Uniqlo Ditches Alpaca Following PETA Exposé

Uniqlo has reportedly banned alpaca wool after an undercover exposé by PETA last month appeared to show animal abuse at a farm in Peru. — Staffs clip wool from an alpaca at Nasu Alpaca farm in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture on June 10, 2020. Alpacas, native to the region of the Andes, were sheared their wool as they can't stand the heart of summer.

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Uniqlo has reportedly banned alpaca wool after an undercover exposé by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) last month appeared to show animals being abused at a farm in Peru. The results of PETA’s investigation into Mallkini, the world’s largest privately owned alpaca farm, featured graphic scenes of screaming animals being slammed onto…

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