Picture: Michael Jones
Animal rights protesters target Hackney business Beyond Retro
Alex Wellman, Chief Reporter
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
10:48 AM
Group against company sellinng vintage fur items.
ANTI-fur protestors woke residents from their slumber when they descended on a Hackney business.
The Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade (CAFT) brandished placards and shouted through a megaphone outside the head office of Beyond Retro in Penn Street, Hoxton, on Wednesday morning.
The group were protesting against the company selling vintage fur coats.
Michael Jones, a neighbour, said: “The sound of them using the megaphone woke me and other residents and I could hear them shouting ‘you have blood on your hands’.”
Police confirmed a group of around 10 protestors were outside the building from around 8am but said they were all peaceful.
A spokeswoman for Beyond Retro said: “All of our products are vintage and if they were not with us they would be in a landfill.
“We have a lot of very old products including furs going back to the Victorian era. We don’t sell new furs.
“This group have been outside our shops before but this is the first time they have come to our head office.
“There is not that opportunity (to speak with the group) to do that otherwise we would.
“It is extremely disturbing for the residents and businesses in the area.”
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5 comments
I have also seen brand new fur in Beyond Retro. This company is dishonest and unethical.
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steve
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Here in Brighton we have had a dialogue with the manager at Beyond Retro, He assures us he does not want to sell fur, but head office insists it stays. We will continue to educate the public about the cruelty involved in this disgusting trade. Many potential customers refuse to go in once they discover that fur is being sold.
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den
Friday, October 8, 2010
Why are Beyond Retro not being honest about the fact that they are prepared to profit out of cruelty to animals? China has no animal welfare standards at all, animal are skinned alive!
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den
Friday, October 8, 2010
Beyond Retro do sell new fur, from China. I saw 4 or 5 almost identical rabbit fur jackets with made in China labels.
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den
Friday, October 8, 2010
Why don't these nomarks go get a job like everyone else. Why don't these spongers target halal slaughter houses where animals are killed by inhumane means, no they would rather make mugs of themselves shouting about ancient coats. Thick bunch of morons.
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jonbhoy
Wednesday, October 6, 2010