ABC News, I think it was 20/20, also had a segment on the Chinese dog
and cat fur trade and a video! There was a German Shepherd, tail
happily wagging, being led off to his terrible fate and then it was
filmed.
Let's face it, all fur is cruel! Whether an wild animal is caught in a
trap, has it's neck broken or suffers anal electrocution on a
fur farm - where it's life has been spent in a tiny cage - the fur
trade is cruelty incarnate. Nobody has to wear fur anymore except
perhaps some Inuit who live in Arctic regions.
Check out a great video called The Witness made by a group called
Tribe of Heart. It's about an average blue collar worker from, I
think, the Bronx, who discovers the inner workings of the fur trade.
In the final scene, he had rigged up a video camera on his van and
drives around Manhattan showing scenes of animals struggling in traps,
being killed for fur, to holiday shoppers. Many onlookers look
stunned, avert their eyes, and some cry.
Bonnie in WI
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sunday, October 30, 2005 11:35 am
Subject: Chinese cat and dog fur
Yes unfortunately very true. It is much cheaper to import cat and
dog fur
from china than fake fur. Last year I voiced my disgust at a
couple of shops
here in the uk for passing furry ball scarfs off as fake - they
were not
labelled and smelled like animal and you could see the animal skin
it was so poorly
made. I ended up repoting the shops to peta and getting fur trade
info sent
out to them. The chinese fur trade is cruel beyond belief. Peta
recently got
some undercover video footage which I daren't watch because I'll
be too
traumatised. They do skin alive as they believe the adrenylin
pumping provides for
a better quality pelt. They steal people's pets too for the fur -
the whole
thing is sick. I know peta are often seen as extreme but on this
one they
appear to be spot on sadly.
Michelle, Buddy, Minstrel Angel Bramble (After my sighting I
played
Bramble's favourite music and had his ashes casket on one shoulder
and tidge's on
the other telling them I'm happy for them to be with me whenever
they want)
