C526-A6EE0F9C/www_lidl_mt/hs.xsl/contact-form.htm
Head Office
Lidl Head Office
Office
19 Worple Road, Wimbledon, London SW19 4JS
https://foursquare.com/v/lidl-head-office/4c7291c7f3279c743ffbac2d
Regional Offices
http://property.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/SID-810E2A47-35FCF98D/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/6537.htm
ASOS
This is the only on-line contact information I could find
twitter https://twitter.com/ASOS Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ASOS
http://www.asos.com/
Head Office
CUSTOMER CARE
ASOS.com, Customer Care
Building 2. Peoplebuilding
Maylands Avenue
Hemel Hempstead Industrial Estate
Hemel Hempstead
Hertfordshire
HP2 4NW
http://www.asosplc.com/contacts.aspx
Net-A-Porter
other enquires- feed back and suggestions:
feedback@net-a-porter.com
http://www.net-a-porter.com/Help/Contact-Us
Head Office
Address:
1
The Village Offices
Westfield London Shopping Centre
Ariel Way
London
W12 7GF
La redoute.
Customer Services. Phone Number 01274-729544.
No-one at their HQ in the UK could give me the address for the HQ in France, they just gave me a
telephone number in Paris to ring…. 0033 156 929800.
On-line Form:
http://www.laredoute.co.uk/help/contactform.aspx
There is the following UK address on their website under Head Office Contact details:
Redcats (UK) plc
2 Holdsworth Street
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD1 4AH
http://www.laredoute.co.uk/privacy-policy.aspx
Phase Eight
There is an on-line form on their website:
http://www.phase-eight.co.uk/fcp/content/Contactus/content – Choose General enquiry
Head Office
Phase Eight (Fashions & Designs) Ltd,
90 Peterborough Road,
Fulham.
London SW6 3HH.
New Look
Tel. Customer Services 0844-499 6690
Or there is an on-line form on their website. Go to their contact us. Then go to their help
centre….then scroll down to the bottom of the page to Ask Your Question and you will find the email form.
http://www.newlook.com/furniture/contact_us.jsp – choose general feedback may be the best option
This sounds like a pretty unconvincing address, but I was told that this is where the knitwear buyer
is located….
New Look
PO Box 782
Exeter
EX1 9TY
Other contact addresses – http://www.newlookgroup.com/contact-us
Also Facebook https://www.facebook.com/newlookfashion and Twitter https://twitter.com/newlookfashion
Main Office
Main office
New Look Customer services
PO Box 782
EXETER
EX1 9TY
Whistles
E -mail enquiries@whistles.co.uk
Head Office:
Whistles
183 Eversholt Street
London NW1 1BU
Oasis
A really hard-to-find online form to contact them with.
contact
http://www.oasis-stores.com/fcp/content/contactus/information?lng=&ctry=null
Head Office:
Oasis,
69-77 Paul Street ,
Tower Hamlets,
London EC2A 4NQ.
http://ukplaces.com/fashion-shops/city/oasis-storeshead-office
House of Frazer
Tel. 0845 602 1073
On line contact form on their website.
http://www.houseoffraser.co.uk/on/demandware.store/Sites-hof-Site/default/ContactUS-EnquiryForm
EnquiryForm
A long list of enquiry options though none for a general enquiry. I would choose “other store enquiry”
Head Office:
House of Frazer,
Granite House
31 Stockwell Street
Glasgow
G1 4RZ
UK address:
American Apparel UK
123-125, Curtain Road
London
EC2A 3BX
UK
US Postal address:
American Apparel
747 Warehouse St.
Los Angeles, CA 90021
American Apparel
Online contact form at their website.
http://store.americanapparel.co.uk/help/contact.jsp
Facebook :
https://www.facebook.com/americanappareluk?brand_redir=1
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/americanapparel
This is a list update 14th December with new addresses of retailers that sell angora.
I rather think that any store that sells clothing is likely to stock angora so I intend to add as many stores as possible.
NEXT
Matalan
Evans – Arcadia
Harvey Nichols
Selfridges
Fenwick’s
Edinburgh Woollen Mill
French Connection
River Island
British Home Stores
Top Shop/Topman
Wallis
Harrods LTD
French Connection
Simply Be/Fashion World,
Yours Clothing,
Sainsbury’s
Tesco
ASDA
If as many people as possible can write to any of these stores about the cruelty of rabbits hopefully things will change. I know it is a busy time of year but just do the best you can. Some of the list was sent by a blog visitor – see comment below. I have endeavoured to find postal addresses for as many as possible and on-line contact details. Unfortunately it seems some retailers are not that helpful in providing contact details.
NEXT
On-line Form
http://help.next.co.uk/Contact.aspx
Head Office
Next Retail Ltd
Desford Road
Enderby
Leicester
LE194AT
http://help.next.co.uk/Section.aspx?ItemId=10466
Matalan
Email:”mailto: cs@matalanonline.co.uk
http://www.matalan.co.uk/customer-services/customer-services-home
Head Office
Matalan
Gillibrands Road, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 9TB
http://www.192.com/atoz/business/skelmersdale-wn8/sc/matalan-retail-ltd/c6db7a9689ae81a611a89d0ddebcf003d3412593/comp/
Evans
This retailer is number one with regards to difficult to find contact details.
On-line form – There are two on-line forms . I would worry about the reliability of either concerning this issue and recommend that you write a letter if possible.
http://www.evans.co.uk/en/evuk/category/contact-us-250056/home?geoip=noredirect
Evans / Arcadia
Head Office
This is the only address I could find other than one for recruitment.
This is the head office for the Arcadia group which includes Evans and a number of other high street shops.
COLEGRAVE HOUSE
70 BERNERS STREET
LONDON
W1T 3NL
Harvey Nichols
e-mail- contactus@harveynichols.com
Harvey Nichols Head Office
365 Chiswick High Road,
Chiswick, London,
W4 4HS.
http://www.harveynichols.com/head-office
Selfridges
Customer Services – email customerservices@selfridges.com
Twitter – https://twitter.com/Selfridges
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/selfridges
Registered office:
Selfridges,
400 Oxford Street,
Marylebone,
London W1U 1AB
Fenwicks
(Head Office and Department Store).
39 Northumberland Street.
Newcastle upon Tyne. NE99 1AR
e-mail newcastle.enquiries@fenwick.co.uk
http://www.fenwick.co.uk/contact-us
Edinburgh Woollen Mill
On-line form
http://www.ewm.co.uk/contact/
Postal address
The Edinburgh Woollen Mill Ltd.
Waverley Mills
Langholm
Dumfriesshire
Scotland
DG13 0EB
French Connection
On-line form
https://www.frenchconnection.com/contact+us.htm I choose product question
e-mail enquiries@frenchconnection.com
Postal address
French Connection
3rd Floor
Matrix Beta
Matrix Business Park
Swansea
SA6 8RE
River Island
On-line form
http://www.riverisland.com/how-can-we-help/contact-us
e-mail – customer.services@river-island.com
Postal Address
Customer Service Dept.
River Island
Chelsea House
Westgate
London, W5 1DR
British Home Stores
On-line form https://www.bhs.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ContactUs?catalogId=34096&storeId=13077&krypto=go6qn4y17rLgdm9PHlUZZczNWHvEDmmYQPFOj75iI7Z7VSSEUjSmEjjcNS3bFB3f4APY3Mczdzve%0ADodkOXpHfA%3D%3D
Postal Address
Bhs Limited,
6th Floor North West House,
127-129 Marylebone Road,
London, NW1 5PX
Top Shop/Topman
Concerning Top Shop. This store is really unhelpful as regard to any obvious contact information on its website other than by telephone. I tracked down a customer service e-mail address included in the Terms and Conditions Page right at the bottom customer. service@TOPSHOP.COM.
https://www.topshop.com/checkout_popups/terms.html
I recommend that for this store a letter would most certainly be the best option.
Top Man have an on-line contact form – choose Stock Query
https://www.topman.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ContactUs?catalogId=33056&storeId=12555&krypto=0XlaxvcqXyD3c%2FWhCmMNltqacHac13LtDOD9oLVFwuy0ugy%2FfGZ4nWPnwyMTmCXbVv%2BOSSUJ71JG%0A2dHDGpL5%2Fxq9dYOrhhyyyICvS5K4
Heard Office
Topshop Topman
47-48 Berners Street, London, Greater London, W1T 3NF
http://www.118118.com/merchant/category/london/255747-topshop-topman-head-office
Wallis
On-line form for customer service – https://www.wallis.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ContactUs?catalogId=33058&storeId=12557&krypto=9zD%2BR0xoCwhKuE8fOmcba6rYLlJQ%2FCd5zaEuJ925BFPCwA8AImhIu03AJUBSNfMvGqToj6a8eo4w%0ALjq03R3nn3l49xDvHg%2F9yiD0YY6%2BdAc%3D
There appears to be no head office address for Wallis
Wallis however like Evans is part of the Arcadia Group.
This is the address of the head Office of Arcadia
COLEGRAVE HOUSE
70 BERNERS STREET
LONDON
W1T 3NL
Harrods LTD
On-line Contact form
http://www.harrods.com/contact-us
Harrods
87-135 Brompton Rd, London SW1X 7XL
Simply Be/Fashion World,
I think Simply Be and Fashion World belong to the same group – all very complicated as I am unfamiliar with either. Below is the best I could do with tracking down their contact details. if anyone has any further contact information regarding either please let me know.
Really hard work finding contact details for this retailer.
https://www.simplybe.co.uk/shop/contactus.jsp –
On-line form. I choose the “our products” option
https://www.simplybe.co.uk/shop/contactus.jsp?destination=contactus_form&pageFrom=menu&formDisplay=ourProducts
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/SimplyBeFashion
Twitter
https://twitter.com/SimplyBeUK
This is the only postal address I could find
Address:
Griffin House
40 Lever Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M60 6ES
Yours Clothing,
On-line Form: http://www.yoursclothing.co.uk/contactus.aspx
Registered office:
Yours Clothing
1184 Lincoln Road,
Werrington,
Peterborough,
Cambs,
PE4 6LA,
United Kingdom.
http://www.yoursclothing.co.uk/contactus.aspx
Don’t overlook the supermarkets
Sainsburys
On-line Form
http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/sol/contact_us/contact_us.jsp
Sainsburys
33 Holborn
London
EC1N 2HT
Tesco
On-line form – https://www.tescohelp.com/tesco/forms/direct_form.html
I think it is best if you can to send a letter by post as there is no real e-mail or online form- at least one that looks reliable. The above which is for Tesco Direct is probably the best way to make contact on-line. I would not recommend on-line contact with this store.
Postal Address
Tesco Head Office
Shire Park, Falcon Way
AL7 1TW Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
ASDA
There appears to be no on-line contact address for ASDA. Clicking on their contact link right at the bottom of the homepage http://www.asda.com/ takes you to this page https://asda.custhelp.com/app/helphome?cmpid=ahc-_-soc-bnf7-_-asdacom-dsk-_-hp-_-foot which as you will see is anything but a contact page, no e-mail, no on-line form. Anyone would think they do not wish to hear from their customers.
So please if you are able to write only one postal letter please write it to ASDA.
ASDA
Southbank,
Great Wilson St,
Leeds,
West Yorkshire LS11 5AD
If for some reason letters are not possible please send a tweet https://twitter.com/asda/?item=bnf13
Or contact by their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Asda?item=bnf14
Update December 16th –
Liberty’s
E-mail – customerservices@liberty.co.uk
Postal address
Customer Services,
Liberty Store,
Regent Street
London W1B 5AH
Please now sign the pledge if you have not already done so
Ben Williamson, a spokesman for PETA, said: “Ninety per cent of the world’s Angora come from China.
“Chances are if you are buying Angora, it comes from China.
“In half of the farms visited by our Asia investigator, they saw this live plucking happen.”
Please say no to angora wool and join PETA’s campaign against this cruel and violent industry by clicking this link:
http://action.peta.org.uk/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=5&ea.campaign.id=23870
Will add to the list if more contact details become available
It is important to keep in mind that this is a problem world-wide.
More Links
According to CBS News “The soft fiber (angora)is used as an element in sweaters and other knitwear found at stores all over America.”
More information about this atrocity including a video many of us will find disturbing
PETA releases video of angora rabbit investigation in China
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/peta-releases-video-of-angora-rabbit-investigation-in-china/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leighton-woodhouse/boycott-angora_b_4318471.html
Please return to this page for further updates and if you know of any stores not listed above please include in the comments.
If there are any errors or links not working please let me know by leaving a comment. Thank you.
Apologies for the rather messed up formatting, hopefully will rectify as soon as possible. This update has been a huge and time consuming task and I do not wish to delay further because of formatting errors.
