South African ostriches plucked alive for luxury fashion: report
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Ostrich farms in South Africa use mechanical featherers on live birds by applying painful techniques to obtain feathers intended for major haute couture brands, denounces Monday the World Animal Protection animal defense organization.
Reformatorisch Dagblad
The use of ostrich feathers in the fashion world leads to suffering for ostriches, states animal welfare organization World Animal Protection following its own research in collaboration with Collective Fashion Justice, which aims to tackle abuses in the fashion world. Researchers from the organizations gathered evidence at three commercial ostrich farms in South Africa.
An NGO investigation denounces cruel practices in South African ostrich farms providing feathers to major brands, such as Dior, Chanel... or even Shein.
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South African ostriches plucked alive for luxury fashion: report
The organisation said a new investigation, conducted with Collective Fashion Justice, documented ostriches being cornered by workers who put bags over their heads and then cut and pulled out their feathers without administering pain relief. The footage forms part of a report entitled "Blood Feathers", examining conditions on commercial ostrich farms and at feather-processing facilities in South Africa. South Africa accounts for about 75 percen…
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