Did you bring a Skeleton home recently? or is there a Skeleton in your closet?

When undercover investigators made their way onto China fur farms
recently, they found that many animals are still alive and struggling
desperately when workers flip them onto their backs or hang them up by
their legs or tails to skin them. When workers on these farms begin to
cut the skin and fur from an animal’s leg, the free limbs kick and
writhe. Workers stomp on the necks and heads of animals who struggle
too hard to allow a clean cut.
When the fur is finally
peeled off over the animals’ heads, their naked, bloody bodies are
thrown onto a pile of those who have gone before them. Some are still
alive, breathing in ragged gasps and blinking slowly. Some of the
animals’ hearts are still beating five to 10 minutes after they are
skinned. One investigator recorded a skinned raccoon dog on the heap of
carcasses who had enough strength to lift his bloodied head and stare
into the camera.

A Shocking Look Inside Fur Farm

Before they are skinned alive, animals are pulled from their cages and
thrown to the ground; workers bludgeon them with metal rods or slam
them on hard surfaces, causing broken bones and convulsions but not
always immediate death. Animals watch helplessly as workers make their
way down the row.

Living Hell

On these farms, foxes, minks, rabbits, and other animals pace and
shiver in outdoor wire cages, exposed to driving rain, freezing nights,
and, at other times, scorching sun. Mother animals, who are driven
crazy from rough handling and intense confinement and have nowhere to
hide while giving birth, often kill their babies after delivering
litters. Disease and injuries are widespread, and animals suffering
from anxiety-induced psychosis chew on their own limbs and throw
themselves repeatedly against the cage bars.

The globalization of the fur trade has made it impossible to know where
fur products come from. Skins move through international auction houses
and are purchased and distributed to manufacturers around the world,
and finished goods are often exported. China supplies more than half of the finished fur garments imported for sale in the United States.
Even if a fur garment’s label says it was made in a European country,
the animals were likely raised and slaughtered elsewhere–possibly on an
unregulated Chinese fur farm.

Because a fur’s origin can’t be traced, anyone who
wears any fur at all shares the blame for the horrific conditions on
China fur farms. The only way to prevent such unimaginable cruelty is
never to wear any fur. Take PETA’s pledge to be fur-free today!