These Companies Banned Alpaca Wool After Hearing From PETA

PETA is changing the fashion industry and making the world a kinder place for animals! After a first-of-its-kind undercover PETA investigation of one of the world’s largest alpaca wool producers revealed that crying alpacas were roughly shorn, cut open, and left bleeding from deep wounds, we persuaded a number of companies to make the compassionate decision to ban alpaca wool. Below, you can find a list of brands that have banned alpaca wool. Be sure to check back, as we’ll update it whenever new companies make the commitment.

What Alpacas Endure

PETA’s investigation of the world’s largest privately owned alpaca farm in Peru, Mallkini, shows that workers slammed alpacas—some of whom were pregnant—onto tables. Workers tied them tightly by the legs into a restraining device reminiscent of a medieval torture rack and pulled hard, nearly wrenching their legs out of their sockets.

Terrified of being pinned down, the animals spit, cried out, and vomited in fear as shearers grabbed them by the ears, stole their wool, and threw them to the concrete floor. Their cuts were then crudely stitched up.

Using animals for wool is cruel. Whether it’s stolen from a sheep, an angora rabbit, or an alpaca, wool belongs to animals whom humans have no right to intimidate, beat, or kill. The good news? There are many sustainable vegan fabrics that you can wear instead.

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