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We know this is not a direct subject
to our website, but after we have seen the video about this massive cruelty
to animals on Chinese fur farms, we could not just sit there any longer and
do nothing. After this video we were even ashamed to belong to the highly intelligent
(?) race of human beings.
When undercover investigators made their way onto Chinese fur farms recently,
they found that many animals are still alive and struggling desperately when
workers flip them onto their backs or hang them up by their legs or tails to
skin them. When workers on these farms begin to cut the skin and fur from an
animal's leg, the free limbs kick and writhe. Workers stomp on the necks and
heads of animals who struggle too hard to allow a clean cut. When the fur is
finally peeled off over the animals' heads, their naked, bloody bodies are thrown
onto a pile of those who have gone before them. Some are still alive, breathing
in ragged gasps and blinking slowly. Some of the animals' hearts are still beating
five to ten minutes after they are skinned. One investigator recorded a skinned
raccoon dog on the heap of carcasses who had enough strength to lift his bloodied
head and stare into the camera.
Before they are skinned alive, animals are pulled from their cages and thrown
to the ground. Workers bludgeon them with metal rods or slam them on hard surfaces,
causing broken bones and convulsions but not always immediate death. Animals
watch helplessly as workers make their way down the row.
Undercover investigators from Swiss Animal Protection/EAST International recently
toured fur farms in China's Hebei Province, and it quickly became clear why
outsiders are banned from visiting. There are no regulations governing fur farms
in China - farmers can house and slaughter animals
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however they see fit - meaning
miserable lives and excruciating deaths.
The investigators found horrors beyond their worst imaginings and concluded:
"Conditions on Chinese fur farms make a mockery of the most elementary
animal welfare standards. In their lives and their unspeakable deaths, these
animals have been denied even the simplest acts of kindness."
On these farms, foxes, minks, rabbits, and other animals pace and shiver in
outdoor wire cages, exposed to driving rain, freezing nights, and, at other
times, scorching sun. Mother animals, who are driven crazy from rough handling
and intense confinement and have nowhere to hide while giving birth, often kill
their babies after delivering litters. Disease and injuries are widespread,
and animals suffering from anxiety-induced psychosis chew on their own limbs
and throw themselves repeatedly against the cage bars.
The globalization of the fur trade has made it impossible to know where fur
products come from. Skins move through international auction houses and are
purchased and distributed to manufacturers around the world, and finished goods
are often exported. China supplies more than half of the finished fur garments
imported for sale in the United States. Even if a fur garment's label says
it was made in a European country, the animals were likely raised and slaughtered
elsewhere - possibly on an unregulated Chinese fur farm.
Because a fur's origin can't be traced, anyone who wears any fur at all shares
the blame for the horrific conditions on Chinese fur farms. The only way to
prevent such unimaginable cruelty is never to wear any fur.
(Source: www.furisdead.com) |
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