
Mar 6th 2005
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The fur trade is currently profiting more than ever, it had it's highest sales ever last year and this year, and they're supposed to increase even further next year.
Fur is becoming cheaper and more readily available to the general public and people are buying it more often, either as a whole item or as trim on another item.
They seem to either ignore or be ignorrant of the terrible suffering behing this trade.
The animals (that can range from foxes, to chinchillas, to mink to rabbits to raccoons and hundreds of other animals) suffer and die in horrible ways.
They are both captive bred animals and wild animals (which are caught using terrible methods, one of the most popular being the agonizing steel-jaw leg trap) they live in filthy cramped cages their whole (and very short) lives, in fear and pain, in their own faeces and urine, they often get gruesome injuries that go untreated, often from the leg traps (like the fox in this pic with the mangled leg).
There are currently no laws to potect fur farmed animals, they are killed, by either neck breaking, suffocation, anal or genital electrocution (which causes them to have a painful heart attack) and many other ways.
It is not unusual for the killers to not bother killing the animals at all to save time and stun them to keep them from struggling and then skin them alive.
During the summer, hundreds of thousands of animals endure searing heat and suffer from dizziness and vomiting before dying of heat exhaustion. Baby animals are the most common victims, as they succumb faster to dehydration. In the winter, caged animals have nowhere to seek refuge from freezing temperatures, rain, sleet, and snow.
Foxes are kept in cages measuring only 2.5 feet square, with one to four animals per cage. Minks and other species are generally kept in cages only 1 foot by 3 feet, again with up to four animals per cage. The cramped and overcrowded conditions are especially distressing to solitary animals, like minks.
I pray that people will realise the evils behind these farms and for the sake of the victims (the animals) stop wearing fur and go for faux instead,
Stay Beautiful,
Aissa.
Comments
vikkimouse140 Says:
and it is so true. Kudos.
Kirai Says:
*is in tears* OMG, I freaking HATE people to do this to animals...!! They're heartless and cruel! I think killing things just to look good is retarted. Those poor foxies and minks and chinchillas... It makes me want to write a nasty letter to whoever CAN stop this, saying,"STOP THE SLAUGHTER!"
The human race is so screwed up. Animals are much better than us, in my opinion.
manicsfan Says:
Also a new fur video: http://www.petatv.com/tvpopup/Prefs.asp?video=fur_farm
*WARNING* although I have not watched this myself yet I have heard it contains VERY graphic footage including animals being skinned alive.
LostHowl Says:
holy crap thats wounderful its so true ;__; great job
manicsfan Says:
Thanx, I'm glad you agree.
LyricObsession19 Says:
manicsfan, I watched that video you posted, and it's possibly the saddest thing I've ever watched in my life. The people who were doing those things are sick
Ink star Says:
*tear*
manicsfan Says:
Thank you, I'm glad you agree and can understand why this needs to be stopped, and please pass the link along to anyone you know that wears fur.
Luca Shoal Says:
that poor fox....o.o; *whines*
RiverWolf10413 Says:
I am at a loss of words right now. I have always known how evil the human race has gotten, but now I realize what people do for fashion purposes only. I am highlyagainst any type of animal cruelty, animal testing, circuz abuse, stuff like that, but this really brings to attention the fur trade. PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE HOW PRIMITAVE IT IS!! WE DO NOT NEED TO WEAR FUR ANYMORE, WE HAVEN'T FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DO THEY WANTTO BE LIKE CAVEMEN?!?!?!?!