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The Libertines' Pete Doherty has written an open letter to fashion label The Kooples - for whom he once designed a collection - calling on them to stop selling fur.
The label recently dropped angora wool due to public pressure, but still sells fur from raccoons, foxes and coyotes - and Doherty has sent a letter on behalf of PETA calling for them to go entirely fur-free.
"Not much shocks me anymore, but PETA's undercover video exposé shot on fur farms did – it shook me to the core", writes Doherty. "It's obvious that these animals' entire lives are filled with torture .... And all for fashion? It's total bollocks."
He adds, "I have to admit that it's not something I had looked into until now, but once you learn that these animals are often bludgeoned, gassed, anally elecrocuted and sometimes even skinned alive for the sake of fashion, you realise just how sick this industry is.
"You can then imagine how floored I was to learn from PETA that The Kooples, a company I've proudly designed a collection for, is one of the last remaining retailer that still profits from this torture of animals. It was a good decision to ban rabbit fur last month - but why not also stop selling items trimmed with the fur of raccoons, foxes and coyotoes?"
See Pete Doherty's full UK tour dates below. Get tickets and more information here.
Wednesday 11th May - Bristol Academy
Friday 13th May - Glasgow Barrowland
Tuesday 17th May - Manchester Albert Hall
Thursday 19th May - London Hackney Empire
Friday 20th May - London Hackney Empire
