After years of continued pressure from activists, Canada Goose recently made the announcement that they will end the use of fur in their designs by 2023. The news was incredibly well received but left a lot of us with a sour taste in our mouths. Canada Goose made no mention of ceasing the use of goose down in their designs, another bone of contempt with activists who recognize the agony geese go through to produce these products.
Ceasing the use of fur is a good start, but it's hypocritical to ignore the cruelty and lack of sustainability behind torturing geese for down. Canada Goose is actively working against their own plans of moving towards a more sustainable future by ignoring the plight of geese who suffer tremendously for down. The only option is to cease the use of down in their products in favour of synthetic down products. Without doing so, they are simply baiting "conscious" shoppers who will recognize the ban of fur as some kind of revolution but will be completely ignorant to the suffering of geese. Canada Goose will never be a leader in sustainability if they choose to continue filling their jackets with the down of tortured geese. If you really think about it, who are they appealing to when they banned the use of fur in future designs? Likely, they're appealing to a base of consumers who refuse to wear animal products or see the cruelty involved in producing garments that utilize animals. By only banning 50% of the problem, are they actually going to reach any new consumers? In my opinion, all they've done is try to bait and goat consumers by acknowledging the ban on fur while ignoring the plight of geese. Canada Goose must ban the use of down in their designs if they intend to reach their targeted consumer base. They will never reach their target audience while continuing to torture and exploit geese, it's pretty simple. Follow the link at the top of this post to the original post from World Animal News where they've shared some ways you can reach out to Canada Goose and urge them to stop using down. HAPPY VEG
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