Voice4Dogs: Dog and cat fur - a merciless trade

Each year mainly in China (but also Thailand and the Philippines) millions of dogs and cats suffer cruel brutal lives and unspeakable terror and pain, killed solely for their fur and skins for a merciless trade.

In May 2003, British Conservative MEP Struan Stevenson revealed the existence of video evidence confirming that cats and dogs are being bred for their fur in Belguim and turned into blankets, clothes and toys, the videotaped footage of Belguim furriers explained how this scandalous trade operates. One is clearly heard to claim that cats are farmed in Belguim while another admits that stray cats and dogs, including lost pets, are rounded up on the streets of Brussels and Ghent and slaughtered for their pelts. And a third Belguim furrier states that not long ago the bulk of his cats were brought by ferry from England, ruthless 'cat hunters' in London would go around in vans, rounding up pets, and bring them to him for sale.....

Source: Voice4Dogs

Other EVANA-articles about this topic:
24 November 2006 - International (en)

Skinned Alive - Cats and Dogs Killed for the Fur Trade (en)

PETA: Tell eBay to Stop Allowing the Sale of Dog Fur, Live Dogs and Cats, in China (en)

EU: Animal rights protesters hail ban on sale of dog and cat fur (en)