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<\/span> SPTAG 2 TTImage caption<\/span> SPTAG 3 TT A handbag from TK Maxx was made from fox fur, while shoes bought from the storage online included raccoon bird-dog fur <\/span> <\/figure>\nFTAG 1 TT SPTAG 1 TT <\/span> SPTAG 2 TTImage caption<\/span> SPTAG 3 TT A handbag from TK Maxx was made from fox fur, while shoes bought from the storage online included raccoon bird-dog fur <\/span> <\/figure>\n
Shops including Amazon and TK Maxx have been selling faux fur clothes and pouches which are actually made from rabbit, fox and raccoon hound coat, a BBC Watchdog Live investigation has found.<\/p>\n
Widespread concern over animal cruelty has led to real fur very nearly disappearing from most UK high streets. <\/p>\n
Both TK Maxx and Amazon said the products were no longer available. <\/p>\n
TK Maxx “re saying it” does not knowingly buy real wool and a mistake was shaped. It has offered refunds to anyone affected.<\/p>\n
Watchdog Live presenter Steph McGovern inspected a branch of TK Maxx – which has had a no-fur plan for 15 years – and bought a handbag made from fox hair. <\/p>\n
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And a pair of shoes purchased on the store’s website featured fluffy bobbles which were made from raccoon puppy fur.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, two bobble hats sold by Amazon and described as “faux fur” were shaped with raccoon bird-dog fur.<\/p>\n
Rabbit fur was also found in a jumper acquired at an AX Paris outlet store and in fluffy bobbles on a pair of shoes bought from way label Missy Empire.<\/p>\n
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<\/span> SPTAG 5 TTImage caption<\/span> SPTAG 6 TT Fur farming is banned in the UK, but it is not illegal to import hair from abroad <\/span> <\/figure>\n
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<\/span> SPTAG 8 TTImage caption<\/span> SPTAG 9 TT The “fake fur” on this gray jumper’s starring, bought from an AX Paris outlet shop, was made from rabbit <\/span> <\/figure>\n
The tests were carried out by textile analysis expert Dr Phil Greaves. He told the programme: “All animal fibers have particular structural features.<\/p>\n
“And it’s the actual nature and characteristic of these which determines the species of origin. <\/p>\n
“These fibres are extremely distinctive formerly under the microscope.”<\/p>\n
How to spot the difference between real and fake wool<\/a><\/p>\n Real animal fur sold as sham in London markets<\/a><\/p>\n SPTAG 11 TTImage caption<\/span> SPTAG 12 TT Watchdog presenter Steph McGovern with Chloe and her real coat hat <\/span><\/p>\n SPTAG 16 TTImage caption<\/span> SPTAG 17 TT Raccoon puppies are wild animals native to southern and eastern Asia <\/span><\/p>\n