Guest guest Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 - Yoon Kerr KoreanDogs Friday, May 28, 2004 3:29 AM [KoreanDogs] Rosa's letter and related pictures - dog and cat skin trade Aad has now published pictures related to dog and cat skin trade in his Tegendierenleed site. http://www.tegendierenleed.nl/soidog/thailand.htmlThe below is a related article sent from Rosa Mertens who also sent the pictures. It is sad that Thailand hasn't stamped out this horrible trade and has to suffer bad reputation when the majority of Thai peoplelove animals, view dogs and cats as companion animals and are horrified of the trade. ____________DOGS AND CATS SKINNED ALIVE !!Thailand A terrible trade in dog-skin in northern Thailand is costing the lives of 300.000 dogs every month.The dogs are skinned (sometimes alive) in one of the five slaughterhouses in Sakhon Nakon in order to sell their hides. Luxury articles consisting dogskin are found in the big shopping streets in Western Europe.Not that it is illegal to import and export dogskin in the E.U., but the makers of wallets, carseats covers and luxury clothing would rather not admit that they are using them. It might shock the consumer….. On thelabel it is usually mentioned as lamb, goat or exotic animal. In Thailand the business in dogskins is big business. Dozens of animals are squeezed into small cages and starved days befor being brought to one of the five slaughterhouses. There they are pulled out of the cagewith a meathook in the neck, beaten unconscious and their throats cut. Then they are skinned. Animal rights workers have declared having seen some dogs being skinned alive.The skin is exported in containers to Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan where they are processed into luxury goods that end up on the E.U. market. Even in pet stores dog hide was found, They were processed in petdog candy….The OIPA (International Organisation for theProtection of Animals) in Switzerland announced also that millions of dogs and cats are killed in China and other Asian countries for their skins. The 100.000 signatures we gave the Chinese consulate in Zurichjust have been ignored. The consulate avoids all mail concerning it and minimalizes the international protest.For the OIPA, there is only one solution: to boycot all products made with these skins. They estimate an annual export of 2 million dogs and 2 million cats tot Europe and the United States.Products:¨ Catskin-blankets (for one blanket the skins of 36 cats are needed !)¨ Catttail keyrings – toys, sport and working clothes, leather furniture – these articles carry labels reading “cuir véritable”¨ Fur of “Gae Wolf” (Korean dog)¨ Fur of “Corsak Fox” (house dog from China,Vietnam, Taiwan)¨ Fur of “Fox of Asia” (German Shephard)¨ Fur of “Finnracoon”¨ Fur and articles of “Genotte” (house cat)¨ Fur and articles of “Lipi” (hous cat)¨ 9 Fur of “Finnracoon Asiatique” (hous dog)=====Friends of dogshttp://www.friendsofdogs.netDogs brighten our life with their gift of love. It is our turn to help our dogs. Please help organisations who are fighting to get dogs out of the food chain.http://www.koreananimals.org/http://www.animalsasia.org/ http://www.linisgobyerno.org/special_projects.htm Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Messenger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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