UPDATE TWO
Sears responded on a Google Plus account to a member that the t-shirts were no longer available!
UPDATE | RESPONSE
This seems like a standard response, please keep sending your thoughts, thank you.
Dear Stacey,
Thank you for contacting sears.com. We apologize for any inconvenience or concern caused due to the graphics on the T-shirt. I appreciate the opportunity to assist you.
We regret that you found the T-shirt offensive as that was not our intent. We are listening to what you have to say and we appreciate the time you have taken to let us know what you think about the items sold on our website. We are always looking for ways in which we can improve.
All comments, suggestions, contributions and indeed all feedback from our sears.com customers are very important to us. Please know that our management team reviews feedback submitted…
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Exposing the Big Game 
Louise Kane, JD
Kane Productions
PO Box Eastham, MA 02642
508-237-8326
http://Www.kaneproductions.net
Sears
1-800-349-4358
Sears National Customer Relations
3333 Beverly Road
Hoffman Estates, IL 60179
August 22, 2013
TO: Sears Corporate Headquarters
Dear Sears Corporation,
I am writing to you today as I read that Sears is now selling and promoting wolf hunting shirts as a line of clothing. As a long time Sears customer, I was appalled to learn of this sponsorship, and confused. Why would your company support such horrific, senseless, violent assaults on an animal that was just recently removed from the endangered species act protections?
My husband and I are principles of Kane Productions; I invite you to visit our website http://www.kaneproductions.net. In the twenty plus years that we have produced national and international advertising campaigns we have worked with many prominent and esteemed photographers, talent agencies, advertising firms and talented individuals in these businesses.
Some of our better known photographer clients include Mario Sorrenti (http://forums.thefashionspot.com/f71/mario-sorrenti-photographer-66495-39.html) the famous fashion photographer, Brett Froomer (http://business.highbeam.com/136933/article-1G1-15445888/nikon-school-presents-get-most-your-nikon-n8008s) whose photography is world renowned, Uwe Duettman (http://www.duettmannphoto.com/index.php/news/) another internationally recognized photographer, Paul Wakefield (http://www.paulwakefield.co.uk/home) a talented commercial photographer from Wales, Annie Leibovitz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Leibovitz) who is world renowned, Tim MacPherson (http://timmacpherson.com/news/new-sunbrella-campaign/) a UK based talent, Roy Zipstein (http://www.ba-reps.com/photography/architecture/roy-zipstein#image_88426) a US professional and Ken Kochey (http://www.sarahlaird.com/artist/kenkochey/portfolio-travel/).
All of these photographers are internationally recognized for their work. As a producer for some of their campaigns (like H&M’s spring catalogue for Mario Sorrenti or American Express and Delta’s campaign for Roy Zipstein or the Ritz Carlton campaign with Paul Wakeman or the BMW James Bond prototype Z8 campaign with Uwe Duettman or the many campaigns we produced for Brett Froomer) I have developed some close relationships. While producing these campaigns we have also worked closely with celebrities like Heidi Klum, Ben Affleck, Sandra Bullock, Pierce Brosnan, Gene Hackman and many others. And, we have developed good relationships and business contacts within some of the biggest advertising firms like Grey, Leo Burnett, Ogilvy etc.
My work as a producer has taken me to some amazing places and I’ve been blessed with seeing incredible locations. As an animal lover, I’ve been able to help animals when I see injustices against animals that may occur in less fortunate areas of the world. So as a dedicated animal rights and wolf advocate, I was astounded to see your company promoting I love wolf hunting shirts and other clothing. I cannot imagine a less tasteful, more appalling line of clothing.
By nature, wolves are shy and elusive. These animals mate for life and rear their young together, for life. Like many wild predators, their populations are generally self-regulating according to availability of prey, natural diseases and habitat. When wolves are hunted as trophies, their packs are disrupted; their ability to hunt and survive is compromised leaving pups and other pack members to die because they are unable to fend for themselves! Additionally, wolves are extremely social and grieve for their pack members. I invite you to visit the Living with Wolves website, an organization, with board members like Robert Redford, devoted to teaching the world about these amazing animals. http://www.livingwithwolves.org/. In these times of unprecedented escalating violence, why sell and promote senseless violence against an animal that already has suffered hundreds of years of unjustified persecution. Why not promote a conservation ethic instead of a killing ethos? Large carnivores worldwide are at the greatest risk of extinction!
For Sears, to support misery and to advocate for killing helpless wildlife for fun is a policy that I cannot understand, commend or support.
Does Sears really need to promote killing family oriented social animals who are the ancestors of our much loved domesticated dogs? What is the purpose here? Killing for fun is a morally bankrupt activity that is completely at odds with the image that your company has historically attempted to project. Sears is a family oriented institution. Your company should be promoting activities that celebrate beauty, enlightenment and life, not death and destruction of a highly intelligent species.
In the years I have worked in the photography and film world, I have made numerous contacts with advertising firms, photographers and other professionals and producers. I promise you, I am dedicated to ending senseless wolf and predator hunting and will use every contact I can to advertise your company’s involvement. I will also boycott your store and its products and ask my professional contacts to do the same. Before I take direct action, I am providing you the opportunity to respond to me and explain why your company would direct such a cruel attack on wolves and to provide assurances that you will remove these grotesque shirts from your online sales.
Sincerely,
Louise Kane, JD and producer
Kane Productions
Did you know that in the Rocky Mountains where there are tens of millions of federal owned lands that it is likely that less than 1500 wolves survive! In Wyoming many of the Yellowstone protected wolves have been shot and killed as soon as they leave the park. Wolves are now trapped, snared and shot even during their mating and birthing seasons. This slaughter is allowed to appease ranchers and trophy hunters in their unjustified and barbaric war against wolves. Please visit this website for a very short video on the Imperiled American Wolf to see how wolves are being decimated by antiquated policies that are now common in the states where wolves lost their federal protection.
Great Louise! Please share your response when you get one.
Excellent letter, Louise.
please write and try and personalize your letters.
I wrote a quick letter just now. I do not hold out hope that I will change any minds though.
Great, thanks! Let us know how they reply. And there’s definitely hope; judging by their apologies, Sears is starting to see the error in its ways.
Just left a note for Sears; what a disgusting store! Maybe they’ll go bankrupt soon!
I just received a response from Sears and it is what I expected. It is a generic thank you for your feedback and we are keeping our merchandise within guidelines. That says nothing. It is amazing how these people can write and skirt the issue. Amazing.
What the fuck does “within guidelines” mean?
It’s that teflon response. Let nothing stick. No matter the furious cries of the opposition fend them all off with a smooth cool professional double nothing speak.
I’ve just sent the following email message to Sears corporate headquarters:
(Subject line): I’m boycotting Sears because you’re selling wolf-hunting t-shirts on your website
Dear Sears Corporation,
I am a Canadian wildlife advocate who campaigns for the preservation of wildlife the world over. I am also vehemently anti-hunting. I have recently learned you are selling t-shirts that glorify the hunting of wolves on your American website. When I access sears.com I can see only wolf t-shirts that are available for shipment to Canada. None of those t-shirts have anything to do with wolf hunting. However, I have seen screen shots of the wolf hunting t-shirts for sale on your site, and am absolutely appalled, disgusted and sickened that you could sell anything that glorifies the brutality towards wolves that is currently occurring in the U.S. Wolves are being killed in the most horrific of ways such as being trapped and gut shot, all to appease ranchers, trophy hunters and the degenerates of the human race who like to kill beings that are every bit as sentient as we are for thrills.
As a measure of solidarity with my American wolf-loving friends and wolf advocates I have decided to permanently boycott Sears. I will never set one foot in any one of your pathetic stores again.
Disgustedly
Maureen Shafer
P.S. I have seen the lame response being sent to other people who are writing to you to express their disgust regarding this matter. So don’t bother responding to this message and save yourselves a copy and paste job.
I used the following email addy to send the message:
smsupport@searshc.com
They’ve pulled the wolf hunt shirts off their site claiming they don’t want to sell anything with a violent message, but still have “I heart big game hunting” “I heart fox hunting” etc.,…
Yea I saw shirts with I love deer hunting and so on.
I will never shop at Sears again unless you stop selling merchandise that promotes inHUMANe treatment of animals, especially endangered species. That is disgustingly sick! What are you thinking????
This is my contribution.
To whom this better concern,
Myself, my family and my friends are now on a boycott of your stores. Which is unfortunate seeing as how most of our appliances, tools and some clothes come from there.
We are all nature loves and for you to advocate Wolf Hunting by creating ridiculous graphic tees that say I love Wolf Hunting is beyond rude and insensitive. Its possible you were not aware of the hundreds of thousands of people fighting everyday to stop these hunts and all violent acts against these creatures, consider yourself informed now.
The social media network for animal lovers is strong and your tshirt faux pas will spread like wildfire. Most of us are more dedicated to the cause of saving our natural resources and our wildlife then we are to our own jobs. We see it as a duty to our ancestors and our future generations. In other words, we do not take it lightly nor do we appreciate companies exploiting the killing to sell some poorly made clothing that was probably not even made in the US.
Shame on you.
Jonelle Prow
Great, thanks!
Shame on you Sears!! You are now boycotted!! Remove that awful shirt from your stores and website please. Do not promote violence toward a beautiful, sentient creature who has the right to live !
I asked them to please remove all graphic hunting t-shirts, including the one sold in Pennsylvania of Ted Nugent a shadow of him holding a bow in the background and a wolf ” brothers of the blade” They sent me a response back, apologize for me being offended by the t-shirts and would work to solve the problem.
I also sent an email-I will share the answer with you. This is another example of brutality being supported by a non-stop consuming system. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
You’re welcome Deb, thanks for contacting them.