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"Faux" Fur Controversy - Video of dogs & cats taken to
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Video of dogs
and cats taken to market
Warning: You are viewing and
listening to this video by PETA below at your own risk.
Workers kick and stomp on the cages and jab the animals with sticks to get them out, then their weakened bodies are bludgeoned, hanged, bled, or strangled with wire nooses to kill them, says Trent
Rezner (of PETA) in the video. Many of the cats and dogs still have collars on, proof that they were
once someone's beloved companions.
Some of the animals have gone insane from being held in cramped and overcrowded
conditions - others are in poor health from exposure to the elements and lack of
food and water. Some arrive to the marketplace, already dead or dying from
rotting flesh. Every year in China, millions of cats and dogs are killed for their fur
(over 5,400 a day). China is the largest exporter of fur products to the
international fur trade. It is no longer 'only the wealthy' contributing
to the horrific practices of the fur trade suppliers. Much of the fur is
now used to make cuffs, collars, and other pieces of trim. The fur is often mislabeled
(if labeled at all) as fur from another species and then sold illegally in Europe and the United States.
What drives the cat and dog fur industry? The demand for fur items. EVERY cuff, collar
and other fur product is a death sentence for an animal.
Most items are not labeled properly so the
consumer has no real knowledge of what they are actually buying. Real dog
and cat fur is sold and advertised as 'faux' fur. Pet toys and figurines
are sold with a simple label of 'Made in China'. Purses, shoes and boots
sport fur trim - where once a human companion wore the fur, now it is worn in
cities and towns around the world in these items.
If you want to make sure that dogs and cats are no longer killed for fashion
or used in everyday products around the world, then don't by fur - period.
You can no longer be assured of whatever is listed on the label is actually the
truth. Speak out to your
legislation officials and express your outrage at this practice for the fur
trade. Demand the U.S. Judicial system to enforce the 1951 law already on
the books. Strongly request Congress to move forth and stop stalling on
the bill already introduced to close up the loopholes in our laws. Speak
to others about this atrocity and ask that they in turn, pass the truth of the
fur trade industry to others. The
term 'humane' is defined by Merriam-Webster as "marked by compassion, sympathy
or consideration for humans or animals". What part of 'humanity' have we
as humans forgotten in regards to these dogs, cats and other animals being used
in the international fur trade?
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