Animal cruelty
I’m
sure most of us have had their hair accidentally pulled out or caught on
something before. We all know how much it hurts even though it’s usually only a
few strands of hair. Now imagine, being forced to live your entire life in a
small confined cage just so someone else can pull out your own hair to sell for
personal profit.
Imagine,
watching your friends skinned alive and then left to die while you sit back and
wait for your turn to come. It’s obvious that no one would ever want to be put
in a position like that, but sadly, this is the life that millions of animals
live every single day just because of the fur on their backs.
Before
any expensive fur clothing is made, animals like rabbits, foxes, coyotes, and
so many more live in tiny cages with barely enough room to breathe or they
suffer from excruciating pain after being trapped in the wild. If you have a
pet dog or cat, then you know how innocent and precious they are.
Well,
in China, there are no laws against protecting animals so the suppliers can do
whatever they want to them. On their way to the slaughterhouse, cats and dogs
are put in cages stacked on top of each other in trucks. Some of them even
still have collars on, which shows that they were taken away from their owners.
This happens when they are found alone on the street and they are stolen to be
made into a fur coat.
When
they reach the slaughterhouse, they are kicked and thrown around like dirt.
They are beaten and stomped on until they are hung from their hind legs or
tails to be skinned alive without any painkillers or other medication. To allow
a clean cut, when the animals squirm, the workers stomp on their heads and
necks. Once all the fur is peeled off, the hairless body is thrown into a pile
of those who have gone before them. Some are still alive, gasping for air. Once
the clothing is made, it is mislabeled as fur from other species and sold to
unsuspecting customers.
You
may like the clothing brand Lululemon, but some of their products are made from
down, which come from goose feathers. Down is a layer of soft feathers
underneath the tougher exterior ones. The geese are kept in small metal wire
cages until they are pulled out and hung up by their necks. The workers violently
pluck out their feathers in fists from their sensitive skin while they’re still
fully conscious.
Sometimes,
they pull so hard that they rip open their skin and sew it back together with
just needle and thread. The down industry supports workers ramming tubes down
the throats innocent geese to force feed them. This causes their livers to
painfully swell up to 10 times their size. Even though Lululemon uses the down
industry, and knows exactly what it supports, they still refuse to change the
way they make their products. On the other hand, forever 21 is a vegan store
that only sells fake fur and leather
with kind permission to reproduce.
