Cheaper Than Mink Or Sable - Fur Coats Made From Dogs That Were Skinned Alive

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 12-18-2005 | Katy Duke/Elizabeth Day

[Bud Krieger]

How do they keep the pelts in such nice shape with strays?

If you go out on any street here in the US, and look at a stray dogs coat, its usually in really bad shape. Insect infestations and skin diseases being very common. Dogs in urban environments almost always seem to have these issues.

I wonder how these dog fur traders get around these problems with the strays?

Actually , I think there are some problems with the story here......Just my opinion.

[Viking2002]

Now, if PETA would get their heads out of their collective bung chutes and just concentrate of issues like this, I could hang with 'em. I even despise maggots who own dogs and make 'em sleep under their porch. If you have a domesticated animal and you are keeping it as a pet, then by God take responsibility for it or get rid of it. Pertaining to domestic pets, I consider the treatment of them as a looking glass into the owner's true soul (or lack thereof), and a benchmark of how much respect they garner as my peer.

[martin_fierro]

This Bulgarian fur, for instance, was incorrectly passed off as "Korean Wolf".

Its wearer was tipped off when a pack of dogs ran up and sniffed her butt.

[Sender]

Can we start accusing the EU of torture now and be done with the abu Ghraib rants? I don't think we skinned any terrorists.

[joshhiggins]

possibly from an animal that was drugged and skinned alive

Or possibly the journalist writing this article is just pulling this speculation out his @$$ and doesn't have a clue what he is writing about. Ever!

[r9etb]

Horribly cruelty to dogs and cats ping.

Let me state outright that I'm no fan of fur coats in general -- something not quite right about killing stuff just for fur and fashion.

But the premise of this article is somewhat ... unusual. "Skinning them alive to maintain freshness" is a bit beyond belief: looks to me like they're making something up to make it sound worse than it really is. (And they're not just taking pets off the streets, either -- there'd be no market for multi-breed coats.)

[Sender]

You are spot on, and also strays in eastern Europe would be in far worse condition than American strays, so there goes the flawless gleaming coat.

[M203M4]

Bwuahahaha. More 'fake but accurate' BS. Ya, they put cows through meat grinders alive to preserve the freshness too. I'll give the hippie twats a good score for creativity though, oh wait, NOT.

[kcar]

Hope this isn't true. A dog is like a two-year-old. If someone skinned my dog I'd hunt them down and ...

[FairOpinion]

Similar news from different new sources exist.

http://news.google.com/news?ned=us&scoring=d&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=dog+skinned+alive&btnG=Search+News

[Always Right]

Where is PETA now?

I think PETA manufactured this story.

[metmom]

Skinning it two minutes after it's dead is still pretty fresh. How inhumane and inexcusable.

[Hack]

Criticize Eastern Europe if you must, but their women used to be great weight lifters.

[Always Right]

I have two words to convey my feelings about this article: BS. No one skins dogs or any other animal alive. killing an animal would not ruin the freshness of the fur, even if you let the animal hang for a day. As I said, BS.

Exactly, this story is planted by animal rights groups to try to win support for their cause.

[Keyga8tor]

Gee! Do you think PETA may use the pelts from the animals that they dump after killing them early?

[Capriole]

I've seen fur jackets that I thought might be dog fur. They had the same hand as the feel of a dog's coat, and they had "made in Korea" or "made in China" labels on them, too. I steered well clear of them.

I don't see how anyone could possibly mistake a sable or mink for dog or cat fur. Qualitatively it's just not in the same ballpark.

Not buying the idea that these are stray dogs. As another poster observed, a stray dog does not have a good coat. But it's very easy to believe that dogs with luxuriant coats would get stolen for this. Dogs are stolen all the time.

Sheesh, if these people would just come over to my house after I vacuum, I'd give them all the dog fur they could possibly want. . .

[sgtbono2002]

My sentiments exactly , Its bullshit, They are trying to stir up emotions with this skinned alive crap. In reality a dog is no different than a cow you use to make your shoes or belt with. All are animal products. Because so many Americans keep dogs for pets they get all excited when certain countries eat them or use their skin.Personally I wouldnt use dog fur because I have similar feelings, but if a Korean is hungry then fine eat the dog, if a Brit is cold put on the dog. pun intended.

[calex59]

Yep, my mom used to make moccasins out of rabbit skins and it wasn't easy getting the skins ready for sewing into the footwear! Skinning something alive makes no sense what so ever and this is just propaganda.

[M203M4]

[Windcatcher]

I see at least 14 separate pelts in the picture with identical color balance. Sorry, but this story is BS. If they're strays, they would have to go through an incredible amount of cats to achieve this. I'm tempted to crop them out and check the color curves of each one. There is no way this isn't manufactured, unless someone actually bleached the pelts to 100% white and then airbrushed them to make them look the same (yeah, right). Totally manufactured is right.