If you care, look for sheen. Better, hold a match to one hair, if it smells like hair it's fur. Best, don't buy faux.

Take action now on this new bill: https://community.hsus.org/campaign/FED_2009_fur_labeling

 http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/22/inside-the-beltway-53136489/

 NICE DOG, LADY

Are you sure that faux fur you're wearing wasn't once somebody's pet dog or cat?

We're serious, and so are two lawmakers - Rep. Mary Bono Mack, California Republican, and Rep. James P. Moran, Virginia Democrat - who have just introduced the Truth in Fur Labeling Act of 2009, which would require the labeling of all garments that contain animal fur.

Mr. Moran said investigators from the Humane Society of the United States have found a proliferation of falsely labeled and falsely advertised "dog fur" on fashion clothing sold by some of the largest names in U.S. retailing.

He said current U.S. law contains a glaring loophole that allows garments containing less than $150 in fur to be sold without an identifying label. Consumers "may inadvertently purchase garments that contain real fur, possibly from a dog or cat," Mr. Moran observed.

"Of the fur-trimmed jackets subjected to mass spectrometry testing by HSUS, 96 percent were found to be domestic dog, wolf or raccoon dog, and either mislabeled or not labeled at all," Mr. Moran said.

The legislation notes that half of all fur garments entering the United States come from China, where large numbers of domestic dogs and cats are killed every year for their fur. It is illegal to import, export, sell or advertise any domestic dog or cat fur in the United States.

According to the Federal Trade Commission, the total number of fur, fur-trimmed garments and fur accessories sold annually in the United States is estimated to be 3.5 million.