Inbox: Wet Seal’s shady practice is torturing animals for fur

Daily Emerald

February 14, 2005

I recently read an article about how clothing retailer Wet Seal is under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission because of shady business practices. Unfortunately, these shady practices aren’t the only dark secrets at Wet Seal headquarters. Wet Seal also continues to sell fur despite a national boycott against them from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. It is a common practice for the animals they kill for fur to be kept in horrible conditions for their entire life span. Incredibly small cages, exposure to the elements and death by a broken neck or smashed skull is just a sample of the torture happening on their fur farms. As long as Wet Seal supports the unnecessary torture of animals for fur, I encourage everyone to shop elsewhere.
Curtis Taylor
Eugene