IL fur farmer, Joanne Gengel, is dead. Wife to Ron Gengel, President of Fur Commission USA.
” Funeral Services will be held at 1:00pm Friday September 20, 2024, at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church 24300 W. Grass Lake Rd. Antioch, IL 60002, with visitation at the church beginning at 11AM. Interment will follow in Hillside Cemetery, Antioch, IL. In lieu of flowers, donations to Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church are appreciated in Joanne’s memory. Arrangements were entrusted to the STRANG FUNERAL HOME OF ANTIOCH. Please sign the online guest book for Joanne at: https://www.strangfh.com/guestbook/joanne-gengel “
We are a decentralized collective of animal rights activists using disruptive tactics to further the goal of Total Animal Liberation. Target number one is the fur industry.
This recent weekend, we along with dozens of other cities strong-armed the most influential American designer, Marc Jacobs, to go FUR-FREE.
MJ lied to activists in 2013 by mislabeling faux fur when it turned out to be dog fur, he lied in 2018 to activists that confronted him about his use of fur when he claimed he would never use fur again – only to resume in 2023 when he collaborated with Fendi on an ugly hat (made out of fox). Fendi’s motto in the past was “Fur is Fendi, Fendi is fur”. Both corporations are owned by LVMH, owned by the richest man in the world: Bernard Aurnault (who also funds the current genocide in Palestine).
After 2 years of store protests and asking nicely, home demos erupted in the US (particularly NYC), resulting in his full commitment to never use fur again. The Chicago contingent remained steadfast in our local efforts until victory was secured.
100 million animals are tortured on these fur farms with no quality of life – all for the vanity and greed. We are happy to declare that Marc Jacobs will no longer sell fur today nor in the future. Strategic pressure campaigns work, join us.
