Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Skinning Live Animals in China is Booming... Cruelty to order for Fashions, Toys and Trinkets

RPT-China northern fur farms grow despite furor
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By Vivi LinHARBIN, China, Jan 19 (Reuters Life!) - Fur may have fallen out of favour with some fashion designers and shoppers concerned about animal welfare, but breeding animals for their pelts is a thriving industry in northeastern China.China is a major exporter of fur garments and the number of fur farms have mushroomed in the past ten years, especially in the cold, northern region of Heilongjiang.A group of scientists is now helping locals improve the breeding rates of animals such as mink and fox through artificial insemination and other means, according to Liu Zhiping, who heads the university research team helping the farmers.
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A growing number of international fur traders, processors and fashion designers have gradually shifted their business to China, according to a forum held by the China Leather and Fur Association in November.Industry analysts say cheap labour and the absence of animal rights' protection regulations in the country are encouraging the controversial industry, which has been lambasted by animal rights groups that say the animals are often skinned alive.
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We recommend watching this because it is evidence of the atrocities that take place very day and some people just don't want to believe it until they see it. I have seen it with my own eyes and yes the animals are often skinned alive, as a matter of fact there is no procedure to kill them first. They start to cut right in to the fur and the animal struggles while it's held down with a foot on its neck . I've seen images of animals that after skinned are trying to crawl away. This is done to million of cats, dogs, foxes raccoons an any animal that has a pretty fur. This is action that is straight out of Hell and as humans WE MUST STOP this! The first step is stop buying anything like fur even so called faux fur is often mislabeled to fool the public. Fury trinkets toys anything we must stop buying it. If we don't buy and keep this in the forefront maybe in a few years we can put a total stop to this. We have to.