The next Burlington Coat Factory (BCF) day of action
will be the weekend of August 21 and 22. The purpose of the on-going
effort is to encourage Burlington to drop fur trim from its coats. With
250 stores in 42 states selling inexpensive coats at high-volume,
Burlington is a major contributor to fur animal suffering. Also, though
full fur coat sales are on the decline, fur trim is not. Burlington
represents the first national target expressly to address the fur trim
trade.
The CAFT/LCA alliance launched the anti-BCF campaign on
May 30 after the corporation elected to ignore our requests for civil
discussion. May 30 saw three dozen protests at BCF stores around the
U.S. The campaign website, http://www.SkinnedPuppy.com (please visit for
campaign background), was launched on that day to educate consumers
about Burlington's hypocrisy in decrying the sale of dog fur but
condoning the sale of coyote and fox fur. Additionally on that day, a
newspaper display advertisement in Burlington, NJ (company headquarters)
promoted the new website and encouraged BCF to drop fur from its racks.
The second national protest day was Father's Day. The
CAFT/LCA alliance has targeted major BCF sales events as being ideal for
protest days to exert as much pressure as possible on BCF. August 21-22
weekend is a primary Back-To-School sales weekend for clothing
retailers.
To find a Burlington store near you, go to
http://www.coat.com/locator/master_list.html
Also, at the very least please immediately email BCF
Vice-President Andrew Milstein (mailto:[email protected]) and
politely yet firmly encourage Burlington to drop fur in addition to
letting him know about your intent to protest on August 21-22.
For more information about this campaign, please email
CAFT Director JP Goodwin at "[email protected]"
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