http://caft.org.uk/fur-detective.html
Become a Fur Detective!
Be on the look out for real fur when you're out shopping, or in mail order
catalogues. When you see real fur on sale:
- Contact us with details of the shop and the fur they sell.
- Make a complaint to the shop / company manager.
- Contact the company, and tell them you won't buy from them again until they
stop selling fur and you will encourage others to do the same.
There is a lot of fake fur that looks very real so please try and determine
whether it is fake or real - check the label and ask the shop assistants. The
shop assistants may not know - many shops simply buy designs that they like and
don't know whether the fur trim is real, other shops are sent supplies from
their head office so have less control over what they sell.
As the fur trade struggles to find new markets they are using more real fur
as trim on all sorts of items and fur is now being aimed at a younger age group.
Also, real fur is often shaved or dyed so may not look real. If you aren't 100%
sure that a garment is made with synthetic materials don't buy it! Fur may also
be used on items other than clothes. It is used on novelty gifts such as
ornamental animals, toys for pets, etc.
For useful hints on how to tell fake fur from real fur see the Fur Free Alliance website.
There are a few simple steps that consumers may take to distinguish between
fake and real fur, according to World
Animal Net.
TEST FOR REAL OR FAKE FUR |
REAL |
FAKE |
1. |
FEEL: |
Feel the difference by rolling the hairs between finger and
thumb... |
Feels smooth and soft, easily rolls between the
finger. |
Feels coarse. |
2. |
LOOK: |
collars of longhaired fur - blow on the hairs so they
divide... |
Often made up of several layers of thin, almost
curly hairs which form a dense under-wool, through which the longer hairs stick
out. The base is leather. |
Simpler in structure, individual hairs are often
the same length and even in colour. |
3. |
PINCH WITH A PIN: |
through the base... |
The leather resists, pin is hard to push
through. |
Pin easily goes through the base. |
4. |
BURN TEST: |
(pull, very carefully) a few hairs from the fur and hold them to
a flame... |
Singes like a human hair and smells
similar. |
Melts like plastic and smells like burnt
plastic. Forms small plastics balls at the ends that feel hard between finger
and thumb. |
Source: World Animal
Net
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