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McCartney boycotts China over fur

11/29/05 04:40 AM, EST

Former Beatle Paul McCartney has said he will never perform in China

after watching a video of dogs and cats being killed for the fur

trade.

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McCartney boycotts China over fur

 

LONDON, England -- Former Beatle Paul McCartney has said he will

never perform in China after watching a video of dogs and cats being

killed for the fur trade.

 

The ex-Beatle was given a preview screening of undercover footage

taken in a fur market in Guangzhou, southern China.

 

Dogs and cats packed in tiny crates are shown being thrown from the

top deck of a bus onto concrete pavements.

 

In another piece of footage, cats are seen alive inside a sack before

being thrown into boiling water. Laughing workers were filmed

stabbing and beating the animals to death.

 

The report was filmed by an investigator linked to the People for the

Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) campaign group, and given to the

BBC.

 

Before broadcasting the video to the public, the BBC showed the film

to McCartney and his wife, Heather.

 

McCartney said: " This is barbaric. Horrific. It's like something out

of the dark ages. And they seem to get a kick out of it. They're just

sick, sick people.

 

" I wouldn't even dream of going over there to play, in the same way

that I wouldn't go to a country that supported apartheid.

 

" This is just disgusting. It's just against every rule of humanity. I

couldn't go there. If they want to consider themselves a civilized

nation they're going to have to stop this. "

 

The animal rights campaigner added: " How can the host nation of the

Olympics be seen allowing animals to be treated in this terrible way? "

 

Heather McCartney said: " I've seen so much footage where these poor

creatures are clearly alive then they're skinned. And for what? For

fashion? It's sick.

 

" People in every other country in the world should now boycott Chinese goods. "

 

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