{"id":18349,"date":"2018-06-08T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=18349"},"modified":"2018-06-08T01:12:58","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T00:12:58","slug":"boycott-canada-goose-clothing-a-powerful-protest-in-londons-west-end-june-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/boycott-canada-goose-clothing-a-powerful-protest-in-londons-west-end-june-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Boycott Canada Goose clothing &#8211; a powerful protest in London&#8217;s West End, June 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/boycott-canada-goose-brand-1.jpg\" alt=\"Boycott Canada Goose clothing - powerful protest in London's West End, June 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Seen outside the Canada Goose flagship store in Regent Street, central London, these protesters were highlighting the cruelty that goes into providing the fur trim for the company&#8217;s high-end winter jackets.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/boycott-canada-goose-brand-2.jpg\" alt=\"Boycott Canada Goose clothing - powerful protest in London's West End, June 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/support.peta.org\/page\/3398\/action\/1?locale=en-US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peta website<\/a> has more detail:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Cruelty can be found in every stitch of Canada Goose&#8217;s jackets and other clothing items.<\/p>\n<p>Wild coyotes trapped for the company&#8217;s fur-trimmed jackets can suffer for days and face blood loss, shock, dehydration, frostbite, gangrene, and attacks by predators.<\/p>\n<p>Mothers desperate to get back to their starving pups have attempted to chew off their own limbs to escape.<\/p>\n<p>Animals who don&#8217;t succumb to the elements, blood loss, infection, or predators are often strangled, stomped on, or bludgeoned to death when the trapper returns.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/boycott-canada-goose-brand-3.jpg\" alt=\"Boycott Canada Goose clothing - powerful protest in London's West End, June 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more here:\u00a0<a class=\"_64-f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Boycott-Canada-Goose-Jackets-127228947398497\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boycott Canada Goose Jackets<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/thefurbearers.com\/blog\/five-things-know-about-fur-trim-and-canada-goose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, or\u00a0watch the (graphic) video below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; 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