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PETA uncovered horrendous cruelty during an investigation of fur farms in China,which revealed that fur farmers swing raccoon dogs and foxes by their hind legs and smash their heads on the ground, injuring the animals but often leaving them conscious as they are skinned alive. When the fur is finally peeled off over 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 10 minutes after they are skinned. One investigator recorded that a skinned raccoon dog on a heap of carcasses had enough strength to lift his bloodied head and stare into the camera....
Link: USA: Bakers Footwear Group is selling rabbit-fur-trimmed boots Date: 2006-03-09
Other EVANA-articles about this topic: China pledges to stop cat and dog fur trade (en) IDA, PETA Expose Cruelty on Chinese Fur Farms at White House (en) Using fur from cats and dogs to make clothes is legal in the EU (en) Cheap Chinese fur flooding EU - charity (en) 14 March 2006 - France (en) China moet wet tegen dierenmishandeling opstellen (nl) Dogs' fates: Ending up as stew or, after being skinned alive, a fur coat (en) |
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