Recently, the Georgian media reported that Saga Fur company presented Georgian fashion designers Avtandil Tskvitinidze and Maka Assathiany with certain amount of fur to design models for the upcoming fashion show.

On March 2, 2004 Animal Rights Committee presented Tskvitinidze and Assathiany with an undercover fur farm video narrated by famous fashion designer Stella McCartney (watch online at: http://www.petatv.com/tvpopup/Prefs.asp?video=furfarm). Produced by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA - www.peta.org), the video describes the plight of animals at modern fur farms. Stella McCartney, who has a strong stance against animal cruelty, uses only fake leather and fur in her work.

In a letter enclosed with the video, ARC calls upon Tskvitinidze and Assathiany to make the right choice between cruelty and kindness, and offers to provide additional information concerning fake fur and leather manufacturers.