Every fur lining comes under cloud of cruelty

WITH World Animal Week just over (free publicity for the pet food companies aside), it is timely to draw attention to the appalling cruelty involved in fur production.

With the dramatic decline in the sales of real fur coats in the past decade, fur traders have been redirecting their efforts and pushing real fur as trimmings for coats, jackets and accessories, with some success.

In many shops in this country it is depressingly easy to find real fur on many items of clothing, as well as bags, boots and household ornaments.