ABOLISH FUR – GLOBAL ACTION AGAINST LVMH
APRIL 20TH – 30TH At its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on April 20, LVMH will come together with their investors to count their blood money and divy their spoils. So while they are in Paris toasting to their profits, we will be across the planet, making them pay the costs. This is LVMH’s most important…
NONVIOLENT ACTIVIST ARRESTED FOR DEFENSE OF WILDLIFE
NONVIOLENT ACTIVIST ARRESTED FOR DEFENSE OF WILDLIFE For Immediate Release: 03/18/2022 Contact Tyler Smith (607)-323-1312 THIRD ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST ARRESTED IN BEVERLY HILLS (Beverly Hills, CA) – On Saint Patrick’s Day Friday, Los Angeles Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade USA (CAFT USA) made their way to Marina Rinaldi to protest the fact the brand…
ACTION IS EVERYTHING VI
5 WAYS TO FORCE MAX MARA TO GO FUR-FREE Without action, our words are nothing more than idle threats. If we want to see changes in Max Mara’s policy, our demands need to be more than lip service. Organize a protest, call in, email blockade – anything to get their attention. Our campaigns are decentralized…
BERNARD ARNAULT: THE RICHEST ANIMAL ABUSER ON THE PLANET
In December 2022, Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH, became the richest person on the planet. Through cruel and ruthless business practices, especially towards animals, he has accrued a fortune of over 200 billion dollars. As the owner of 75 world renowned luxury brands, Bernard Arnault has all the resources in the world, and an immense…
MAX MARA VIOLATES CALIFORNIA’S FUR BAN!
For Immediate Release: February 11th, 2023 Contact: Tyler Bauer (424) 262-3960 tyler@caftusa.org MAX MARA VIOLATES CALIFORNIA’S FUR BAN! Livermore, CA – Today is the second day of an international weekend of action against Max Mara. While activists from Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade (CAFT) were scouting a potential protest against Max Mara’s Livermore store,…
ACTIVISTS ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF A INCENDIARY DEVICE AND ASSAULTING A POLICE OFFICER WHILE PROTESTING MAX MARA
On Thursday, just 8 days after Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade announced their new campaign, two Los Angeles activists were arrested while protesting outside Max Mara. This 4-person demonstration is yet another example of how strong any action has the potential to be, regardless of size. After the first arrest, the remaining activists continued…
LIBERATION IS LOVE WEEKEND OF ACTION
February 10th – 14th For lovers around the world the second week of February is a time to show your devotion to a special person in your life. For animal rights activists it is a time to show our devotion to putting an end to the fur industry. Instead of chocolates and flowers we will…
CAFT SUPPORTS DEFEND THE ATLANTA FOREST CAMPAIGN
On Wednesday January 18th Manuel Esteban Paez Teran, better known as Tort, was killed while defending the Weelaunee Forest by an Atlanta police officer. Right now the city of Atlanta is planning on building a 85-acre police training center in the Weelaunee Forest. If completed, this facility will not only be the training grounds for…
NEW CAMPAIGN – MAX MARA GROUP
Welcome Max Mara Group to the campaign to abolish the fur trade! Max Mara Group is an Italian fashion conglomerate that is still holding onto the archaic fur industry. They currently sell the dead bodies of minks and foxes. Both of these animals are raised on fur farms, where they sit in tiny cages being…
PARIS CONVERGENCE
11 DAYS OF ACTION Introduction to the AGM and Paris Action April 20th, 2023 is the most important date on the calendar for LVMH. On this day, Bernard Arnault and his corporate cronies will present their yearly financial report to shareholders. As a publicly traded company beholden to stock buyers, great efforts will be made…
CALIFORNIA BANS FUR
On New Years day of 2023, California made history by becoming the first state to ban the sale of fur. This is a massive win for animals that can not be overlooked. We applaud every activist that made this possible. WHY IS CAFT STILL PROTESTING IN CALIFORNIA? The corporations we go against operate internationally, and…
2022 YEAR IN REVIEW
2022 was an abhorrent year for the fur industry and a prodigious one in the fight to free animals imprisoned on fur farms. CAFT’s mission is to forever end the killing of wildlife for their fur, and with each campaign win, another step is taken toward that goal. Together, we saw countless victories, from designers…
ACTIVISTS ASSAULTED BY LVMH! BY CELINE AND WILTERN SECURITY!
Last night Los Angeles activists with Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade took to the streets to protest LVMH subsidiary Celine having a runway show at the Wiltern. Both LVMH and Celine sell fur of wild animals including but not limited to mink and foxes. Shortly after the protest started, security guards tried to push…
12 DAYS OF ACTION
Join Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade from December 15th – 26th for 12 days of action against LVMH! Winter is fast approaching and many of us are preparing for festivities with our families and loved ones. Soon celebrations with Tofurky roasts and eggnog will be filling the air with holiday cheer. But there will…
VICTORY! REBECCA MINKOFF DROPS FUR!
After a rapid fire sequence of 11 actions over 14 days, Rebecca Minkoff has gone fur-free. And she couldn’t renege this time even if she wanted to, as her corporate owners Sunrise Brands have also received the message loud and clear, pledging their entire fashion conglomerate to a fur-free policy. We celebrate this win, and…
THE FALL OF FUR GLOBAL REPORT
Over the Fall of Fur Weekend of Action there were 51 protests in 10 countries in 27 cities!
NEW PRIORITY CAMPAIGN: REBECCA MINKOFF!
Rebecca Minkoff is not only an animal abuser: she is a liar. In 2019 she confirmed with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) that her company was fur-free. Starting today, for the first time in years, she is shipping out jackets made from the skins of tortured rabbits. Take action now and tell…
Campaign Update – November 2022
The results are in for the LVMH campaign and it is clear that CAFT USA has finally found a worthy opponent. At the time this was written there had been 244 protests against LVMH over the past 11 months. By far the most active CAFT campaign. For nearly 2 years this global coalition has won…
Fur-Free Friday Beverly Hills!
HIT THE STREETS FOR A MARCH AGAINST FUR! Join Los Angeles activists on November 25th in Beverly Hills for the longest standing anti-fur action in the world: Fur-Free Friday. Animals are being skinned all across the globe for fashion moguls such as Louis Vuitton to turn them into commodities. Millions of foxes and minks are…
WEEKEND OF ACTION NOVEMBER 25TH – 27TH.
LVMH is not your average opponent, they are worth over 300 billion dollars and show no remorse for the animals they send to gas chambers on fur farms. Millions of foxes and minks are depending on our success and they deserve more than our thoughts and prayers – they need action. This November we need…
Getting Assaulted: Dealing with Physical Confrontation at Protests
Fashion companies who sell fur are happy to hurt animals to protect their profits. So it’s no surprise that these agents of violence can become physically aggressive against animal activists. We have heard many accounts – and experienced some ourselves – of employees pushing, grabbing, striking, even kicking activists. And by no means have luxury…
January 2022 Campaign Update + Fur-Free D&G
At CAFT, our New Year’s resolution was to act with mercy and compassion in our hearts, and our hearts are telling us to put the wretched fur industry out of its misery by any means necessary. We are happy to oblige. Let’s take a look back at the incredible month in fur. Fur-Free: Moncler, Dolce…
Victory! Zegna Group Goes Fur-Free in 4 Days
For immediate release: February 1, 2022 Contact: action@caftusa.com (310) 818-3169 Today, February 1, 2022, Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade (CAFT) celebrates Zegna Group’s decision to announce a fur-free policy. We initiated a campaign of protest against Zegna Group four days ago. They heard the message loud and clear, and immediately took action to protect…
New Campaigns to Crush Fur: LVMH and Zegna
The next phase of the fight against fur will take on two titans of fashion: Zegna Group: Zegna Group is the largest menswear company in the world, with $1.5 billion in annual revenue. It controls the brands Ermenegildo Zegna and Thom Browne, both of which use fur. The company went public on the New York…
Victory: Moncler Embraces a Fur-Free Future
MONCLER IS GOING FUR-FREE AFTER 123 DAYS OF PROTEST For immediate release: January 25, 2022 Contact: action@caftusa.com (310) 818-3169 Today, January 25, 2022, Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade (CAFT) celebrates Moncler’s historic decision to announce a fur-free policy. When CAFT initiated our campaign four months ago, we knew that Moncler would do the right…
New Campaign: Moncler Is Next to Get It
Now that we have defeated iconic European fashion house Saint Laurent, it’s on to Moncler. Moncler is an Italian fashion whose whose meteoric rise to luxury stardom was based on billionare Remo Ruffini’s vision of luxury sprotswear, specifically Moncler’s signature quilted jacket. The most high-end models of this brand signature are lined with the skins…
Victory! Saint Laurent and Kering Go Fur-Free
In less than three months, the anti-fur movement has toppled fashion legend Saint Laurent (YSL) and its massive, iconic parent corporation, Kering. From designers to retailers, and now the most iconic fashion houses on the planet, CAFT and its partners are making history together through decentralized pressure campaigning. We will stop at nothing until fur…
Mink Production Meltdown 2020
At last September’s board meeting of the Fur Commission USA, Executive Director and soul patch-wearer Michael Whelan lamented, “A lot of people aren’t sure if there’s still going to be ranching this time next year.” CAFT USA ordinarily hesitates to praise Whelan in any capacity, but with the recent release of the USDA’s 2020 Agricultural…
VICTORY! Oscar de la Renta is going fur free!
Following an intense week of secondary targeting, Oscar de la Renta has informed CAFT that they will be fur free by October 31, 2021: “Oscar de la Renta does not use fur in its fashion collections or sell fur in its stores, and will not in the future. In addition, once the [fur contractor] license…
New ODLR Target: GF Capital
Oscar de la Renta Campaign Update: Oscar de la Renta would like you to believe that change is taking place. For decades, ODLR has taken a strong pro-fur stance in the face of protests on the runway and pies in the face. But suddenly, after just a little bit of attention from CAFTivists, they have…
Activists Start Summer With Blistering Heat for ODLR and YSL
The grassroots anti-fur movement has shown that it is a force to be reckoned with, and if the international week of action from July 5th to 11th was any indication, Oscar de la Renta and Saint Laurent are in for quite the reckoning. Instead of spending the July 4 holiday relaxing with family, dedicated activists…
July 5-11: Week of Action Against Oscar de la Renta and Saint Laurent
CAFT is today announcing international campaigns against Oscar de la Renta and Saint Laurent, beginning with a week of action from July 5th to 11th. What makes a good campaign target? A target that is winnable, that is well-suited to build upon for future victories. And together we will win against Oscar de la Renta…
Victory: Neiman Marcus Drops Fur After 67 Days
How long does it take the animal rights movement to defeat America’s top luxury retailer? Turns out it only takes two months. Today, Tuesday, June 29, Neiman Marcus Group announced that they are going fur-free, just six days before the upcoming Neiman Carcass National Week of Action. In nine weeks, Neiman Marcus saw 61 actions…
Activists Visit Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills
On April 24, Los Angeles activists added their voices to the campaign against the last American department store selling fur. Neiman Marcus sits less than two blocks from Saks Fifth Avenue, which had seen hard-hitting activism for months before announcing its intention to stop selling fur on April 7. Activists marched through Neiman demanding that…
Texas Animal Freedom Fighters Take Over Neiman Marcus in Dallas
On April 24, Texas activists took the fight for animals on fur farms directly to the heart of the opposition – Neiman Marcus in Dallas, Texas, the company’s headquarters. Activists marched into the store to educate customers and employees regarding the plight of the animals whose skin Neiman sells as fabric. Making sure that Neiman…
NYC Activists Go Big at Bergdorf Goodman
On April 24, activists from up and down the East Coast converged in New York City for a Fur Season Finale day of action. Neiman Marcus Group was the primary focus of this day of action, and the chosen site was Neiman’s high-end Bergdorf Goodman subsidiary located on 5th Avenue in Manhattan. With a huge…
Campaign Kickoff: Neiman Marcus Flagship in Beverly Hills
On April 24, Los Angeles activists added their voices to the campaign against the last American department store selling fur. The Neiman Marcus West Coast flagship sits less than two blocks from Saks Fifth Avenue, which had seen hard-hitting activism for months before announcing its intention to stop selling fur on April 7. Activists marched…
Seattle Activists Hit Saks
Submitted by Seattle activists: After seeing so many incredible activists around the country protesting companies that continue to sell fur, we decided to protest Saks Off 5th in Seattle, Washington. The morning of the protest, February 11, it started snowing, but luckily that doesn’t stop Seattle shoppers! So we carpooled to Westlake Center to meet…
Los Angeles Kicks Off Week of Action Against Saks
Submitted by Animal Defense League Southern California: Sunday, February 7, was the beginning of an international week of action against fur, and we knew the perfect way to kick it off: by returning to our friends at Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills. We’ve been to this Saks location many times before informing the public…
New Jersey Activists Disrupt Saks
Submitted by New Jersey Animal Save Movement: On Sunday, January 31, a group of compassionate NJ activists, including several parents and children, walked as a group into Saks Off 5th within a mini-mall in Shrewsbury, NJ. This action was well-planned and organized as a peaceful yet attention-grabbing disruption to send a strong clear message that…
Miami Activists Mob Saks Fifth Avenue
Submitted by Miami activists: On January 30, twenty-five activists gathered near Saks Fifth Avenue in Downtown Miami ready for action. We grabbed our signs, turned on our megaphones, and marched towards the Saks wing of the Brickell City Centre mall. Awaiting us, we found a panoply of guards and police, nearly ten at every store…
Victory: Alice + Olivia Gives up on Fur After 11 Days
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Yesterday, Alice + Olivia contacted the Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade to say that they are going fur-free. After 18 actions and 11 days, we win. In fact, A+O pulled all fur from its stores and website in the first week of our campaign, but refused to officially go fur…
Atlanta Activists Give A+O a Surprise
Submitted by Atlanta activists: Alice + Olivia has seen massive protests nationwide, but still will not commit to going fur-free. So we decided that the best way for us to relax on a winter Sunday afternoon would be to head over to their Atlanta boutique and express ourselves with our full capabilities. When we arrived…
Activist Disrupts Connecticut A+O While on Road Trip
Submitted by a vegan traveler: While driving to visit my sister, I decided to stop by Alice + Olivia in Greenwich, Connecticut. I couldn’t drive through a town that has an Alice + Olivia and not stop to disrupt their business. One of my non activist friends went inside the store undercover to pretend to be…
Chicago Activists Demand A+O Go Fur Free
Submitted by Chicago activists: Chicago activists rattled Alice + Olivia yesterday on the Magnificent Mile. Activists with Fur-Free Chicago attempted to deliver a sign with balloons attached to the retailer, urging them to make a public announcement that they are going fur-free, or that they would have to deal with being our main target. With…
Dallas Activists Show up in Style to Alice + Olivia
Submitted by Texas Animal Freedom Fighters: As it turns out, for those of us working on the Alice + Olivia Animal Cruelty Campaign, our reputation precedes us. Today, January 23, 2021, when we arrived at the Highland Park Village outdoor mall, we found that the entrance nearest Alice + Olivia had been barricaded, that local…
A+O Doesn’t Want Smoke With Houston Activists
Submitted by Texas Animal Freedom Fighters: On Friday, January 22, Texas Animal Freedom Fighters joined the fight against Alice + Olivia. We are demanding that they end their sale of fur and make a public announcement that they are going fur free. We walked through the Highland Park Shopping Center outdoor mall, holding our megaphones…
A+O Can’t Wash The Chalk Off Fast Enough in Los Angeles
Submitted by an independent activist in Los Angeles: It’s been a week, and you know what that means – time to go chalk the Alice + Olivia Melrose store again. On Friday, January 22, I showed up at dawn and left the sidewalks on all three sides of the store’s facade covered in a glowing…
NYC Activists Pay Saks Fifth Avenue CEO a Visit at Home
Submitted by NYC activists: Due to its sale of fur, Saks Fifth Avenue has recently become the target of grassroots-organized protests and disruptions of business as usual in major cities throughout the U.S. And now NYC activists have taken the message of “Stop Selling Fur!” directly to the residence of Saks President and CEO Marc…
Chicago Invades Alice + Olivia Storefront
Submitted by Chicago activists: On Monday, January 18th around 5pm, Chicago activists descended upon Alice + Olivia for their participation in the violence of animals in the fur trade. Activists walked into the Magnificent Mile location, where police cars sat idle on the street at every corner, with sirens blaring. Once sirens ceased, a speak…
Georgia Joins the Campaign Against Alice + Olivia
Submitted by Atlanta activists: Monday, January 18th: five activists congregated in front of Alice + Olivia in Atlanta, Georgia to protest the store’s use of animal fur. The sole customer was let out of the store and the two employees decided to close the front door and lock it, but not before the activists’ message…
Local Los Angeles Bunny Seeks Revenge on Alice + Olivia
Submitted by a rabbit: Alice + Olivia makes its money murdering poor animals and using their skins as fabric. As a free bunny, I can no longer sit by and watch as Stacey Bendet gruesomely cuts up my relatives. I am hopping mad. So, today, Monday, January 18, I raced over to my local Alice…
SoCal ADL Returns to A+O After Four Days
Submitted by Animal Defense League – Southern California: Last Thursday, we had the privilege of helping launch the national Alice + Olivia Animal Cruelty Campaign at their Melrose store. But Stacey Bendet’s stores are open every day of the week, so every day is a good day to speak up for her victims. That’s why…
Pair of NYC Activists Disrupt A+O
Submitted by NYC Activists: This past Sunday, January 17, two of us broke the silence on Madison Avenue & disrupted Alice + Olivia’s store. As we walked in, we immediately saw someone’s skin on the floor as a rug, & two customers wearing fur. One was wearing a Canada Goose Jacket & the other one…
Las Vegas Activists Visit Both A+O and Saks on the Same Day
Submitted by Las Vegas activists on Sunday, January 17, 2021: Today, fifteen Las Vegas activists gathered to take action against the fur industry. But in keeping with the two national grassroots anti-fur campaigns that have been seeing the most activity, we figured there was no reason for us to do one action, when we could…
Philadelphia Disrupts Saks Fifth Avenue
Submitted by Revolution Philadelphia: The fur industry is one of the most vile and inherently cruel industries. The animals whose fur is ripped from them need it more than humans do–it’s quite literally their own skin. Anywhere from 200 squirrels to 100 chinchillas to 30 rabbits are killed to make just one fur coat. Animals…
Los Angeles Activist Chalks Alice + Olivia
Submitted by an independent activist in Los Angeles: The animals imprisoned on Alice + Olivia fur farms are trapped there every day. And Stacey Bendet profits from their suffering every day. So we should be taking action to help them every day. I am only one person, but I went to the A+O Melrose store…
New Campaign: Alice + Olivia is America’s top anti-fur target.
Alice + Olivia is a well-known name in women’s fashion. It is sold in nearly a thousand stores, and has 56 of its own boutiques worldwide. It is also one of the only American retailers that sells clothing made from the fur of tortured animals. Its founder and designer, the notoriously unstable Stacey Bendet, is…
Week of Action Against the Fur Trade
The Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade is excited to announce its first national week of action against fur. From February 7 to 15th, cities around the continent will be fighting back for the victims of the fur industry. The grassroots of our movement is at its strongest when we work together to exert concerted…
Another Noisy Saks Demo in Los Angeles
Submitted by Animal Defense League – Southern California: On January 9, 2021, a beautiful afternoon in Beverly Hills, Animal Defense League Southern California gathered to enjoy one of our favorite pastimes: holding Saks Fifth Avenue accountable for the torture and murder of fur-bearing animals. Saks’ response to protests has been to monitor our Facebook events…
The Escalation Continues Against Saks in NYC!
Submitted by NYC activists – Unlike the first 2 protests when we entered Saks in complete stealth mode taking over the fur salon right before disrupting, or on the traditional Fur free Friday Weekend Action where we were met by 6 NYPD cruisers, motorcades and 25 police officers right before 60 ARA stormed into Saks Fifth…
Chicago protests Saks Fifth Avenue!
Submitted by Chicago Activists – On Saturday, January 9th, around ten grassroots activists joined together outside of Saks Fifth Avenue on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, maintaining the pressure that began the week before with a disruption. The disruption lasted around 6 minutes inside of the store’s “Fur Salon” while being escorted down the escalator towards the…
Victory! Monique Lhuillier goes fur free.
After fourteen days and four actions, Monique Lhuillier has conceded. On November 27, CAFT USA launched the Monique Lhuillier Cruelty Campaign. On December 10, Monique Lhuillier, Inc., contacted PETA to announce that they were going fur free. The campaign consisted of the following actions:• a kickoff protest at the Monique Lhuillier flagship store in West…
SoCal ADL Embarrasses Saks Fifth Avenue
Submitted by Animal Defense League – Southern California: On December 19, Animal Defense League Southern California conducted a demonstration against Saks Fifth Avenue. We had announced the event on Facebook, and in response Saks hired a private army of thirty security guards, with at least four blocking every door, turning away pedestrians and bringing to…
Los Angeles Storms Saks Fifth Avenue
Submitted by independent activists in Los Angeles on December 12, 2020: Activists arrived today at Saks Fifth Avenue’s west coast flagship in Beverly Hills ready for action. We stormed the store, making sure that every customer inside learned about the brutality perpetrated by Saks against animals on fur farms. Saks was clearly happy to see…
ADL-Oklahoma Protests Outside Monique Lhuillier’s Trunk show
Submitted by Animal Defense League – Oklahoma: On December 5, members of the Vegan Knights Motorcycle Club and Animal Defense League Oklahoma joined forces to raise awareness of the atrocities that happen on fur farms worldwide. JJ Kelly Bridal is an Oklahoma City bridal shop that has no need to participate in this cruel industry,…
Monique Lhuillier Campaign Kickoff
Submitted by Animal Defense League – Southern California: On Fur Free Friday, Animal Defense League Southern California had the privilege of helping kick off the Monique Lhuillier Cruelty Campaign. Monique is one of the wealthiest individual designers in the world, profiting for years from the brutal torture of fur-bearing animals. She had thus far avoided…
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