• The raccoon dog has been documented being skinned alive for the fur trade.
• The Federal Trade Commission is tasked with enforcing the Fur Products Labeling Act and protecting consumers from deception.
• It is illegal to import, export, sell or advertise any domestic dog fur in the United States .
• Under current law, fur must be identified with a label, but only if the value of the fur exceeds $150. Once fur is identified on a label or advertisement, regardless of value, the species must be accurately disclosed.
• "Asiatic raccoon," although not the accepted common name in use by the scientific community, is the name required under federal law in advertising and labeling of fur garments made from the raccoon dog.
• Raccoon dogs are not raccoons (Procyon lotor) — they merely have facial markings that resemble raccoons.
• Raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) are a member of the dog family. Indigenous to Asia, including eastern Siberia and Japan , these small, fox-sized furry animals seem to enjoy social contact.

• Dec. 20, 2007 – The HSUS published results finding that many leading retailers—including Bloomingdale's, Neiman Marcus, Lord & Taylor, Dillard's, Saks Fifth Avenue and Yoox.com—were selling certain jackets with the brand names Burberry, Andrew Marc, Marc New York, Preston & York, Aqua, Ramosport and Adam+Eve that were falsely advertised or mislabeled as faux fur or "ecological fur" when in fact they are trimmed with real animal fur.
• Aug. 15, 2007 – Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer signs legislation requiring all clothing that includes fur or faux fur sold in New York State be correctly labeled as being "faux fur" or "real fur." The law went into effect Nov. 13, 2007.
• March 13, 2007 – The HSUS petitions the Federal Trade Commission seeking penalties against 14 retailers and designers for violation of the federal Fur Products Labeling Act. Due to subsequent remedial measures that Foot Locker, Inc. and Michael Kors USA, Inc. implemented, The HSUS later withdrew those two companies from its petition. The petition is still pending before the FTC.
• Feb. 7, 2007 – Reps. Moran and Ferguson introduce the Dog and Cat Fur Prohibition Enforcement Act in the U.S. House of Representatives.
• Dec. 2006 – Tests commissioned by HSUS investigators find raccoon dog fur on jackets being advertised as "faux" and/or labeled as other species, such as raccoon or coyote.

Fur is not fun in spite of the fashion industry's attempt to market it that way.  Rabbits and other animals in fur and meat farms have miserable, short lives. They  are slaughtered by electrocution or having their heads bashed against a wall. Then a few incisions are made in the fur, and their skin is literally ripped off of them. Since the killing methods are imperfect, it's inevitable that some rabbits are still conscious when their fur is removed.  Governmental oversight of the fur industry is minimal, enforcement is lax, and prosecution unusual.