Animals Asia's Dog & Cat Fur Alert Cards

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Animals Asia is currently distributing 50,000 bilingual (English and

Chinese) Dog & Cat Fur Alert Cards to the Hong Kong general public

via Junior Police Club members and through LUSH shops and Olympian

City. An e-card version can also be sent via our website:

http://www.animalsasia.org/index.php?module=12 & menupos=2 & lg=en & lg=en

 

China exports the vast majority of the world's fur and currently

there are no animal welfare laws to protect fur-bearing animals

(including domestic dogs and cats) from the most barbaric treatment

imaginable. The Animals Asia team have routinely witnessed first hand

the horrific conditions that fur animals suffer under, including

unbearably small, barren cages, violent handling, inhumane transport

and brutal slaughter methods.

 

As we look around Hong Kong today we see so many people wearing fur

and have no doubt that they would be horrified to know that they are

not only wearing real fur, but that much of this fur is actually cat

and dog fur, which is often passed off as faux fur, or labeled with

exotic sounding names such as " Siberian wolf " .

 

Many consumers are unaware that they are buying real fur as it is so

incredibly cheap and is often dyed unnatural colours. Nor are they

aware that the fur industry is so horrendously cruel, and that the

fur may well be from dogs or cats. Therefore, we're asking the Hong

Kong community to make the compassionate decision not to buy any fur

at all. The key message here is; " be a smart shopper - don't buy any

fur " .

 

Best wishes,

Annie

--

Annie Mather

Executive Director, Head of Media

Animals Asia Foundation

Hong Kong

 

ANIMALS ASIA HAS A BRAND NEW WEBSITE!

Find out more about the " China Bear Rescue " and " Friends....or Food? "

http://www.animalsasia.org