Paris, June 28 -- "Will LVMH continue to risk public health and support extreme cruelty to animals, or will it act like an ethical and sustainable company by banning exotic skins and fur today ?" That's the question from PETA-which bought stock in LVMH in 2017-that the company will have to address during its annual meeting on Tuesday.
PETA notes that conservation experts have warned that the practices of the exotic-skins industry increase the risk of future epidemics, as the wild animals it uses are typically confined and slaughtered in filthy conditions-just as animals in "wet markets" are-creating a breeding ground for pathogens similar to the novel coronavirus. COVID-19 has already swept through fur farms, sickening minks and workers in...