THE COLD BRUTALITY BEHIND THE EVIL FUR TRADE
Every year,
more than 40 Million animals are murdered for their furs, and many skinned
alive, all in the name of fashion and cold-hearted vanity!
Such selfish arrogance and vulgarity, in wearing second hand fur
that was once being worn by animals, prior to it being ripped off a warm
blooded living animal, is crude, offensive, and disgustingly cruel.
Animals spend their days in barren, urine and faeces-encrusted
cages, to become a coat, jacket, trim or scarf. The methods of slaughter are
barbaric and often clumsy. Animals are gassed to death; have their necks
broken; or electrocuted by having a rod inserted into their rectum or vagina
and then 240 volts sent straight into them, literally burning their insides. So
many times the voltage is set too low and the animal is electrocuted time and
time again.
Many animals are still conscious when they are skinned,
literally being skinned alive. Wild animals are also victims of the brutal and
shameful fur trade. Caught in traps, they suffer excruciating pain for days,
before the trappers arrive to stomp on their chest, or break their necks. Some
animals, especially mothers desperate to return to their young, will struggle
to get loose, even chewing or twisting off their own legs to escape. Animals
such as beavers and muskrats, caught in underwater traps, can struggle for up
to 20 minutes before drowning. Every year, traps cripple and kill hundreds of
thousands of dogs, cats, birds and other animals, including endangered species.
Another victim of the fur industry is the rabbit; accessories
made from rabbit fur are often cheaper than other animal skins. Rabbits are
sensitive, smart animals, with individual personalities, just like dogs and
cats. They make lifelong bonds with other rabbits and humans, and they are by
nature, very clean. But like all animals farmed for their fur, rabbits are
forced to live in tiny, filthy cages, surrounded by their own waste. They spend
their entire lives standing on thin wires, and their slaughter is barbaric:
their necks are broken or their skulls smashed, and some are skinned alive.
For further information of the fur industry - http://www.caft.org.uk/ or http://www.peta.org/