In China I have seen warehouses the size of football fields piled to the ceiling with dog and cat fur waiting to be exported to the West.” Richard Swain, the Humane Society’s undercover investigator and a former Maryland police captain, said, “Make no mistake about it, this fur is being sold throughout Europe. Since then, Asian exporters have turned to Europe as a market for their products.Īs well as fur products, dog skins are also used as shoe leather or in some dog chew toys - which means domestic pets may be eating the skins of other dogs. They documented the brutal lives and cruel deaths of more than two million dogs and cats in Asia each year - killed solely for their skins. The USA has already banned the trade, following an 18-month undercover investigation conducted by the Humane Society International in Communist China. Mr Stevenson has been tirelessly campaigning for years to put an end to the European market for the remains of dogs and cats farmed in China. Results proved conclusively that they were made of dog hair. Identical toys, bought in Holland, were tested for DNA by the Academic Medical Centre of Amsterdam. Pelts are often mislabelled, says Mr Stevenson, so retailers will innocently stock them and customers have no idea what they’re really made of. Ironically, they’re a firm favourite with pet lovers unaware of their true origins. Mr Stevenson says this and similar toys are in gift and souvenir shops around Britain and Europe.
We found similar items in a number of shops in Glasgow. Small print on the reverse of the label described it as an “animal by-product”. The horrific discovery was made by Scots MEP Struan Stevenson (pictured left), who bought this particular toy from a souvenir shop in Shetland. Some are skinned before they are completely dead. It was bought in Scotland and appears to be a cute kitten, curled up asleep safe and sound in its wicker bed.īut this “kitten” is made from the fur of REAL dogs - farmed in horrendous circumstances in China and slaughtered for their pelts. THE truth about this life-like cuddly toy will shock animal lovers the length and breadth of the country.
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