{"id":95489,"date":"2025-03-14T17:30:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T17:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=95489"},"modified":"2025-03-18T14:56:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T14:56:27","slug":"welsh-rugby-urged-to-ditch-three-feathers-again-this-time-to-save-ostriches-from-fashion-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2025\/03\/14\/welsh-rugby-urged-to-ditch-three-feathers-again-this-time-to-save-ostriches-from-fashion-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh rugby urged to ditch three feathers again – this time to save ostriches from fashion industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you thought Welsh rugby couldn’t get any weirder, think again<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AN ANIMAL rights group has called on the Welsh Rugby Union<\/a> to replace its famous three feathers emblem as part of a protest against ostrich cruelty in the fashion industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The call from PETA<\/a> comes because the Prince of Wales feathers on the Welsh badge depict ostrich feathers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigations by PETA have previously revealed ostrich feathers being farmed at South African slaughterhouses, which supply elite European fashion brands such as Herm\u00e8s, Prada, and Louis Vuitton. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTweaking the team\u2019s kit would help send the message that sparing sensitive ostriches and other birds a miserable life and agonising death is a flap-free affair,\u201d said Yvonne Taylor, PETA vice president of corporate projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The campaign is unlikely to ruffle feathers at the WRU three days before the Six Nations final with Wales v England playing Saturday late afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this is also not the first time that the WRU has been asked to change its emblem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where does the emblem come from?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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