Whether it came from an animal on a fur farm or one who was trapped in the wild, every fur coat, trinket, and bit of trim caused an animal tremendous suffering and took away a life. Animals on fur farms spend their lives confined to cramped, filthy wire cages. Fur farmers use the cheapest and cruelest killing methods available, including suffocation, electrocution, gas, and poison.
More than half of the U.S. fur comes in from China.. millions of dogs & cats are bludgeoned, hanged, bled to death, and often skinned ALIVE for their fur. Chinese fur is often deliberately mislabeled, so if you wear ANY fur, there's no way of knowing for sure whose skin you're in.
Trapped animals in the wild can suffer for days from blood loss, shock, dehydration, frostbite, gangrene, and attacks by predators. They may be caught in steel-jaw traps that slam down on their legs, often cutting to the bone, or conibear traps, which crush their necks with ninety pounds of pressure per square inch.. or how about water-set traps? They leave bears, muskrats, and other animals struggling got more than nine minutes before drowning.
During the annual Canadian seal slaughter, tens of thousands of baby harp seals are shot and repeatedly bludgeoned with clubs tipped with metal hooks, as I recently posted. Also in Canada, hundreds of black bears are shot at point-blank range or caught in traps and left to suffer for days so that their skins can be used to make the ceremonial hats worn by Queen Elizabeth II's Five Guards' Regiments.
But, don't worry - there are plenty of cruel free fabrics and even faux furs that are available in stores everywhere. Groups like PETA continue to work with designers and clothing retailers to encourage them to use and sell only animal-friendly products.
More than half of the U.S. fur comes in from China.. millions of dogs & cats are bludgeoned, hanged, bled to death, and often skinned ALIVE for their fur. Chinese fur is often deliberately mislabeled, so if you wear ANY fur, there's no way of knowing for sure whose skin you're in.
Trapped animals in the wild can suffer for days from blood loss, shock, dehydration, frostbite, gangrene, and attacks by predators. They may be caught in steel-jaw traps that slam down on their legs, often cutting to the bone, or conibear traps, which crush their necks with ninety pounds of pressure per square inch.. or how about water-set traps? They leave bears, muskrats, and other animals struggling got more than nine minutes before drowning.
During the annual Canadian seal slaughter, tens of thousands of baby harp seals are shot and repeatedly bludgeoned with clubs tipped with metal hooks, as I recently posted. Also in Canada, hundreds of black bears are shot at point-blank range or caught in traps and left to suffer for days so that their skins can be used to make the ceremonial hats worn by Queen Elizabeth II's Five Guards' Regiments.
But, don't worry - there are plenty of cruel free fabrics and even faux furs that are available in stores everywhere. Groups like PETA continue to work with designers and clothing retailers to encourage them to use and sell only animal-friendly products.
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