re ghastly stuff/ use of dog and cat fur

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Re the email about the use of dog and cat fur from China.

At Christmas I went to a plant nursery in Western Australia

to purchase some hibiscus bushes. They had the variety I

wanted so I traveled a little further than normal to their

nursery. I think they call themselves a Garden or Gift

Centre as well as a nursery or something similar. They had gifts and

dried flowers and

pot pourri as well as the plant nursery. What caught my eye was an

item called " cat on a mat " or something to that effect.

It was a fake curled up cat sitting on a doormat. You could buy the fake

curled up cat as a present for someone for Xmas. The fur looked

very unusual and real and the " cat's " face looked very unusual like

something from

a taxidermist. I picked one up and looked at it. The fur had patterns

on it I couldn't quite identify. I asked someone if the item was real

fur

and the person said they thought it was rabbit fur. I said I might

complain

to Animal Liberation about it since I was involved in rabbit welfare.

The lady I spoke to said she thought they came from China (as if that

were

any reason not to complain). I still have my doubts I was looking at

rabbit

fur. Some of the pattern was spots graduating outward and the fur had

grey undertones

underneath the top colour. Perhaps they are selling rabbit fur items

here too

which are not really rabbit fur but are the fur of some other animal.

Whatever animal it is, it is so sad to see people make a gift out of

some

poor animals skin. The human race seems to be in denial of its moral

and ethical duty to respect other species. Maybe the third world war

will wipe out the rest of the human race and leave this planet to the

animals.

 

Kind regards,

 

Marguerite