Fur traders & manufacturers
Dogs and raccoon dogs skinned alive to make fur garments and Ugg boots which people often believe it is fake-fur but is real fur!
Check the Internet for counterfeit, cheap Ugg boots, and you're likely to find some real bargains - that is if you can close your eyes and realize the horrific sacrifices raccoon dogs and other animals have had to pay for someone's fashion statement.
The video below has created worldwide outrage calling for the ban on raccoon dog trade. The video shows a farmer pulling a raccoon dog out of its cage, slamming her on the ground and beginning the skinning process from the dog's back leg while the farmer's boot is pressed against the animal's neck to keep her from moving. The dog is then thrown on a pile of other skinned dogs, and as the filming continues, the dog barely lifts her head and waits for the final suffering relief of death which can take hours.
Raccoon dogs are an Asian species and are crosses between domestic dogs, foxes and jackals.
China supplies more than half of the finished fur garments imported for sale in the United States. Even fur that has been labeled from a European country is likely to have been an animal raised and brutally skinned alive from an unregulated Chinese fur farm.
Real Ugg boots are made from Australian sheepskin and can range in price from $120 to $300. The Australian head of Ugg boots states these revelations and videos about raccoon dog fur have damaged the entire organization. Fake Ugg boots have been marketed all over the world and commonly sold online.
You can watch the shocking footage below. Be warned - it is absolutely egregious animal cruelty in every sense of the deeds done to these innocent animals. Don't buy any fur products from China.
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The video below has created worldwide outrage calling for the ban on raccoon dog trade. The video shows a farmer pulling a raccoon dog out of its cage, slamming her on the ground and beginning the skinning process from the dog's back leg while the farmer's boot is pressed against the animal's neck to keep her from moving. The dog is then thrown on a pile of other skinned dogs, and as the filming continues, the dog barely lifts her head and waits for the final suffering relief of death which can take hours.
Raccoon dogs are an Asian species and are crosses between domestic dogs, foxes and jackals.
China supplies more than half of the finished fur garments imported for sale in the United States. Even fur that has been labeled from a European country is likely to have been an animal raised and brutally skinned alive from an unregulated Chinese fur farm.
Real Ugg boots are made from Australian sheepskin and can range in price from $120 to $300. The Australian head of Ugg boots states these revelations and videos about raccoon dog fur have damaged the entire organization. Fake Ugg boots have been marketed all over the world and commonly sold online.
You can watch the shocking footage below. Be warned - it is absolutely egregious animal cruelty in every sense of the deeds done to these innocent animals. Don't buy any fur products from China.
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Rabbits die by the Millions
for Giorgio Armani's collections
A disturbing undercover exposé of rabbit fur farms on two different continents shows that rabbit slaughter, no matter why or where it occurs, is always cruel, and always unethical. The video, narrated by actor Gillian Anderson, shows rabbits kicking and screaming during slaughter. After the skin is ripped from the rabbits' bodies, it is sold to designers such as Giorgio Armani, who uses rabbit fur in his new designs.
The undercover investigations of rabbit fur farms in China and France, two countries from which Armani buys rabbit fur revealed pitiful living conditions for rabbits, who are confined to tiny wire cages before these sensitive, sentient animals are slaughtered.
In the video footage from the investigation, workers at the Chinese fur farm pull rabbits out of cages by their ears and shoot the screaming animals in the head with a handheld electrical device, often multiple times. Rabbits with cut throats can be seen twitching and shaking with their eyes wide open before they die.
The undercover investigations of rabbit fur farms in China and France, two countries from which Armani buys rabbit fur revealed pitiful living conditions for rabbits, who are confined to tiny wire cages before these sensitive, sentient animals are slaughtered.
In the video footage from the investigation, workers at the Chinese fur farm pull rabbits out of cages by their ears and shoot the screaming animals in the head with a handheld electrical device, often multiple times. Rabbits with cut throats can be seen twitching and shaking with their eyes wide open before they die.
Donna Karan - the bunny butcher!
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Despite knowing about the suffering that goes into every fur-trimmed coat, hat, and bag, Donna Karan has made the cruel decision to use the skins of dead rabbits in her clothing lines.
Animals on fur farms spend their entire lives confined to cramped, filthy wire cages, and fur farmers use the cheapest and cruelest killing methods available. Foxes, minks, coyotes, and rabbits - and even dogs and cats - are bludgeoned, genitally electrocuted, and often skinned alive for their fur. One of the best ways that you can help animals who are beaten and tortured for their fur is to tell Donna Karan executives that you'll boycott the designer's collections until she stops using fur. Many top designers - including Stella McCartney, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, and Liz Claiborne - have chosen to create wonderful work without using animal fur. Speak out against the killing of animals for their skins. Write to Donna Karan International and urge the company to dump fur for good by clicking HERE |
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10 reasons NOT to wear Donna Karan
Donna Karan's clothing lines proudly boast labels explaining that the pieces include "Chinese rabbit fur." So what exactly does that mean?
PETA Asia Pacific's latest undercover investigation reveals the shocking truth: deplorable living conditions, neglect, and filth on Chinese fur farms.
These photos depict the lives - and deaths - of the fur industry's latest fashion victims:
PETA Asia Pacific's latest undercover investigation reveals the shocking truth: deplorable living conditions, neglect, and filth on Chinese fur farms.
These photos depict the lives - and deaths - of the fur industry's latest fashion victims:
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What kind of person thinks it's OK to skin a bunny just for someone to wear fur on their back? Donna Karan - That's who! But now it's time for you to lend your voice (and keyboard!) to the millions of animals who are slated to be bludgeoned, anally or vaginally electrocuted, and sometimes skinned alive for their fur this year. Spread the word about Donna's bunny butchering ways by tweeting a photo of animals on a fur farm at Donna and your followers on Twitter. BOYCOTT Donna Karan by telling your friend the TRUTH and to ask them NOT to buy any Donna Karan product. |
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Sick trade in polar bear skins
THEY are the beautiful creatures that have come to symbolise the fight against global warming. The endangered polar bear is struggling to survive in its shrinking Arctic landscape as temperatures rise.
The Sun revealed dozens of the threatened animals are being BUTCHERED and their skins sold on the internet.
A Sun reporter posing as a buyer was offered polar bear rugs, complete with snarling teeth, by two Canadian firms.
Both insisted they could ship the skins to the UK and that they had recently sold rugs to buyers here.
Shockingly, importing polar bear trophies is LEGAL in the UK.
Last night, following our exposé, Poorva Joshipura from animal welfare charity PETA Europe called on the Government to BAN the awful trade.
She said: "Polar bears already face many threats to their survival without adding to the equation their body parts being bought and sold like bags of rice."
Canadian website Bear Skin World - run by a company called Fur Source Canada - offered an 8ft polar bear rug for £6,300.
Underneath a photo of a fluffy, white skin, the site boasts: "Brand new 8ft polar bear skin rug. 100 per cent authentic Canadian polar bear. This bear is in perfect condition. Thick winter fur, excellent claws."
The site insists: "We devote great time and care to the eyes, nose and mouth to make our polar bear skin rugs look alive.
"The rugs include a padded under layer with black felt border trim. They are always mounted with original claws."
When we called the company posing as a buyer, a woman called Kathy told us: "We've got four polar bears left. We ship to the UK, I've done it before. You can order the skin online.
"We sell about ten polar bears a year - and that's without advertising. We choose bears that are done properly. There's no claws missing, everything's intact.
"You don't want to spend that kind of money and find claws are broken."
Both insisted they could ship the skins to the UK and that they had recently sold rugs to buyers here.
Shockingly, importing polar bear trophies is LEGAL in the UK.
Last night, following our exposé, Poorva Joshipura from animal welfare charity PETA Europe called on the Government to BAN the awful trade.
She said: "Polar bears already face many threats to their survival without adding to the equation their body parts being bought and sold like bags of rice."
Canadian website Bear Skin World - run by a company called Fur Source Canada - offered an 8ft polar bear rug for £6,300.
Underneath a photo of a fluffy, white skin, the site boasts: "Brand new 8ft polar bear skin rug. 100 per cent authentic Canadian polar bear. This bear is in perfect condition. Thick winter fur, excellent claws."
The site insists: "We devote great time and care to the eyes, nose and mouth to make our polar bear skin rugs look alive.
"The rugs include a padded under layer with black felt border trim. They are always mounted with original claws."
When we called the company posing as a buyer, a woman called Kathy told us: "We've got four polar bears left. We ship to the UK, I've done it before. You can order the skin online.
"We sell about ten polar bears a year - and that's without advertising. We choose bears that are done properly. There's no claws missing, everything's intact.
"You don't want to spend that kind of money and find claws are broken."
Another company - Fur Canada - is offering an 8ft polar bear rug on the internet for £5,000.
For sale ...
'This bear is in perfect condition.
Thick winter fur, excellent claws"
The website also offers cheaper polar bear skins which come come without teeth or glass eyes.
When we asked to buy a rug, a man called Calvin from the website told The Sun: "I've got more orders than I've got polar bears. We handle around 40 to 50 rugs a year and 30 to 40 skins.
"We send to the UK. Our last shipment there went to Scotland in December. Skins are coming in now because it's the hunting season and we will buy them up until June.
"Once we get them we send them to the tannery for three months and they're ready."
Although the US has banned the importation of polar bear skins, declaring it a threatened species, it is still legal here.
Both Canadian companies we spoke to stress the bears they sell are shot legally by licenced hunters.
Bear Skin World's website says: "All of the animals sold by us are legally and ethically harvested.
"Many skins are purchased from Inuit (Eskimo) hunters in the Arctic who use the meat of the animal for food and sell the skins to trading posts as their source of income."
Fur Canada told us in an email: "We have to obtain a Canadian Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) export permit from our Ministry of Environment.
"The CITES is only issued on proof of a legal kill.
"All the polar bears are taken by Inuit hunters and trappers in the Canadian high Arctic."
Animal welfare groups say selling the skins, even those shot legally, creates a market.
Last night Robbie Marsland, UK Director of the International Fund For Animal Welfare (IFAW), said: "We believe it is completely unacceptable that these animals are killed for trophies.
"We would urge members of the public to avoid buying these or any other wildlife souvenirs.
"Trophy hunting of vulnerable species is highly unethical and cruel."
The illegal trade in hides of polar bears is on the rise in Russia.
Some 200 are killed by poachers annually in the Chukotka area, according to World Wildlife Fund figures.
When we asked to buy a rug, a man called Calvin from the website told The Sun: "I've got more orders than I've got polar bears. We handle around 40 to 50 rugs a year and 30 to 40 skins.
"We send to the UK. Our last shipment there went to Scotland in December. Skins are coming in now because it's the hunting season and we will buy them up until June.
"Once we get them we send them to the tannery for three months and they're ready."
Although the US has banned the importation of polar bear skins, declaring it a threatened species, it is still legal here.
Both Canadian companies we spoke to stress the bears they sell are shot legally by licenced hunters.
Bear Skin World's website says: "All of the animals sold by us are legally and ethically harvested.
"Many skins are purchased from Inuit (Eskimo) hunters in the Arctic who use the meat of the animal for food and sell the skins to trading posts as their source of income."
Fur Canada told us in an email: "We have to obtain a Canadian Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) export permit from our Ministry of Environment.
"The CITES is only issued on proof of a legal kill.
"All the polar bears are taken by Inuit hunters and trappers in the Canadian high Arctic."
Animal welfare groups say selling the skins, even those shot legally, creates a market.
Last night Robbie Marsland, UK Director of the International Fund For Animal Welfare (IFAW), said: "We believe it is completely unacceptable that these animals are killed for trophies.
"We would urge members of the public to avoid buying these or any other wildlife souvenirs.
"Trophy hunting of vulnerable species is highly unethical and cruel."
The illegal trade in hides of polar bears is on the rise in Russia.
Some 200 are killed by poachers annually in the Chukotka area, according to World Wildlife Fund figures.
Biologists estimate there are 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears, with 60 per cent in Canada. But global warming is threatening them with extinction.
Tragic ... endangered species still hunted for trade
The bears - the biggest land carnivores in the world - feed mainly on seals, which they hunt on the Arctic Ocean ice.
But as rising temperatures cause the sea ice to shrink further each summer, the beasts find it increasingly difficult to eat enough to build up fat reserves to see them through the winter.
The US Geological Survey predicts two-thirds of the world's polar bears will disappear by 2050.
Around 500 of the animals are killed by man in Canada each year, including those taken by sport hunters accompanied by local guides and dog-sled teams.
On May 14, 2008, the US Department of the Interior reclassified the polar bear as a "threatened species" under the Endangered Species Act, citing concerns about sea ice loss.
But last night the Government here confirmed that importing polar bears skins was legal.
A spokesman for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said: "Under international law, polar bear skins can be bought and sold as long as the trade doesn't affect conservation.
"Many people do not agree with hunting polar bears, but conservation measures need to be agreed internationally to be effective.
"If there is evidence the number allowed to be hunted is not sustainable we will, of course, raise this with the Canadian Government."
Source: The Sun
But as rising temperatures cause the sea ice to shrink further each summer, the beasts find it increasingly difficult to eat enough to build up fat reserves to see them through the winter.
The US Geological Survey predicts two-thirds of the world's polar bears will disappear by 2050.
Around 500 of the animals are killed by man in Canada each year, including those taken by sport hunters accompanied by local guides and dog-sled teams.
On May 14, 2008, the US Department of the Interior reclassified the polar bear as a "threatened species" under the Endangered Species Act, citing concerns about sea ice loss.
But last night the Government here confirmed that importing polar bears skins was legal.
A spokesman for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said: "Under international law, polar bear skins can be bought and sold as long as the trade doesn't affect conservation.
"Many people do not agree with hunting polar bears, but conservation measures need to be agreed internationally to be effective.
"If there is evidence the number allowed to be hunted is not sustainable we will, of course, raise this with the Canadian Government."
Source: The Sun
