China pledges to stop cat and dog fur trade

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BREAKING NEWS JUST IN! - China pledges to stop cat and

dog fur trade lindegreene

 

 

Let's hope this is true and not a hoax!!! Stay

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" Mary Alice " moonflower.uk

Wed, 24 May 2006 20:32:05 +0100

[AllStatesRescues] BREAKING NEWS JUST IN !

China pledges to stop cat and dog fur trade

 

BREAKING NEWS JUST IN !

 

 

China pledges to stop cat and dog fur trade

24/05/2006 - 16:23:32

 

The animal cruelty video that makes Heather Mills

McCartney cry has finally triggered a Chinese

government pledge to stamp out the trade in cat and

dog fur, it emerged today.

 

Miss Mills McCartney recently admitted that the

horrific footage of cats and dogs being rounded up

and skinned alive to save the cost of humane killing

- brings tears every time she sees it.

 

And she has watched it countless times while

championing an end to the barbaric slaughter of

millions of animals a year in China to service the

European market in canine and feline fur.

 

Now Scottish Conservative Euro MP Struan Stevenson,

who has worked closely with Miss Mills McCartney on

the campaign, has been assured by senior Chinese

government officials that they are just as horrified

and will act to end the practice.

 

Mr Stevenson, in Beijing to push for action, showed

the footage to State Forestry Administration Deputy

Chairman Zhao Xuemin and his officials and said

afterwards: They were horrified by this evidence. I

will now report to the European Commission that

there will be no opposition in China to the proposed

EU directive banning the import, export and trade in

cat and dog skins across the EU.

 

Mr Xuemin told Mr Stevenson that Chinese law

prohibited the barbarian practice of skinning

animals alive or any other kind of cruelty.

 

He also insisted that there was no tradition in

China of wearing fur made from dogs and cats and

that they were regarded as friends and pets.

 

But he also admitted to Mr Stevenson: However, we

cannot deny that incidents of cruelty do occur, such

as those you have brought to our attention.

 

Sadly this barbaric trade is driven by economic

factors. But these cases you have mentioned have

made a strong impression on us and we will make

renewed efforts to stamp out these barbaric practices.

 

Last January, after Lady McCartney had twice visited

the European Parliament to demand EU action,

European Commissioner Markos Kyprianou announced

that Brussels was considering a ban on the cat and

dog fur trade as part of a five-year plan to improve

animal welfare.

 

Mr Stevenson said that decision was regarded in

Beijing as helpful to Chinas new pledge to eradicate

the trade: Commissioner Kyprianou can now proceed

with all possible speed to get approval for an

outright ban.

 

The Commission said it was looking at a ban for

ethical reasons, and in response to

considerable public concerns.

The Humane Society International helped exposed the

business, revealing evidence of a thriving cat and

dog fur trade in many European countries including

France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Austria, the

Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark.

An estimated two million cats and dogs are being

killed each year in China to fuel the trade, which is

not illegal in the EU.

http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=183734382 & p=y83735x88

 

I CAN ONLY HOPE AND PRAY THAT THIS IS TRUE AND WE

SEE AN END TO THESE ANIMAL'S SUFFERING !!!!!

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