BREAKING NEWS Horror as cat fur vests are discovered being sold at a popular shopping centre in Melbourne
A children's vest made from the skin of two cats being sold in a popular shopping centre in Melbourne has ignited calls for a crackdown on the sale of fur.
A joint investigation by the Animal Justice Party and the Collective Fashion Justice party discovered the origin of the vest after the fur was tested in a lab.
The jacket, likely to be made from the skin of two cats, as well as rabbits, was labelled as 100 per cent 'sheep skin'.
The vests are being sold by the Suttons Ugg chain store.
Two beanies with pom poms labelled as 100 per cent 'acrylic' were also tested, with the results revealing they were made from fox and raccoon dog fur.
Animal Justice Party MP for Northern Victoria Georgie Purcell called for the sale of fur to be banned as she fronted reporters on Thursday.
'The message from the community couldn't be clearer – fur is out of fashion. Whether it's cat, dog, rabbit, or fox – the one constant is that it's all cruel,' she said.
'The time for regulation is done. The only thing left to do is to completely ban fur, just as other jurisdictions around the world have already done.'
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