Raccoon Dog Fur

When I read this report, My jaw dropped. How can this be?
January 17. The Humane Society reached out to MediaTakeOut.com and asked us to put Jay Z and RocaWear On Blast! for selling jackets made from dog fur. Here is what they had to say:
Another music-to-fashion crossover artist - this time Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, who famously rapped that he had "99 problems" - was revealed to be selling fur from a type of dog, but the fur was described as "faux." The [Humane Society] purchased a "faux fur" jacket from Jay-Z's Rocawear website, and sent it for lab testing to find out exactly what animal the fur really belonged to. The test showed that the fur was taken from raccoon dogs - a type of dog raised for fur in China. Just weeks ago, hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs and Macy's department store pulled a Sean John brand jacket that was being advertised as faux fur, after tests commissioned by The [Humane Society] revealed the fur was actually from raccoon dogs. Diddy announced that this particular coat would be trimmed only with faux fur in the future. Jay-Z's "faux fur" - advertised coat had no fur labeling on the jacket, so consumers have no way to know that what they think is faux is actually from raccoon dogs, who may have been skinned alive.Below is a photo of the jacket along with a picture of a racoon dog.

Major department stores where also cited in this claim. Among those were Barney's, Neiman Marcus, Dillard's, and J.C. Penney's. The raccoon dog looks like a raccoon, but is indeed part of the canine family in Asia. These animals are skinned alive and kept in cages that are excedingly too small. What kind of sick world is this, I would like to know. Sheez... (Shakes naughty finger at computer) . Absolutetly appalling. I'm out.