Impela abafundi bethu abaningi babone ividiyo edabukisayo lapho onogwaja be-angora bekhunyulwa izinwele cishe kanye nesikhumba. Ividiyo yashicilelwa yi-PETA, kwalandelwa umkhankaso wokuqoqa amasignesha esicelweni sokumisa ukuthengiswa kwemikhiqizo ye-angora emhlabeni wonke. Futhi izenzo zabashisekeli bamalungelo ezilwane ziye zaba nemiphumela emihle.
Muva nje, umthengisi omkhulu wezwe i-Inditex (inkampani yomzali yokubamba, ehlanganisa, phakathi kwezinye izinto, uZara noMassimo Dutti) bashicilele isitatimende sokuthi inkampani izoyeka ukuthengisa izingubo ze-angora. - ezitolo ezingaphezu kuka-6400 emhlabeni jikelele. Njengamanje, izinkulungwane zamajezi e-angora, amajazi nezigqoko zisagcinwe ezindaweni zokugcina izimpahla zenkampani - ngeke zidayiswe, kunalokho zizonikezwa ababaleki baseSyria eLebanon.
Izingxoxo phakathi kwe-Inditex ne-PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) zaqhubeka isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka.
Ngo-2013, abameleli be-PETA bavakashela amapulazi angu-10 e-angora e-angora e-China, futhi ngemva kwalokho bashicilela ividiyo eshaqisayo: imilenze yangaphambili nengemuva iboshwe onogwaja, emva kwalokho izinwele zikhishwa cishe ngesikhumba - ukuze izinwele zihlale njenge. ubude futhi obukhulu ngangokunokwenzeka. .
Njengamanje, ngaphezu kwama-90% e-Angoras emhlabeni akhiqizwa e-China, futhi ngokusho kwe-PETA, izimo ezinjalo "zokuphila" onogwaja ziyindinganiso yokukhiqizwa kwendawo. Ngemva kokushicilelwa kwemiphumela yalolu cwaningo, amaketanga amaningana amakhulu omhlaba, okuhlanganisa u-Mark &Spencer, Topshop kanye no-H&M, bayeke ukuthengisa izingubo ze-angora nezinye. Ngaphezu kwalokho, endabeni kaMark & Spencer, kwaba ukuphenduka okungama-degree angu-180: emuva ngo-2012, umculi u-Lana Del Rey waboniswa ejezi elibomvu le-angora esikhangisweni sezitolo.
I-Inditex, ephethwe iningi lamadoda acebe kakhulu emhlabeni, u-Amancio Ortega, ibithule. Ngemuva kwesicelo sokuthi kuqedwe ukudayiswa kwezinto zase-Angorka kuqoqwe amasignesha angaphezu kuka-300, inkampani yakhipha isitatimende sokuthi izoqhubeka nokufaka ama-oda e-Angorka kuze kube yimiphumela yophenyo lwabo, oluzobonisa ukuthi abahlinzeki basuke bephula ngempela yini umthetho we-Angorka. izidingo zenkampani yamakhasimende.
Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, umkhulumeli wale nkampani wathi: “Asitholanga bufakazi bonya lwezilwane emapulazini athengisa i-angora kubaphakeli bethu bezingubo. Kodwa ngemva kwezingxoxo nokubonisana nezinhlangano ezilwela amalungelo ezilwane, kanye nokukhuthaza izinkampani ukuthi zibheke izindlela zokuziphatha ezengeziwe zokukhiqiza nokubeka izindinganiso ezintsha embonini yethu, sinqume ukuthi kuyinto efanele ukuyeka ukuthengisa imikhiqizo ye-angora.”
U-Ingrid Newkirk, umongameli wePETA, waphawula: “I-Inditex iyidayisi lezingubo elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni. Uma kukhulunywa ngamalungelo ezilwane, abanye ababambiqhaza kule makethe baqondiswa yiwo futhi bazame ukuwalandela.”
Ngokusho kweThe Guardian.