Some of those who have wanted to avoid wearing real fur, so as to deny support to fur slaughterhouses in Asia, have been disappointed after buying items in House of Fraser or Misguided, Sky News has reported.

#Both retailers have a strict no-fur policy which helps their marketing but both have recently been exposed selling items, reportedly unknowingly, with real fur marked as fake. (faux fur) According to fibres experts however some of the fake is very real, being ripped from cats and dogs, as well as rabbits and racoons, and which is cheaper than faux fur.

Fur “farms”, as the slaughterhouses for domestic pets and the like in Asia are called, were outlawed in the UK in 2003.