Two women's designer clothes shops targeted by animal rights activists say they no longer selling animal fur.

In recent weeks members of Brighton Animal Rights Campaign have set up stalls near Profile, in Dukes Lane, and Froggett, in North Street, to collect signatures against the fur trade.

Now both stores have said that although they have sold fur in the past, they will not do so again.

Lily Ajoodanpour, manager of Profile, said: "One season we sold Prada with a little bit of fur round the neck and a certificate to say it was humane.

"The business has been established for 27 years. We always sell sheepskin in the winter.

"Sometimes we have one or two leather jackets."

She said she was a committed vegetarian and opposed to the fur trade.

Details and pictures of Profile's three shops in Brighton have been placed on a "fur-free" website as part of a list of "villains" who are selling fur.

Mrs Ajoodanpour said she was keen to see them removed.

Alan Brown, owner of Froggett, said he had not sold fur since the early Nineties after becoming the target of an animal rights campaign.

He said the store still sold fake fur and sheepskin, which could both look like the real thing.

Mr Brown said: "Fifteen years ago we had animal rights on our back.

"I realised you can't beat these people. I said, leave me alone for a year so I can sell my stock and I won't go back into it.

"I don't even sell things like anoraks with fur collars."

Mike Nunn, from Seaford, a spokesman for Brighton Animal Rights Campaign, said the campaign welcomed the shops' pledges not to sell fur.

He said the campaign had a list of six shops still selling fur in Brighton and three that were believed to be doing so.