Dog and Cat Fur Products

[Guest guest]

The sale of dog and cat fur products is equally prebelant in America. I've

seen the same " cat on a mat " figures, as well as dogs. They are absolutely

made with the fur of the animal they are representing (I've never seen

rabbits with orange tabby markings!. And the seller has ALWAYS told me that

it is rabbit. I suspect that the dealer warns them to give this stock reply.

California'sVenice Beach boardwalk has a few Chinese vendors who sell these.

I've seen them in American run drugstores in L.A. I've seen them available in

catalogs from the The Country House, a sort of Martha Stewart type outlet for

buying normal household cutesy raggedy ann dolls and teddy bears, cuckoo

clocks, coverlet linens, etc. As of 2000, they sold a cat-furred cat figure

called 'playful kitty, " Here is the description listed in the catalog: " These

cats are so amazingly life-like that we've had customers asl if they're real!

Of course not-but they are cute! Measuring 14X5X5, this kitty looks real if

you put something like a rag ball (not included) by his front paws. He's

resting against an alphabet sampler stitched pillow with homespun patch

border.

Playful

Kitty.........................................................................

 

...........................$42.99

ABC

Pillow........................................................................

 

................................$22.99 "

 

After discovering these items being sold through this company, I made a big

stink, and they deleted the item. I haven't checked again for quite awhile,

so they may have started again. The main point is that you' be surprised

where these turn up and how gullible the average buyer is. They DO look

" cute " (why wouldn't they? They look just like a REAL LIVE cat!) and most

people can't think beyond the absolute surface! By the way, Mexican indoor

swapmeets have loads of these too. A buncher that I had the pleasure of

helping expose on the TV news had sold pets to Asian restaurants and a FUR

factory (right in Los Angeles!) We found the phone numbers on her phone bill,

which, for all you slueths out there, is LEGAL to obtain once it is in their

garbage can outside their house. Then, of course you need some one who can

trace calls. But alot of times you can find the owner of the number (if not

unlisted) by using " reverse phone look-up " on the internet.

Hope this info has been of some help.

Rudy Allen