Activists Expose Unimaginable Animal Cruelty At Chinese Fur Farms [Graphic Photos]

WARNING: Honestly, this story is pretty disgusting.

Before buying those luxurious and warm coats, wraps, or shawls did you for once wonder how they were made? Did you ever care to read/watch about the mental and physical abuse the fur animals are put through to produce those style statements?

Well, if you are an alien, you don’t need to. But it is important to open your eyes if you have a heart – not necessarily of gold but of a human being.

Undercover investigators from Swiss Animal Protection/EAST International recently toured fur farms in China’s Hebei Province. The investigators found horrors beyond their worst fears and concluded:

“Conditions on Chinese fur farms make a mockery of the most elementary animal welfare standards. In their lives and their unspeakable deaths, these animals have been denied even the simplest acts of kindness.”

Here’re their shocking findings:

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 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 in order to make a clean cut.

When the fur is finally peeled off over the animals’ heads, their naked, bloody bodies are thrown onto a pile of other animals. 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 have been skinned. One investigator recorded a skinned raccoon dog on a heap of carcasses that had enough strength to lift his bloodied head and stare into the camera.

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 onto hard surfaces, causing broken bones and convulsions but not always immediate death. Animals watch helplessly as workers make their way down the rows.

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

The below footage shows workers throwing cages crammed with dogs and cats to the ground, shattering the animals' bones. The video also reveals that fur from China is mislabeled as fur from another species so that there's no way to tell whose skin you're really wearing.

Actress Olivia Munn, who narrates the below hard-hitting video, expressed her disgust:

"This new footage is one of the most heartbreaking things I've ever seen before. Anyone who wears fur or is even thinking about wearing fur should watch PETA's video. It shows exactly where – and who – that coat or that 'little bit' of trim came from."

In China, the world's largest fur exporter and the biggest fur trade production and processing base in the world, there are no penalties for abusing animals on fur farms. According to estimates, 40 million animals are killed every year exclusively for their fur.

The sickening photos and haunting footage can put an entire country to shame. Yet, the barbaric fur industry continues to thrive because of its well-coordinated well-funded propaganda campaign. This cruelty will end only when YOU refuse to buy or wear fur. Can you make sure you don’t end up with skeletons in your cupboards?

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