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May 10, 2003

Exposed pet fur trade, they have the evidence now

Good morning everyone,

This morning I bought a news paper called the DAILY MAIL (Friday May 9)

because their front page head line was: SCANDAL OF THE FUR COAT MADE

FROM 42 ALSATIAN PUPPIES and next to the text is a huge picture of a

model wearing this fur coat made of Alsatian puppies which is now on

sale for 1000 Pounds in Berlin.

On page 10 and 11 is a whole article concerning the exposed pet fur

trade. The pictures a heartbreaking.

The article is incredible. They mention that cats and dogs in Belgium

are allegedly being killed to make coats, blankets and the linings of

gloves and ski boots. They say it is a multi-million pound business.

Items found on sale include a blanket made out of the coats of four

golden retrievers in Copenhagen and a full-length coat made from the

skins of 42 Alsatian puppies in Berlin! They say most come from China,

where two million animals a year are barbarically slaughtered. But MEP

Struan Stevenson yesterday revealed evidence that some is from the EU (a

lot of stolen pets). Undercover investigators from the Humane Society

International visited three Belgian dealers who openly sell cat-fur

blankets and coats. They secretly filmed as they paid 220 pounds for a

blanket made of 12 cat skins.

The article by David Jones is quite big, so I can not type everything

over, but he did mention that many pets are being stolen for this fur

industry and the processing of a cat skin.

Of course I have a very special bond with dogs and cats (my pets are

like my children), but we shouldn't forget all the other beautiful

animals killed for the fur industry. Maybe if woman, celebrities etc

would know that many furs are made out of our pets it will make them

think twice before buying another fur coat.

Another article about cat and dog fur trade from the BBC World News:

** Cats 'farmed for skins in EU' **

The BBC finds indications of a thriving industry farming cats for fur in

the EU - contrary to official assertions.

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