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	<title><![CDATA[Down Fur the Count]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-markarian/down-fur-the-count_b_224372.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>The New Jersey state legislature last week <a href="http://www.hsus.org/press_and_publications/press_releases/nj_legislature_passes_fur_labeling_bill_062509.html" target="_blank">gave final approval</a> to a bill requiring the labeling of all animal fur garments, making it the fifth state -- after <a href="http://www.hsus.org/furfree/news/press_releases/animal_fur_labels_new_delaware_law_070308.html" target="_blank">Delaware</a>, Massachusetts, <a href="http://www.hsus.org/furfree/news/press_releases/new_york_fur_labeling_law_081607.html" target="_blank">New York</a>, and Wisconsin -- to better protect consumers from fraudulent fur selling. It's a major step forward for policymaking on the fur issue, after leading retailers and designers were exposed for advertising "faux" fur-trimmed jackets that actually contained real animal fur, even dog...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-07-01T22:23:00-04:00</date_published>
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