It’s a good day for goats! Major department stores are saying baa- bye to mohair , hair violently stolen from sensitive Angora goats. Here’s what happened after PETA exposed how goats suffer for mohair:
TJX —the parent company of TJ Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods, and more— banned mohair .
Macy’s Inc. , which owns Bloomingdale’s , won’t sell mohair in any of its private labels, including I.N.C, Bar III, Charter Club, and Alfani.
The True Cost of Mohair
Goats feel unimaginable fear, pain, and stress when workers forcefully restrain and roughly shear them for mohair used in sweaters, hats, yarn, and accessories.
PETA showed the companies a damning undercover investigation into mohair operations in Lesotho and South Africa.…