China's Fur Production

I posted some of PETA's anti animal cruelty campaigns before. Although PETA sometimes give biased accounts, they often reflect the truth too. And the truth are at times worse.

I didn't watch through the whole of the video below. It is disturbing. It shows animals being skinned for fur while they are still alive. You may wish to give it a skip.


Pledge to go fur-free at PETA.org.

The real question is, how can we make a difference? PETA suggests the following:

The globalization of the fur trade has made it impossible to know where fur products come from. Skins move through international auction houses and are purchased and distributed to manufacturers around the world, and finished goods are often exported. China supplies more than half of the finished fur garments imported for sale in the United States. Even if a fur garment's label says it was made in a European country, the animals were likely raised and slaughtered elsewhere—possibly on an unregulated Chinese fur farm.

Because a fur's origin can't be traced, anyone who wears any fur at all shares the blame for the horrific conditions on Chinese fur farms. The only way to prevent such unimaginable cruelty is never to wear any fur.