The Boohoo fashion retailer prohibits the use of wool

OOne of the UK's largest online fashion retailers has been accused of giving in to vegan protesters after banning the use of wool in his clothes.

Boohoo.com, which also owns the likes of PrettyLittleThing and Nasty Gal, has become the first UK retailer to ban wool in the fall for animal welfare reasons.

However, the badysis of brand websites by this newspaper suggests that none of them currently sell wool-containing items, which raises questions as to whether the move is a mere cascade of public relations .

This comes after People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) published papers from 99 sheep shearing facilities on four continents, including the UK, discovering what she described as "systemic" abuse. He also claims that the wool industry harms the environment.

But John Royale, National Farmers' Union Livestock Officer, said: "Wool is the most sustainable fiber and the most sustainable fiber for the environment, and is much better for the environment than the creation. of plastic fibers that create pollution.The shearing of the sheep prevents them from warming up.

"Farmers who mow are well trained.There was a group of professional shearers exposed for bad practice by Peta and that's probably why Boohoo gave in to that."

Yvonne Taylor, director of corporate projects at Peta, said, "Peta is making a toast to the compbadionate and savvy decision of the Boohoo Group companies to get rid of the wool."