Ha ha, yikes!
Just don't forget what (tongue in cheek on) those paragons of virtue, those denizens of the elite class (/tongue in cheek off) The Red Hot Chili Peppers had to say:
http://launch.yahoo.com/song/default.asp?songID=477394
Posted on 05/08/2003 11:09:42 AM PDT by bd476
Last Updated: Thursday, 8 May, 2003, 13:59 GMT 14:59 UK
"Cats 'farmed for skins in EU'"
BBC News has seen evidence which suggests that cats are being farmed for their skins in the European Union.
Let me say that cats and dogs are not farmed for their fur in the 15 EU member states
EU commissioner David Byrne It is thought that tens of thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands of cat and dog skins are traded in Europe each year.
Campaigners say that now is the time for national governments or the European Commission to act.
Europe, it seems, is a magnet for cat and dog fur.
Cat blankets, so the aficionados say, are good for rheumatism.
US ban
Dog pelts are often labelled misleadingly and sold as the fur of some exotic, even mythical beast.
Cat and dog fur trade
Campaigners claim 2 million cats and dogs slaughtered every year Main exporter: China 12 to 15 adult dogs needed to make a dog fur coat Up to 24 cats needed for cat fur coat Cat and dog fur also used in hats, gloves, shoes, blankets, stuffed animals and toys Dog fur sometimes labelled as: Gae-wolf, sobaki, Asian jackal, goupee, loup d'Asie, Corsac fox, dogues du Chine, or simply fake or exotic fur Cat fur sometimes labelled as: house cat, wild cat, katzenfelle, rabbit, goyangi, mountain cat Since the US has banned the trade of cat and dog skins, the European market has expanded.
A video seen by BBC correspondent Tim Franks shows one Belgian furrier displaying a blanket he says was made from cats farmed in Belgium.
What is more, he says that stray cats and dogs are rounded up and skinned.
That would seem to contradict the assertion from the officials who help run the EU at the European Commission that there is no cat or dog farming inside the union.
"Let me say that cats and dogs are not farmed for their fur in the 15 member states of the European Union," EU Health and Consumer Protection commissioner David Byrne wrote to a British member of the European Parliament last year.
Officials in Brussels repeated on Thursday that they had no evidence of cat or dog farming in the EU.
They said it was up to national governments to ban the trade in cat and dog fur.
Alsatian coat
So far, though, only Italy has brought in such a ban.
British MEP Struan Stevenson told the BBC that two million cats and dogs are being killed in China alone each year, in order to satisfy demand in Europe.
He also said that he has seen videos of animals being skinned alive.
As evidence of the trade he has collected:
A blanket made out of four golden retrievers, bought in Copenhagen Individual cat skins complete with eye-holes, paws and tails, bought in Barcelona A full-length coat made out of up to 42 Alsatian puppies, bought in Berlin Campaigners accuses the European Commission of lacking the political will to address the issue, arguing that the trade is not only morally repugnant, but also a case of consumer fraud.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
"A blanket made out of four golden retrievers, bought in Copenhagen
Individual cat skins complete with eye-holes, paws and tails, bought in Barcelona
A full-length coat made out of up to 42 Alsatian puppies, bought in Berlin"
Running off to take a closer look at the cat toys we just bought.
Why is it always the Belgium and French countries that are such animal waste posing as humans?
So the Belch skin the dogs and sell the meat to the French!
They say it tastes like frog.
I was buying it up till this. Skinned alive? No one in his right mind would do this if they wanted a fur without holes.
Only sadists would do something like that. Perhaps cat and dog farmers are sadists but they won't be selling many furs if they insist on skinning them alive.
LOL!
Just so long as you don't go trying to kiss anyone after the meal, you should be okay. Also, don't forget to apply some wart removal creme.
Ha ha, yikes!
Just don't forget what (tongue in cheek on) those paragons of virtue, those denizens of the elite class (/tongue in cheek off) The Red Hot Chili Peppers had to say:
http://launch.yahoo.com/song/default.asp?songID=477394
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