Thursday, 24 June 2010 08:22

Set a deadline until 2012 to exhaust stocks of garments that have been manufactured using this material - Designer Adolfo Dominguez has presented on Thursday the "Animal Welfare Policy 'of his company, which aims to engage with the environment, rejecting the use of genuine leather with fur or exotic animals and the use of leather on your clothes ...

... and setting a time until 2012 to exhaust stocks of garments that have been manufactured using this type of fur.



In addition, the document will not accept merino wool obtained by mutilation or violent actions, such as mulesing or clipping of their designs and eliminate the down or feathers from birds bred to live or no food, because "they were obtained in these cases considered abuse. "



In this way, the firm will require manufacturers to comply with the rules set and an official document certifying the conditions under which the product is created.

As for the line of accessories, are the providers claim that the leather used is a byproduct of animals raised for food.

Responsible for promoting these measures has been the director of Corporate Social Responsibility department, Tiziana Dominguez, daughter of the designer, who explained that "if you can mimic the skin, use it no longer makes sense" and insisted that "aesthetic is an argument obsolete. "

The initiative has the support of the National Association for the Protection of Animals (ANDA), whose president, Marian Sanz, said: "I wish more companies would have this kind of initiative."

On the other hand, the People for the American Association Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) describes this policy of "exciting" with proposals that have been "impressed the team."