Cat Got Your Coat?

[Guest guest]

A Cat Fur Coat?

09-May-2003

 

 

Cats and dogs are being farmed for fur in Europe and Asia. It's thought

that hundreds of thousands of cat and dog skins are traded in Europe each

year, often mislabeled and sold as the furs of exotic or mythical animals.

The BBC discovered a video of a Belgian furrier with a blanket he says is

made from cats farmed in Belgium. Stray cats and dogs are also rounded up

and skinned. So far, only Italy has banned this kind of farming.

 

British MP Struan Stevenson says two million cats and dogs are killed in

China each year to satisfy the demand for fur in Europe. He’s discovered a

blanket made from four golden retrievers, which was bought in Copenhagen,

individual cat skins (complete with eye-holes, paws and tails) bought in

Barcelona, and a full-length coat made of 42 Alsatian puppies, purchased

in Berlin.

 

from: http://www.unknowncountry.com/news/?id=2690

 

 

When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.

--Sir Winston Churchill

[Guest guest]

Wow. This was on Whitley's site? Bravo to him for reporting

such a thing. Is he a vegetarian?

Thanks for posting this here. It is very sad what is being done

to our four-legged friends.

 

~ PT ~

 

The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.

~Tennessee Williams, dramatist (1911-1983)

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, The Stewarts <stews9@c...>

wrote:

> A Cat Fur Coat?

> 09-May-2003

>

>

> Cats and dogs are being farmed for fur in Europe and Asia. It's

thought

> that hundreds of thousands of cat and dog skins are traded in

Europe each

> year,

>

> from: http://www.unknowncountry.com/news/?id=2690