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Dear Friends
 

I have prepared a letter for Australia’s Federal Minister for Trade because I am still very upset about some video footage I saw on http://www.animalsaviors.org over a week ago.
This is a video that documents the skinning of live animals for their fur. I am in the process of collecting signatures to submit as an attachment to my letter, but I wanted to get some support from others who are too far away to sign my petition.
 

I know that there are cultural issues surrounding this practice, but other countries have led the way and actually banned the farming of fur, because they could see how dreadful and unnecessary the whole business was.
Consumer pressure needs to be applied from the ground up, to gain the understanding of those nations who are totally blind to the delivery of such torture.
 

Please when you have a quiet moment up your sleeve, open up my attached letter and have a read. It is 3 pages long and will take you about 5 minutes to read.
If the graphic detail upsets you, skip past the italicised text and just read the upright print.
If I could get email responses from you all in support of what I am doing, I will copy and paste the text only into a separate word document to add to my submission. Unless you object and advise me otherwise, I will use your first names only and your country of residence at the bottom of each response in the document.
 

I suggest that you do not watch the video until you have read my letter. The evidence is really horrific, and if you are passionate about the welfare of animals, you may be moved to tears and lose sleep over it.
 

Sincere thanks in advance to anybody who is willing to help me out over this one.
 

Jackie Caruso

Link to Letter

Thank you Karen. Your support will be recorded in my next letter to the newly elected Labor Governemt which I plan to send quite soon.
For the support team of the Australian Circumnavigation in 2008, I would be honoured to assist you and your sailing activist , via accomodation and home cooked meals (vegan and non-vegan) whilst you are on the Gold Coast. I would also be happy to help out with some fundraising activities. Are there any other Gold Coasters out there who would be happy to join forces with me?

Dear Jackie,

if possible, please add me to your list, too. I did not dare to follow the video links, but the bare description of the cruelties shown there is sufficient for me to join your petition.

Dear Jackie –

This is absolutely disgusting – and quite honestly, I could care less about the cultural differences – causing ANY HARM or SUFFERING to any living being should never be allowed. Please add me to your list. I have also signed the online petition and will post it on my Flickr account to try and get others to sign.

I can only hope that these disgusting people burn in Hell.

Best,
Meggan

Hi Jackie,

Thank you for taking the initiative in writing this letter, and thank you to everyone at Animal Saviors for creating awareness on such a horrific act of cruelty. Please if you could add me to your list, thanks.

Hi Jackie
I am totally sickened by the video I have just seen. I cried the whole way through and could barely watch. I know I should not be surprised, as extremely cruel practices from around the world keep coming to our attention, but how anyone can have no regard at all for another creature’s pain and suffering is completely beyond me. What these people do is totally unacceptable, what the hell is wrong with the human race.
I don’t know if you’ve already sent the letter, and if you have I hope it brings the attention it should. If not, please add me to your petition.
Best regards
Jo

I never have & never will wear fur – I dont even “fake it” as I wouldnt feel comfortable in it – the only way fur looks good is on the animal that it belongs to. I still cant believe this goes on in 2008. There is NO excuse. You cannot use culture as a defense or reason for cruelty. I think the best thing to stop this IS public awareness – when I talk to people about this act they do not belive me or think I am an emotional animal exaggerater……..stands at pet expos etc are a fantastic way of getting the message out there. God help those who commit animal cruelty

I have been around for a long time and I have seen a lot of things. Yet I tell you all the truth, I was horrified and so shocked that I was shaking when I saw those 2 videos.

It is absolutely disgusting and shows a side to humanity that is so vile and so abhorrent that it really is unbelievable. These people are sick and dangerous.

I encourage everyone to get active in this cause and unite to fight against these practises. In the words of Albert Einstein: “The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.”

I am ashamed to be part of the human race when I saw what they do to poor defenceless animals, this must be stopped. Please help us to eradicate this most digusting procedure.

At the moment with the Olympic Games in Beijing not far away, China has
a short window of opportunity to tackle these issues. They face the very
real possibility that many people will witness the horrors that still go on, causing such suffering, and offending us all.

Below are the details of the Chinese Ambassador and I am hoping that you all may unite and write to her relaying your feelings. The more
attention drawn to this practice the better.

Ambassador Her Excellency Madam Fu Ying,
Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Australia
15 Coronation Drive
Yarralumla
ACT 2600
02 6273 4780
chinaemb_au@mfa.gov.cn

boycot the olympic games or forward this petition to all australians who compete in China,, they should become aware that is the least we should be doing, personally I would not have gone, it is not only animals they abuse, also
children, adults, there is so much hidden overthere, ? What ever we can do, I am in!

How do you change the mindset of these stupid, inhumane, cruel people… they even thrown their own children in the bin if they are not wanted?

I too, want to do whatever I can to save animals from such shocking, sickening torture and cruelty… but how?

Even if you boycott the olympics, the chinese economy etc, it is the people at the ground level that do these things, it is a big job, but you have to educate people and show them the worth of the life, that pain and suffering is felt by every living thing, and that they deserve to be treated with respect.

Although I feel completely lost and helpless… like the rest of you I will NEVER give up trying. Even 1 animal saved the suffering is worth it. Be great if we could save them all!

I will cry myself to sleep for many nights now. :~(

Today on the news I saw a video clip of two marines casually throw a puppy into the air and onto rocks and joke about it, it brought tears to my eyes even though it may not be real. The fact that someone thought that such an act made for entertainment sickens and disgusts me, I hope they lock them up and throw away the key! The video footage on your website still has me crying and I so want to believe that it can’t be real however China has proven over and over again that they have no regard for human life or animal life. Cultural differences aside, no animal deserves to be treated like that, to be skinned alive and left to die a slow and agonising death. Our dogs are part of our family, if anything happened to them I would be devastated and to think that another ‘culture’ would find it OK to skin them alive makes me absolutely furious and ashamed to be human.

I’ve signed the petition, sent the link to friends and I’ll be boycotting the Olympics as well.

I too couldn’t watch the video. Iam so repulsed and upset by the evilness of humans! I feel so sick at the thought of the amount of senseless cruelty in the world, I can’t make sense of it. The world is out of control. People are so cold. I signed the petition and pray for a better world everyday. There needs to be far tougher laws on people who harm others or animals. Perhaps they will only learn if they are treated the way they treat the animals. I will do my damdest to spread the word. Thank you for bring this to my attention, even though it saddens me. I was so naïve…..

Thank God for Animal Saviors, for exposing these sickos and their barbaric acts of animal cruelty. It was the hardest thing I ever did watching even just 1 video clip, I am sick inside, and cannot stop thinking about it….Like many others, I was not aware that is was going on in China. Let’s do our part in stopping this, Jackie, god bless you for your efforts. And please add my name. thx

These people make me sick, there is no need what so ever for this. China you are shitting in your own nest here no tourists from any civilised country will ever visit you you or buy your products knowing that this is what you do to helpless animals. You deserved to be skinned alive you bastards!!!!

I can’t believe I just watched the video of these poor animals being tortured. I never knew that anything so cruel and disgusting even existed!! I used to think that chinese people were lovely. Now I’m racist. We need to make more people aware that this is happening. These fur products are available from gift shops and local markets. This has to stop. Word of mouth is a very powerful thing. Please everyone, spread the word and lets try to stop this cruel and barbaric torture happening!! If you see these items in stores, please speak to the manager about it. We can make a difference. I have signed the petition, please ask all your friends and family to do the same.

This disgusting trade exists because there is a market for it. Spread the word that the fur covered animal or whatever else you are buying in the shop is made from a real animal! It is ironic that people who buy these products usually do so because they love animals – they are totally ignorant of how the product is produced and would no doubt be horrified if they knew.
Strike at the heart of this insidious practice. Visit the stores that stock these products and ask them if they are aware of the practices that take place to produce the products they are selling. If they are, then tell them politely that you won’t shop there again unless they stop supporting such terrible cruelty. Tell them (also politely) that you will be spreading the word to your animal loving friends that their shop supports a despicable trade where millions of animals are tortured to keep it going.
Congratulations to Jackie Caruso for taking on the huge task of dealing with the Australian Government in tackling this issue. It makes me proud to be an Australian when I know my fellow Australians are willing to stand up for injustices against animals regardless of where they are in the world.

Thank God I am not there while they are doing this because I would skin those chink bastards alive, step on their throats, and stab them in each major arteries, leaving the knife in them so they can die a poor painful death and make them watch as I do it to their family. But that’s just a beginners thought of what I’d do to them. Lets stop this so i don’t have to pause my live to take a trip to do something like this.

I want to say first of all I am a Chinese myself and I don’t condone these actions that the Chinese use to skin the dogs and cats alive. I would always say I am proud I am Chinese and also proud I am an Australian as well since I am born here.

I once owned a dog and we, me and my family, treat her as our own family member unlike the Asian countries where animals are been seen as pests and a “lower being”. My vision is to change this culture and that in the long term we see a dramatic change of attitude towards animal cruelty.

I will continue to do my part and be aware of this and carry me on in my everyday life not forgetting this is one of the motivations to better myself and be able to make an even greater donation in the future.

For the cats and dogs out there..I will do you justice.

For my part, I read clothing labels and refuse to buy anything even made in China. Unbelievably difficult, as you all probably know. Nothing against the Chinese people, but I can’t even imagine supporting a government that allows the live skinning of animals on their shores, never mind the human rights violations we rarely hear about.

I’ve had pets my entire life — everything from fish to birds to cats to dogs, and my current little beastie, a hamster. I could not imagine harming a single gill, feather, or hair on their bodies because I was taught to respect all creatures, great and small. Changing views is probably the most difficult task to take on, and telling the Chinese this activity is wrong will take strong, intense pressure from governments around the world.

As a side note, they sure do love their pandas, which we ALWAYS hear about on the news. How about sending some of that love towards the other animals that reside in their filthy zoos? To the cats, dogs, and raccoons that suffer at the hands of a human being who brings nothing but cruelty and death?

Anyone who harms an animal is the equivalent of a pedophile, in my opinion. Anyone who harms an innocent, unknowing being deserves a slow, painful death.

I will write to my government. I will continue my boycott.

There are many groups protesting Chinese activities: against trading with Darfur, against human rights violations in their own country, against their crackdown on the protesters in Tibet, and of course, against their multitude of mistreatments against animals.

Wouldn’t it be great to organize a general boycott of the Olympics, getting ALL these groups together? Any takers or suggestions? My e-mail is cathugo@msn.com

Let me know and please put some identifier to let me know this is the subject. Thank you.

I have decided not to watch the video clip, seeing some of the small photos that are visible on the website have made my stomach turn! I think its insane, unhuman, disgusting, and very very sad. Dont get me wrong… im not a crazy animal lover. But more to the point, what the hell is wrong with those people? If your able to cut an animal up like ALIVE then what the hell else are they capable of? Oh and a little message to “luke” your the only sad person here, why were you on this website if you agree with it? grow up and go wind someone else up.

It mentionned on the site that trading with china is one of the major reasons for governments not to act. this is one part. the other side is our consumer behavior! we always want to have the cheapest but are not aware that a lot of parts comes from china. In a lot of products are parts made in china. Electronics, cloth etc. So we have to trace these companies and boykot their products! the chinese government will not do anything about these grievances. So we have to force all companies which produces goods in china (which is inevitable) that they have to use their influence to overcome all these cruelties done in china!!!

I couldn’t bring myself to watch the video but your discription was enough to make me cry, these monsters that do this should be locked in a cell where they cant move and just left there to die! I dont understand how this can be happening in this day and age, this world is cruel and harsh, please i would be proud to be part of your petition to stop this from happening.

I lost sleep after the horrid video.
Im only 14 and i new that people do bad things to animals my mum and dad give money to every kind of place that saves animals eg WWF. I thought i had seen and heard all the terrible things people do to animals, untill i saw this. I am still in shock at how monsterus and disgusting people can be!!! I dont understand in are world today how people can do this dont they no animals have feelings to! or are they so unbelivebly evil they dont care! How can they do it??? the animals are still alive! im not a violent girl but i would love to have 10 minutes alone in a room with the vermin that skin the animals so they no what its like to feel pain! Im already as i write this organising a fundraiser at my school to raise money and give it to this site so something can be done! I will keep raising money untill this has stoped! I still cant get over that this is happing in are world even happing as i right this. Its sick!
Thank you for reading my thoughts.

I sit hear now, almost in tears and feeling sick to my stomcah. Before i watched the video, i never imagined that such horror would be shown before my very eyes. How can such cruelty as this go on in the world? I love all animals, and i can not bear to see such cruelty inflicted upon these poor, defenceless creaures, how can any human being do such a thing. These kind of things make me ashamed to be part of the human race, i can not begin to express my anger and disguist. This is the most horrific thing i have ever seen, and i really wish i hadn’t watched the video now, but as i said i never imagined that i would see anything so disgusiting in my life. Why should an animal be treat this way, why should they be treat with any less respect, after all they were made for this earth too, we should be protecting and caring for them. I really hope that people will make their voices heard and put an end to such cruelty as this. People are too involved in silly irrelevant issues in the world, isn’t it time we spoke out for the animals whose voices cannot be heard? I think so, i think that it is time this stopped and we together made a difference.

Cruel, inhumane, sadistic. Beyond sickening, I’ve never seen anything like this in my friggin entire life. The video made me cry, and that’s not me.
What can I do? This has got to stop.

After watching these horrific videos, I am a mess right now. I can not believe that this goes on in other countries, it really shocked me. There has to be a way to stop this and i will help out any way i can, and sign anything to put this cruelty to an end. I am horrified and will never be able to stop envisioning the terrible torture these poor innocent animals go through.

I am so outraged and sickened to my stomach. I dont know what to do or say. I wish I had the power to stop this right now. Please keep us informed to how it is going and what I can do to help. I feel so helpless sat here, just wish there was more I could do. Please keep me informed on whether we are stomping out this horrible act of humanity.

i could not believe what i just saw i only made it through the first 20 seconds and was in tears how can a human if that’s what you can call them which i have another word for these people do such cruel things to any animal, i say those who do this should have the same done to them. we can only hope this changes soon.

this is UNACCEPTABLE. I ACUALLY CRIED…i cannot beleive that some one could even go through with this act. I will absolutly do what i can to stop this and will never forget this type of torture. I havent ever bought any kind of fur product, and this video totally justifies my decision. Iam truly speachless right now…

PLEASE, I beg people to join this petition to stop this horrifying act. i watched the video to find myself shocked and furious at the acts carried out by the disgusting pieces of SHIT that call themselves human beings.

We need to stop this now and let animals live and be admired as the beautiful creatures they are. They do not deserve this at all, they need to be loved and respected. These people will burn for their sins. Its just a matter of time. They need 2 be stopped.
I will join this petition a MILLION time if thats what it takes

THIS MAKES ME SICK! THE SAME THING SHOULD BE DONE TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE PEOPLE AND SEE IF THEY LIKE IT. I LOVE MY ANIMALS LIKE MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY. I GUESS SOME PEOPLE WILL DO ANYTHING FOR A BUCK. BUT THEY WILL NOT GET MY MONEY…. EVER! I WOULD SAVE THESE ANIMALS IF I COULD AND GIVE THEM THE LIFE THEY SO DEARLY DESERVE. MY HEART IS TRULY SICK .

The disgusting fucking pieces of shit who carry out these horrific, sick and heartbreaking acts of animal cruelty don’t deserve to be a part of the human race. Unfortunately I don’t have my way but if I did, these so called people would be lined up against the wall and shot. Ive watched the video and it is something that will stay with me forever. The people who buy the products made from these animals are not much better either and should be fully ashamed of themselves.

Seeing what China are also doing in Tibet… this doesnt surprise me in the least

this video really bring me to tears and all along the videao i wanted to stop watching it because my heart ached too much. Still i watched it until the end because even though it horrifies me, i need to know about all these horrors occuring in china.
I think this is an issue known to many and i strongly believe that the international community is turning a deaf ear to that problem. we should put a full stop to that situation..

For the past two days since watching the horrific footage of the skinning alive of those poor animals I have had to fight off tears every time I have a moment to let the visions reappear in my mind. Though I would love dearly to forget such horror every time I am reminded I am pushed to act rather than forget.
Not wishing to upset anybody, but I do feel that all people need to be made aware of such cruelty so that maybe they will act too and stop turning blind eyes to these problems.

The guys doing this act should be skinned live just the way they have been treating the other living

Dear All
Firstly I would like to thank you for raising these issues . Even I don’t like animals but this doesn’t mean that I don’t care for them .Every living being has a right to live freely on this mother earth . I strongly object to this horrible manner in which these innocent animals are treated . I’ve seen the video which is very – 2 shocking . I would like to suggest you even those people who are buying these furs must be unaware of this gruesome manner in which these animals are treated .I request you to place thses pictures & videos near all the stores or markets dealing in furs . May be after seeing these pictures they (buyers) change there mind . This will help in killing the demand . Please talk to more & more celebrities in this cause .
Regards

Please add me to your petition. I think that what they are doing is cruel, unfare and unjust. You wouldn’t just cram numerous people in a cage, beat them and skin them! Doing that to animals is the exact same is it would be to humans. We must put an end to this! I am sickened and disgusted with what they are doing.

i think this website needs to be available in different languages, in order to reach as many people as possible.
i am available to help translating this site in french.
thanks

I believe these animals should be strung up and given the same treatment as they give these animals. I would gladly sign up to hand out the punishment. I will sign any petition to end this madness anyone can email to help end this sort of cruel bloodshed.

Vile is the only word to describe what these people do to these creatures that have done nothing to garner such atrocities committed against them, but have a small square of fur, that will be used to add some vanity to an ignoramus who thinks it makes them look posh, and extravagant. I have no sympathy for the workers who carry out these barbaric means, as they have choices to feed their families in other ways, and the way they conduct themselves during these violent acts proves they have no heart, no soul. How could you while performing such brutality while hearing, seeing, smelling the entire ordeal the animals are put through? It has to be taken more seriously, by everyone around the globe, celebrities are often excellent sources to draw attention and assist in initiating public outrage. The international community needs to place tremendous pressure on China to change their archaic ways. People who are consumers of the end products need to be heavily educated, shown the means by which their small strip of fur that decorates the hood on their coat or scarf or gloves, have been acquired.
Boycotts need to be implemented against China on a large scale, their products, their games. Why not? They could care less about the remainder of the world getting their inferior products ie. the unsafe toys, the lead based items which they sell to the rest of the world, not caring that they are extremely harmful and dangerous.
This cause needs to grow so that the majority unite and will hopefully be able to do something positive for these animals.

Absolutely disgusting acts of cruelty.I can not even attempt to view the videos as i cant imagine the brutality these poor animals have suffered.Do unto to others as they have done to these poor defenceless animals.Skin them alive and let them rot in hell i say.I have signed the petiton and sent to all my friendsmThankyou for raising this awareness.Good Luck and God Bless.

I accidently submitted it… sorry..

to finsh….
….and then the screaming started and I will NEVER forget thet noise as long as I live. I see the images constantly in my head. I will NEVER visit China or buy anything made in China until they ban this diabolical cruelty to animals and give them the respect they deserve as living, feeling creatures!

I could watch barely any of the video. I can watch surgery shows without a problem. It was the fact that the animals were suffering horribly and there was nothing that I could do to stop what was happening to them. If I witnessed something like that in real life, I would have the urge to tackle the people to the ground and start skinning THEM. I can’t possibly understand how skinning animals alive is easier when they move around trying to escape. I suppose that’s why they slam them against the ground first. *shudders* I thought animal rights in Canada weren’t as good as they should be, but they surpass China’s by a long shot!

I really dont know what to say. Other than how pleased I am that my computer doesnt have sound!!!!
I feel sick.
Is it any wonder that there is so many racist people around?
2008 and this type of stuff is still going on? how can this be justified!

These people should be skinned alive themselves. every last one of them.
I just wish there was something I can do – please add me to your list

There are No words to decribe the barbaric ways the Chinease treat there animals these inocent animales go through horrific Torture befoe they eventully Die they must know this with the terrable sceams that go on there !! I watch one of the vidios some time ago. Icannot get the sounds and pictuers out of my mind. I see these images each night I close my eyes, they never go away. It must be stopped . Myself family and friends will not visit or buy any thing from china untill these barbaric acks are stopped.

I am discussded at the barbaric ways the chinease Treat there animals in this day and age. The dreadfull torture these inocent animals go through before they actully die.They must know the suffering they are causing, with the terrible sceams that go on there!! I watched one of the vidios some time ago , and could,nt get the images out of my mind or the sounds and when I close my eyes each night they are still there, and will not go away.To be skinned while still alive must be one of the worst things to go through. Myself family and friends will not visit or buy any thing from china untill this barbaric act is stopped.

i cannot believe what i just saw. i only watched few seconds as i could not bare anymore. these animals do not deserve this it must be stopped. i don’t understand how some people can do this to these innocent beautiful creatures

look at what the obnoxious freaks do to the human populations under their control..
Is it any wonder they commit such barbaric acts on defenseless animals..
I swear they jumped of the evolutionary bus quite a few stops short of the rest of
the civilised world… the sooner the whole of china is one large.. glass.. carpark.
the better.. F#CKING FILTHY BARBARIC PIGS..
love to see one of them skun alive and see how they felt about it, that’s
one video i would watch to the end.

you gutless, pathetic maggots..

firehorse..

I watched about 3 seconds of the video and could not watch another second more.
That was this morning, it is now late and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it all day.I am horrifed that anyone could treat an animal in such a cruel inhumane way.
I find it hard to put across in words, exctly how I feel, my heart sank at the barbarity of it . I feel so much sadness for the pain these poor animals must suffer through. I keep looking at my own dog, curled up on the couch without a care in the world. It is truly heartbreaking to know these barbaric ******* are not punished. This is so hard to fathom. I hope that one day each and every one of these KILLERS pay for what they have done. I will make sure everyone I come accross will be told about this and asked to sign the petition.

Check this video!
A group of people demonstrating against Chinese fur moments after the Olympic torch went through Trafalgar Square, London.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQPthM7kYjY

Good luck and keep working!

I am completely stunned and horrified at how sick and cruel humans can be and how this type of suffering is actually allowed to go on in China and other countries. Please add me to your petition and best of luck with the letter. I will try and get as many people as possible to sign too.

This is terrible. I couldn’t watch the video I clicked on here… It was too brutal. These people have to be stopped from doing this. I can’t believe that they are actually allowed to do this. Its just sick and wrong.

so many heartfelt opinions. god bless you all. god help the poor creatures that still have that to face…. i wish each and every one of them a quick death, lessen the suffering for them. this needs to stop. NOW FOR FUCK SAKE!!!! we could stop this. people power is underestimated. lets STOP IT…………. NOW!!

i just signed in. I also forwarded the page to sign the petition to my friends. I live in Lima, Peru. I hope to have a lot of support with the people around here.
When i saw the video….oh god where are you? why?….why??……

I hope that the reencarnation of these people will be as an animal they killed!! And to feel in their own flesh what they have done…..

I can’t believe this is going on in our world!!! it really needs to be STOPPED!!!
After i saw this video lastnight i had a hard time falling asleep it seemed everytime i closed my eyes i replayed the video in my head and saw the pain in the animals eyes. this just makes me sick!! Animals are people too the have feelings no one or anything deserves to die in such a horrible,painful cruel way!!
If they so called “need” this fur they should at least kill the animal first!! like i said before nothing should die like that. its sick and i hope this campaign thing will help stop this. wish there was somethin i could to like bring all those poor animals home. this just makes me cry, i think those sick bastards should be skinned alive for doing this!! maybe then they will see how it feels!

it just really pisses me off that this is happinin anfd i cant really do anything so im doing what i can.

emily,age 17
n.b canada

I can’t believe, that in this day and age, people could be so cruel to animals. One thing people have to understand, (and this is not a racial comment), is that the Chinese people, have not only done acts such as skinning live animals to feed the fur industry, but they too, run other animals into extinction IE: seahorses, which are crushed up and used as a drug for sexual enhancement. There are many other cruel things that the Chinese do as well. We may not all like rats, but I still think it’s cruel to boil them live to be served on dinner plates. I think the people of China, need to be educated first, so that they understand what they have done and are doing to animals of ALL species, is wrong. Nothing, will help an Asian man’s penis, become bigger. If they want longer errections, there is Viagara.

There are other sick acts that the Chinese do as well. I have seen photos, of an Asian, (perhaps not from China), eating a human baby, which was served on a plater. This, is the absolute truth. I am sickened by a race, that even filled with good, decent people who honour life from that country, can’t stop the atrosities seen here on this web site and elsewhere.

God. Human beings, are the WORST creatures on this planet.

Why should the animals that are being abused suffer. Why cant we. Why cant the people who do these kind of things suffer. We need the world, but the world doesnt need us. These things happend for a reason ? i dont think so, they happend because people need to look good for another, by wearing an animals face or neck, or even stomach. People dont need real fur to had fame or to make them selfs look good. So you immature Adults, tell us kids that we need to grow up and find out how the world really is. We’ve found out, the world is unfair, we all know that, but making other living things put there life in danger for fashion, is just cruel. Adults say, you kids are just immature and dont know nothing! What we do know for a fact is that cutting or skinning an animals fur , head, or anything else is IMMATURE. We are the ones trying to stop this cause, because the world cant get enough of pollution or cruelty, assult, rape or any other bad causes. We caused it, so why cant we stop it. Animals DO not deserve these kind of things, say theres enough of them ? No there isnt, killing them makes us have less, people who want a cat, or a dog, even fish, you are preventing it from happening, for fashion. WE would do just fine with out fur in fashion. This has got to stop cuz we just crossed the line.

I CANNOT understand why someone would want to harm an animal and make them suffer.
I have seen some pretty horrifying stuff in my life but this takes the cake. They are sicK people, i do not understand how they could live with themselves.
Just writing this message is making me cry.
WE ARE IN THE 21ST CENTURY AND THIS SHIT IS STILL GOING ON.
THIS NEEDS TO STOP………NOW.

That has got 2 be the sickest most horrific thing i’ve seen bar the torture 2 dolphins, the boiling of live cats, shark fin trade & the collecting of bear bile also by the Chinese, wot is the matter wiv them why can’t they see how wrong it is. I’m not vegetarian even tho i feel guilty sumtimes, but at least wiv meat in this country is killed humainly & don’t let them suffer like that. After i saw that video I felt so sad but also so pissed off & angry. I want 2 find that bastard & skin him alive c how he likes it. Sorry 4 the bad language but can u blame me????

Lol me again sorry but this has really really got me mad & if there is anything else I can do 2 stop this please let me know.

Oh my god. I do not know what to say. People are blind as to what goes on in our world. I honestly feel sick and will no longer be going out tonight, i will stay in. That is the worst thing i have ever seen. It’s bad enough that it is allowed, whats worse is the fact the people doing it show no emotion at all. The chinese are sick people and need to be taught a lesson. You jsut cannot do things like that anymore, we should know better.

The thing’s some humans can do to another living thing horrifies me and makes me sick.

This has only made my pledge to work harder for a better life for the other animals we share this earth with stronger and more vigilant.

The human race needs to take a long hard look at them selves….

Dear Jackie,
Please put me on your petition for this such cruelty, i am so angry that these sh*ts can do this to defenslese animals…..they are nor human beings they know what is wright and wrong and just love seeing an animal in pain…well i hope they all die a horrific death they do not deserve to live……..i really think your letter is great. Like youn all i am a great animal lover and want this to stop. i would glady do time in prison to see these disgusting people punished, i can honestly swear i would never visit that counrty…Please add me to your petition…
Sarah

A very sick society I would say. I love animals and feel sick about the whole trade and that includes the seal-clubbers as well, please dont forget them. In my oppinion stop for once wearing fur, try to buy local products in your own country and check if the labels states made in china, if so dont buy and that might get them a kick in the rear or ass as one would say

i don’t dare to watch the videos, cant stand watching n i actually cried without even watching it. i am a great animal lovers, what makes those people think that animals deserve to be treated that way?! We need to stop it right away! i will do anything that can help this campaign works and ask as many people as possible to sign the petition.

I have just watched part of the video; sorry I couldn’t watch any more but it made me sick to my stomach.
Thank you so much for doing something to try and stop this horrific trade.
One of our cats is sitting perched on my lap, the other two are lolling in front of the fire as it is a very cold night here. I look at their dear little faces and I wonder at the brutality of the men in the video. They say a civilisation can be judged by the way it treats its most vulnerable members – China has a very very long way to go!

I saw the video clip 2 days ago and was horrified at this appalling practice. I have now emailed every Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives (Australia) and have even had replies from some. I will spread the word to create awareness. I have asked our Government to lodge an official objection to this practice.

I have watched the footage this morning which I found attached to a group on Facebook. I couldn’t carry on watching it. I was so upset I couldn’t close down the internet so I had to switch the machine off entirely. I felt physically sick. Words can’t be found to describe this act. But I can safely say that after seeing that footage I don’t think I’ll ever quite be the same person again. The images will be with me ’til I die. To call it a wake up call would be a gross understatement. It makes me feel sickened and ashamed to be human and I want anyone, anywhere who causes cruelty of any kind to animals to feel that creatures pain, suffering, fear and terror. I can’t describe the hatred I feel for such people. I believe they are a true definition of evil and it sickens me that I have to walk the same earth as them.
Please add my name to any petition that will help destroy this trade and punish the people who partake in it. I will be spreading the word as far and wide as I can from now on – anyone who could let this pass them by has no soul in my eyes.

Well done to anyone who raises this issue.
I have never been involved in campaigns and have never really considered animal welfare, even though I have 2 cats. However, I was close to physically being sick when I watched those videos.
I have travelled around the world to a few indiginous tribes, and have never seen one hunter skin a live animal, they seem to manage just fine when the animal has been killed (for food). The hunters even made the death swift by ensuring it died in the most quick and painless way after the animal was hit with the arrow or dart.
If China believes it is a civilised society, then it is wrong. Add these horrendous actions to it’s human right records and it’s arms deals and other relations with Sudan and I come to the conclusion that china should be cut off from the rest of the world; no trade, no travel. Until these horrendous actions cease completely.
Please keep up the good work.

More importantly who are these people that still buy fur?!!!!!! If people still buy it, then China will carry on regardless. I sent the video to all my friends and only one person replied. If you can’t change people’s attitudes to fur then we certainly won’t change government policy. Name and Shame all those who wear fur i say……..

hi jackie, hope your still up to date with these replys, i watched some of the video after just giving in and not thinking i pressed the play button. i held my breath watching it, but keeping my cries in because my children were in the room i couldnt stay silent, i saw that persons foot on the lovely animals neck, his foot was touching the ground for gods sake it was that hard. i had to switch it off. we all have to do something but most of us dont because we dont know how to start i hope the people who murder these animals die slowly and painfully. i dont know what else to say its all too shocking.

Sux that people do this to things with life. Sux that people done respect life the way they repect theirs. Sux that they use the rest as an excuse to justify their uncouth behaviour.
Sux that they are what they are. It all sux because, they never asked to be that way. the society and wrong teaching has made them this. lets improve teaching in the least so the future will hold none horror. lets work towards days where these acts of butchery are just a fable in whithered books that are still being burnt. Let us work towards an era where even bedtime stories are not haunted by these acts of ridiculous cruelty.
Let us work towards a future of love and passion and safety for these creations of god.
amen

I watched that Video and I had to stop it half way through becasue it bothered me so much. I already cannot wear any fur because it makes me sick but seeing that just made it even worse. I have 5 cats and two dogs and soon a hamster of my own and I could not imagine this ever happening to them. This form of animal cruelty MUST BE STOPPED!!! There are so many other jobs in China, so its not like these men and women need this job. Thanks for starting this and I really want to do my part in supporting this cause!

-K.Tarves
Alberta, Canada

I’ve been haunted by the images of those poor defenseless animals, How can someone in their right mind do such a thing? These people don’t see animals as living creatures, they must simply see them as beasts, with no feelings, emotions or sensation of pain. They must be either very poor and willing to do anything for a penny or very uneducated.

I can tell you, that I will never and I mean never buy anything with fur on it, even if it’s suppose to be fake fur. I am also going to take it a step further and print out some information from the site and keep it in my car, that way if I see anything that has fur in a store, I will hand out the info to the clerks and managers, I am sure many retail stores are unaware that some of their merchandise might be made of cat or dog fur.
We have to stop such cruelty and I am sure that if we all join together, we can make a big difference and save future animals from being skinned alive….I feel sick to my stomach just saying it.

Julia

i am still in shock for what i saw and i am going to do my best to stop this from happening in every way i can.

i recieved a message about the petition through facebook and as soon as i saw it i signed. i saw the video and it shocked me and i felt physically sick and looked away. it is disgusting especially being animal lover myself. i thought about what if it was one of my pets. it makes me so angry to think people in china can do this and get away with it. id do it to them and see how it feels if i had a chance. they cannot honestly say that it is easier to skin them alive when they are fighting for their life and squirming in agony, thats complete rubbish.

OKAY! THIS WAS THE MOST TERRIBLE THING I HAVE EVER WITNESSED. there is no way those were humans skinning those poor animals… because every human on earth has SOME sence of guilt or compassion. While whatching them beat the animal senceless in the beginning… i wanted to fly over to china and atomize those bastards, then skin them, then sell their skins to their families… then burn their house down.. and take a piss on it too. Oh! and also i could pour arsenic on their families dead bodies. just because i know that they were supported by this…

I was in utter disbelief at the videos… they were so difficult to watch that I actually had to stop it as I couldn’t watch any more…

This cruelty NEEDS TO STOP… It’s disgusting!

We must however remember the cruelty inflicted on other animals that end up on our dinner plates…. go to kentuckyfriedcruelty.com or the peta website for more info…

Animal cruelty needs to end!

- Liz

I have in the past and will be in the future if the opportunity presents itself a hunter. I know that will disgust many on this page, but never in my life have I witnessed anything as cruel as I have just seen. Considering what China does to it’s people this does not surprise me even though it sickens me. I was taught to hunt by a First Nations man in the North West Territories. We were not even allowed to touch the Caribou until they were dead. I cannot believe that it is easier to skin a live wriggling animal that is trying to bite you than it is a dead one. If your not going to eat the meat don’t kill the animal. And to avoid the wild taste caused by adrenaline, you must kill quickly and humanely. The animal can’t know whats happening. Torturing animals is just wrong.

This makes me feel sick!
How could people do this to such helpless animals.
It needs to stop!
NOW.. Its absolutely discusting.
My heart goes out to all the poor animals =[

my whole world is only dogs when i saw that video i was horrified…………were they humans??….i looked into that dogs eyes full of pain and was terrefied…..i cud not see the whle video as i cud not see wat they were doing……….as wat i can do i posted that video to a news channel aaj tak….and i also signed the petition…….i hate those people ….they are surely devils..!!

I was shocked beyond belief when I witnessed the video. It makes me ashamed of being a human being. I had to stop the video I felt so sick. Those animals suffering at the hands of pure evil. I would like to see them rither in the pain of having their skin removed! I completely agree with Andrea above they should be tortured themselves. How they can go to their beds at night after inflicting pain on an animal I will never be able to understand. This needs to be stopped immediately, cultural differences does not come into it. I have skinned rabbits when they have been killed – their bodys still warm why they can’t humanely kill them and immediately skin I cannot understand what the difference is apart from the animal does not suffer.

Please add me to your petition – or follow it up with my details to.

I can`t believe people are doing this to animals. It breaks my heart, just hearing about it. Who do they think they are? Torturing defendless animals just for the sake of money?! We can`t call these people human, this must be stopped!! My heart is bleeding and I`m crying my eyes dry for these poor animals..

I think this is absolutely sick– I cannot comprehend how these people can do this, how they can be so ignorant and idiotic, to take these poor animal’s lives like this. As we have been devastated by the death of Eight Belles, the response to this by PETA, (a good response, animals dying for a 30 second race should not happen), and the killing of animals all over the world. I have not been aware of this sickness, the fur trade has been terrible for years, I do not believe in it firsthand, but then animals being skinned alive is absolutely terrible.

I started to watch the video– and I just couldn’t. I have a strong stomach with blood, I have had my fair share of injuries, but this is horrible. For people to do this, people who we thought were like us, people who we thought would never do anything like this– is…… barbaric, horrible, and sickening…….

I have absolutely no respect for these communist killers, that go around swinging animals like baseball bats. This is not humane, THIS IS NOT HUMAN.

When I found out what was going on with the Chinese concerning their skinning dogs and cats for the fur trade I was, to say the very least, bloody horrified! Why hasn’t there been more of an uproar by animal associations and animal welfares around the world? I am a vegeterian and have been for over 30 years. I raised my voice when the fur trade was in full swing some years ago and handed out fliers in the street to passersby. Could you send me fliers and pamphlets so I can do the same with this issue?
As for the Olympic Games, I am hoping that by spreading the news through fliers and pamphlets I can make people much more aware of the terrible suffering these poor non-humans are subjected to and therefore make the Olympic Games as unsuccessful as possible.

China seems to get away with so much – pollution, boiling animals alive for food and now skinning animals. It cannot use the excuse that it is a ‘developing country’ or that these are cultural practices – it is obvious to everyone that these animals suffer unspeakable agonies. It is terrifying that this happens on such a huge scale and that the people who carry out these actions are so lacking in pity and seem to enjoy what they do. If China was skinning murderers alive, there would be an international outcry – as there should be for so many of their actions towards animals and the environment.

I fully support all the efforts on this website and recommend strongly that the Olympics in Beijing are picketed by this group as the eyes of the world will be on China for 4 weeks – it’s a great opportunity to raise awareness. I am happy for you to use my details as you see fit.

When i was little i saw on the news one night a video of a persian cat thrown in boiling water to harvest its fur. It was one of the most awful things i had ever seen and was something i never forgot. As i grew older i presumed this had stopped.

To see that it has continued on for decades and become even more barbaric sickens me. I did watch the video, but couldnt watch beyond the first dog. It was just too much.

One dog or cat suffering this is one far too many.

This will probably be an image that remain with me forever and one that will continue to cause me anguish. However I am not sorry for having watched it. Because i did i signed the petition and i will continue to make more people aware of this. If i f eel upset i know its a very small price too pay for helping to stop this.

I cannot now look at china as I did.

Jackie please add me to your list. I greatly admire anyone who can deal with these issues on a day to day basis. Please never give up.
I hope together we can stop this, and soon.

I am so saddened by what these ignorant people are doing to these poor and inocent animals. Do they themselves feel pain when injured, or when they get a small cut do they not feel the agony? I dont understand why they think this is the right thing to do. How would they feel if the animals were at the top of the food chain and they skinned us alive? This is torture and it must stop NOW! The olympics is a great time to protest and I think to show these videos to the many people who will be there! Please sign my name on the pettition.

This trade is sickening! I cried when seeing the pain in the poor animals eyes and turned off the video.
This trade must be stopped and if there was any justice in the world the evil people torturing the animals would suffer them selves.
My heart truely goes out to the animals being tortured and who have been.
RIP beautiful ones x

Please add me to the petition

anyone willing to do that to animals should know how it feels like how would they like it if we took them out there homes and just ripped there skin off and then left them there to suffer and die this is compleate and utter non sence and should be stopped right now animals don’t deserve this ….. and seeing those animals in the pictures don’t you think someone would feel guilty after doing that to an animal but they just keep killing them this is very displeasing to me …… they all should die.

i cant bring myself to watch the video, my skin and heart physically hurt when i get a slight glimps at a photo of the poor beautiful animals…i cant even finish certain sentences that i read on the website without my eyes filling up and my body shuddering… i am so totally and utterly disgusted by such people…if i can even give them the honour of calling them ‘people’..
your strenghth and bravery amazes me..
i would love to have my name on the petition in bold capitals please

I could not believe it! I couldn’t even finish watching the clip…
It sickens me to think that some people do not realize that animals have feelings too. Animals show emotions and pain in the same way as humans do. Should we go and skin these people alive? How would they feel? I think it should have been stopped before it even started! While we cannot do everything, we can stop this for sure!!!!!!!

May those animals have peace where they are resting…

I watched half of the film but it was unbearable to watch and I started moaning and crying. I love animals and have allot of pets that we consider family. I hope this horror is stopped soon. May they burn in hell forever those who hurt those poor defenseless animals. I consider anybody willing hurting an animal to be lower then a snake.

no words could ever explain how i feel at this moment in time. i cannot bring myself to watch the video but i have read the description and all the comments.

we think we have heard and read about the atrocities that go on ithe world and can no longer be shocked but each time it gets worse .its beyond belief.

add my name to any petition against any acts of cruelty against any animal.

surely people in governments and positions of power got to wake up and act. we put these people where there are to act on our behalf in matters we have no control over . if any of these petitions and letters reach somebody with compassion – please do something !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! listen to the organisations that are working tirelessly each day to try to try to get to the average joe bloggs and inform them what is happenin to try to make a difference some how.

fortunately there are people who care but just cant be heard.

somebody needs to listen and start realising that acts of unnecessary suffering are happening every day in all parts of the world including the so called ‘civilised ’societies.

That is disgusting. I was bawling my eyes out. How could anyone with any feeling or heart ever do such a thing. I couldnt even do it if i was payed millions. All i thought of was what if that was my kittens or my dog. I am utterly disgusted. That dog was still alive. I am so angry about this hole thing. Animals cant protect themselves they relie on us to do it. Not to skin them alive.
I would really like to raise money for this. Im only 15. But im sure i can raise a bit. I just need info on how to do it.
If anyone could inform me on how to do it. That would be awesome.

i just cant understand why these people can be so cruel to creatures that have no purpose in this life part from being loveing and mans best freind its simple murder what these people do for wat? money! what has this world come to its simply discusting why? is the question that probebly runs through evryones minds i coulnt bring my self to watch the video becouse i know what happens and have an imagenation that i dont need the video to watch we need to stop this now befor anyother annimals suffer for being beutiful it hurts to understand that these people have no understanding of the the pain and suffering the couse these poor defenslase animals. i just want these people to suffer for what they do they couse suffering so they should have it them selves maybe then they will understand.
i understand what you mean julia i hope this patition goes far to stop this from happening
i cant fret enought i want to phisically do some thing it needs to be stoped not just china but everywere and i look up to the people who have stud up and said im going to do somthing about this now and are trying to acomplish a goal that will one day be acomplished and annimal abuse will be no more i thank you and will back anyone so if anyone want my name for a prtition towards this put my name down.

thankyou very much

I could quite happily (and eagerly) skin these people alive and watch them die a slow and painful death!!

I don’t know how to explain the pain I feel after I saw that video, I can’t stop crying for the cruelty not just in that country, all around the world to all kinds of animals. We have to do something! Please help us to help!— Lo que se ve en estos videos es solo una parte de lo inhumano de todo esto, pero es suficiente para crearnos conciencia, el horror que siento es enorme pero las ganas de ayudar son mayores, tu también, ayudanos a ayudar!

Hi Jackie
Please feel free to add my name to your letter. I have signed the online petition. I also could only watch the first ten seconds of the video- i regularly receive e mails from the PETA organisation and cannot and never will be able to understand mans cruelty to these poor defenceless animals. It is always tried to be legitimised by the excuse of ‘cultural’ differences but surely in 2008 these ‘people’ and i use the term very loosely realise that what they are doing is barbaric? If not then it is up to people from outside of China etc to make them realise these practices are not acceptable

I think these chinese should be skinned alive too. They should experience the Pain all these poor creatures have. Chinese People kill everything they can find. These people should rott in hell.
The same same is for all other people around the world that kill animals in such such barbaric way. I hope the devil will find them and punish them for their evil deeds…

omg i think people like this should be killed i means the point in skinning a poor dog alive just for a tiny bin of money. i perosnally think its disgracefull that people do this

Quite frankly this practice makes me ashamed to be human.

I honestly cannot think of any words to describe this horror.
As someone who has spent over 40 years in the animal rescue business in England & Canada, I thought I had probably seen it all but this takes the biscuit.
I do know that many chinese persons do not veiw animals as loving pets but as food or the means to live & survive, HOWEVER there is absolutely NO EXCUSE for this blatant, disgusting and deliberate disregard for the suffering on the part of these poor helpless animals.
God says that not a single sparrow will fall without him knowing about it. I will pray & hope that he will not allow this practice to continue & will help you to contact the right
people who have the control to stop this.
While the images on the video will remain with me probably forever, I do believe that even though they are extremely disturbing and upsetting, by getting this message out to as many countries and then to the importing authorities in those countries as possible, something will and has to be done about this practice.

it would be upsetting and disgusting to see them do this to even a dead cat or dog nevermind alive one . It makes me want to fly to china and save them all . who on earth could do that,
and u hear them laugh sometimes too they’re so ignorant . it’s sad that theres no major way to stop them . because i seen another video on youtube and they also torture them and boil them alive to eat them because they say it taste better when the animals adreniline is up, so even if we stop buying products like that (which i dont) there will still be poor tortured animals .it makes me sick

I have never in my life seen something like this. The rage and anger I felt at the dickheads performing the skinning was unimagineable. Why are the powers that be doing absolutely NOTHING about this practice??? Please add my name to your petition. The targeting of the Olympics would be a great idea – I only found out about this practice through Facebook, so there will be millions more people unaware of what is going on in BARBARIC China. Show the world how backwards and behind China is. Fair enough, I know it isn’t everyone in China, and I know that the majority of Chinese MUST disagree with this practice, but if we in our individual countries started boycotting Chinese trade, and harrassing our politicians (true, our politicians are usually neither use nor ornament!) then maybe something can be done. Hope all the perpetrators in the video die a slow and torturous death.

hi to everyone across the world

This is the most cruelest behaviour I’ve witness in my life,i was sickend by the footage & disgusted,the anger & sadness I feel cannot be explained,how can a country allow these things to take place,i mean really now & all this for money?? have we become so money hungary that we would go to such an extent as this?? This should be stopped & I ask everyone who has been a witness to this to please sign the online petition.

yours faithfully
Günther Fritz

My entire life I have been anti-fur and I can’t even watch the video on the site because I am too afraid and disgusted. I understand that it is a fact that animals need to be used as a food chain source because of the simple matter of over population….its when sick SOB’s kill them for “trophies” or “fashion” that I am about ready to just disown the entire human race. If you’re going to kill an animal you better be using EVERY part of it like many indigenous people did in the past. Whats the point of leather and fur when we have so many wonderful organic or synthetic materials that are easy to keep up and cheap to buy and keep us warm???
The only thing I even remotely own that is close to animal fur is sheep’s wool and that doesn’t hurt the animal or torture them….it actually makes them cooler in the hot summer .
Keep up the amazing work! Go animals!

XOXO,
Christine G.

Well as much as I have seen and I knew about this skinning alive in China etc.I could not watch these videos for more than 3 seconds before I became seriously disturbed..so I wonder how detached from any humanity can these monsters be to do this to animals..here i thought hunting was bad, these people make sport hunting look angelic..

I am disgusted and I don’t know what to do about it..Go there and put these people away or skin them alive? I know there are organizations all over fighting for animal rights..yet not enough is being done when people in power are actually using these specific furs for their clothing lines..and we know who i’m talking about..We can blacklist everybody..What should happen is the government should ban this in any country this disturbing cruelty..They have to or else it will never stop..they have to work with the organizations and ban it completely..jail sentences checking traffic and meat wagons…not just for a price we do anything!!

When I was overseas I had witnessed allot of animal cruelty with stray cats and dogs and I helped as much as i could and it really messed me up after a few years that I didn’t even want to be in my own country..Because no matter how much i helped the next morning i see another starving dog dieing of dehydration on some street!
It never ends..at least here in Canada you don’t see it so much and they do allot for animals..not that in Europe they don’t but you see more things due to the fact the countries are much smaller..

That said i guess still nothing can compare to these videos or the seal murders..etc..not even the lady that puts kittens and puppies in a bag and throws them out alive in the garbage dumpster! yeah i have rescued some of them too..But the people close to this get sick after a while..

If the laws don’t changed and this isn’t banned it will be difficult to control it.. Now when those guys are carrying the crated and doing this if a group just grabbed them all and locked them up based on a law of it being ilegal in time it wouldn’t be so easy to continue in the amount of animals that this happens to..There isn’t enough fear obviously..I mean seriously if I took an animal and did that in a public place somewhere I would possible be killed for sure arrested and go through psychiatric evaluation!

So obviously the tolerance for it where it happens is there is my point.

Come on this is beyond words of any kind..seriously I think these guys should be killed….they aren’t human and they are useless to society.

Sometimes you have to eliminate…these people will not change so someone has to step in and stop it..course of action with results not hope for a better day while you and I have our second cup of coffee..yes spreading awareness is great but we know enough to put an end to it right?

I say we skin those people alive just so they know how it feels!

I have to congratulate you on standing up and speaking out for those animals caught up in this disgusting trade who can’t speak for themselves. Animals should be treated with respect by humans but it is sad to see that there are those who are so devoid of any human feeling or conscience that they can inflict such barbarity on another creature.
I read your letter but i couldn’t watch the video, i would have either been reduced to tears as i nearly was when reading parts of your letter, or i would have been insanely angry. or probably both.
many years ago i did a project at school on the fur trade and back then i was shocked by the practices used. but to think this trade is still thriving and using even more brutal practices than those i remember is unbelievable. how would these people feel if they were subjected to the same treatment? had to go through the same terror and suffering these poor animals do? we don’t need fur, we’re not eskimos. i have an acrylic faux fur jacket that looks great, keeps me warm and doesn’t mean animals have suffered to make it. it’s basically either a status symbol or a fashion thing and either way to wear fur is at best unneccesary and at worst disgusting. people know the trade is based on cruelty, everyone is aware of that, so they haven’t even got the excuse of ignorance.
keep going with your campaign, it’s worth everything.

That is really sad and it angers me that someone could be so cruel to an animal who has done nothing wrong. I think these people need to be punished to the fullest extent. There is no need to do that to a poor animal.
It needs to stop. Who ever is buying these furs should be in some kind of trouble and have all their worldy posessions taken from them. They should be skinned just like those poor creatures. I just do not have words for what I saw in the video….except it is senseless and cruel. It hurts me to see a little creature hurt like that. If someone hurt my pup like that…I won’t even say what I would do to that person. There are no words for it.

OMG! I wish I never watched the 20 seconds of that video…I can’t stop crying and shaking..I hope all those horibble pieces of shit burn in hell. I have never seen anything so horrible and have never felt so much hate.

It’s good to know there are people out there like you who are trying to stop this horrible act.

i cannot put into view, how DISGUSTED i am by these people’s acts. I have NO idea how these people can DO such a thing, IT IS UNACCEPTABLE!!
it is HORRIFIC, it is CRUEL AND is it VILE! AND letting such terrible acts happen is a crime that is absolutely UNFORGIVABLE!!

I watched only a bit of the video where they skinned the raccoon and I still feel a sick to my stomach. I can’t even contemplate watching them skin a dog alive. I’ve been giving a lot of thought lately to avoiding buying Chinese made goods whenever possible, but more for job protection. Now I will double my efforts at avoiding anything Chinese because of the barbaric nature of their animal killings. Culture or not, how can anyone do this to another living creature. The stopping must be driven from inside China. Who there has the balls to step up and start campaigning. Gawd, I can’t imagine wanting anything to do with China again!!!!!

There aren’t the words to describe how sickened, outraged and distressed I felt on discovering the fate of these poor animals. I have cats as pets and imagining them facing a similar fate made it all the more real. It’s hard to believe that this sort of thing goes on in today’s world. It makes me ashamed to be a human being to see that anyone, from whatever nation, is capable of inflicting such heartless cruelty on these defenseless creatures. I now check the labels on all products I buy and will not knowingly buy any products whatsoever if they are produced in China. I wouldn’t dream of buying anything containing animal fur regardless of where it came from. In an ideal world, every nation would boycott the Olympic Games in China as a demonstration of our objection to such barbaric practices. No doubt that will not happen! I have tried to spread the word to as many friends and colleagues as possible, and have encouraged them to do likewise. The stastistics alone are staggering, the images made me more angry than anything else I have ever experienced. I hope I never see anything worse or as bad ever again.

OK… I love animals. Don’t get me wrong. I plan to be a Vet.

But… though these practices are cruel, think about it.

Many of these people do this because they can’t afford to do it any other way (I’m not saying EVERYBODY).

They do hit them on the ground many times to try and kill them. It shows that in the video (first few parts).

I’m not condoning what they do, because I think it could be somewhat more humane.

Yet… why try and ban fur when you could be out finding a cure for cancer or feeding the hungry (both human and animal)?

There is nothing wrong with fur. Most people actually enjoy it. Yes, dogs and cats are used for fur. So are horses, cows, sheep, pigs, rabbits, and other animals.

Animals were given to us for us to use. Yes, to take care of them, but to have dominion over them, and if we need to, use them.

I am not saying that every animal should be skinned alive. Of course not. Look back up at my aspirations. I’m not even saying that China should continue this abominable trade. I’m just saying it’s pretty stupid to walk around here saying “Oh… those horrid murderers!! How horrible! I’m never going to buy a piece of fur again for as long as I live!”

And most of those same people turn around, put on their LEATHER shoes (most shoes contain some animal product in them, even it isn’t leather per-say), and then go fix dinner, which is chicken, or pork, or beef.

1 in every 1000 person is a true vegetarian. Everyone else eats meat, or some animal product at least once a month.

You have eggs in your food. Ever thought about all the hormones that go into those poor chickens? And into the eggs in your food? Most people don’t. And yet, people don’t have any problems eating eggs.

I think that is completely hypoctrical. Either you hate it all, hate only the inhumane, or what? You say you want to ban fur. Well… what happens to all of that fur that comes off of the meat you eat?

You say you want to ban meat. Well… what happens to all those animals bred solely for meat?

You say you want to stop their breeding. Well… what happens to our source of food?

Chickens raised on an organic farm run free, and eat the bugs. If no chickens were bred for food to run free, there would be too many bugs. Too many bugs means too many bugs eating too many plants. Loss of plants would mean loss of our primary food source: fruits and vegetables.

We need animals. We need food. And if we need the food, why not continue using everything the animal has to offer instead of just a part?

Ban live skinning if you wish. Ban the killing of animals just for fur. But by banning all fur, you’ll most likely end up banning meat. And banning meat will most likely end up wish overstock of animals. And then you’ll ban breeding, which will make most animals will die off, leaving very few. And with very few, you’ll have too many insects, disease, and more. And so, you’ll lose your fruits and vegetables.

Do one. Not all.

P.S i am going to make a group on bebo about this is you have bebo look it up !!!! and join!!!!

This footage is so awful. Lord only know’s how the person filming it was not sick. I’d so love to skin the people doing this terrible thing alive. I am in no way a violent person but there is absolutely NO excuse for skinning an animal when it’s alive!!!

Kellie bannert – you’re deluded –

you’ve made some wonderful arguements here – hat’s off to your “honesty and courage”

YET… there’s one major point here, and that is…we ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT BEING vegitarians, we aren’t taking about not wearing leather lines shoes – we’re talking about skinning animals alive for their fur, and that it needs to stop. This is not, going to have some “amazing and negative” effect on the food chain… it’s simply a humanity issue. Nothing more, nothing less… and none the less important either!

AND – to seem to imply that we shouldn’t bother supporting a group trying to ensure this practice ends because “we should be ending world hunger instead – or finding a cure for cancer”…what can I say when I can’t beat you with my keyboard…each to their own my dear… and to me this is equally important.

sweetheart, think about it – if we all thought like that, there would always be a greater cause, and nothing would ever be achieved for anyone or anything that’s needed the support of the greater community for positive change.

I don’t have a pet. And my parents met working at cornelius furs…but I have a heart – and a soul – and I know this is wrong. End of story.

Congratulations to all whom are making a difference.

Wake up woman – see the point of this page and don’t elaborate where it’s not necessary.

Dear Kelli Bannert,

Firstly, I would be most interested in hearing exactly where you draw this conclusion from :Animals were given to us for us to use. Yes, to take care of them, but to have dominion over them, and if we need to, use them. Is this the Bible you are quoting from?
Secondly, in this particular discussion we are talking about the inhumane slaughter of millions of dog/cats for the completely unnecessary and barbaric fur trade. Dogs and cats which could otherwise have been human companions. This relationship was forged many thousands of years ago between our ancestors and wolves/wild cats and unfortunately has since been viciously thrown into disrepute by those who have betrayed their trust and all for the likes of the cruel fur trade. This is why most people find this trade sickening. By getting outraged and taking action against the Chinese Fur Trade we are by no means whatsoever turning our backs on the suffering of other animals, quite the opposite in fact, let me explain:
Animal activists realize that we must take small steps to a large victory. For instance, banning meat is not the feasible step towards gaining what we ultimately want – Animal Rights. We realise we must do this in steps. The fur industry is first up because it is a luxury and vanity driven industry, completely unnecessary, it is not essential to our survival, and most people find it absolutely abhorrent once they are exposed to the facts ( such as the point of this website ). Therefore the fur industry is an achievable and well selected first target. Leather, on the other hand, is mostly a by-product, that is why the focus is not on the leather trade at this stage. In order to bring the leather industry down, you would need to bring the meat industry down first. The meat industry is the biggest mother of all – not feasible at this point. So the focus is on the fur trade, where millions of animals are farmed intensively, under torturous conditions for their entire lives before being callously slaughtered and all for the sake of the fickle and shallow fashion industry.
Let me reiterate: by speaking out against the fur trade, we are NOT turning our backs on the billions of animals worldwide that are enslaved and exploited by the human race, we are simply picking our targets carefully. It’s like taking bricks out of a wall, you pick the ones at the bottom first in order to disrupt the stability of the structure, in a hope that they entire thing will come crashing down at some point.
If you would like to discuss further, please feel free to contact me directly, I harbor you no resentment at all. On the contraire, I feel sorry for you as a potential Vet, as someone who views animals as simply commodities and/or tools, there for our disposal, and not someone who can appreciate them for what they really are – beautiful and sentinel beings, deserving of dignity, rights and respect.

Elissa_mcintosh@yahoo.co.nz

I have been a part of many animal organizations, have completed a science degree in animal physiology, and have studied and been surrounded by animals all my life. And every time an animal abuse/neglect issue comes up, from animal skinning, to shark finning, to Bear Bile extraction, I can’t help but notice it is always from CHINA. There is a common theme to these problems, and I believe it to be CHINESE culture and people.

If there is to ever be any real change, it will have to come from some major government influence…..or if possible, nuke the whole place, and make it into an animal sanctuary. I prefer the latter. My view may be drastic, un-politically correct, but whatever. The bottom line is this- China is the root of all evil. Just ask the animals, and they have been around waaaay longer than us.

As a dog lover, this MUST be stopped. How can we be so cruel to animals? It is BARBARIC and INHUMANE

I believe any reasonable force should be used. COMPLETE FUR BAN IS NEEDED!”!!

After seeing how China treats these beautiful creatures, I feel absolutely sick. I couldn’t even watch the whole video because it made me feel so disgusted and ashamed at humanity.

SHAME ON CHINA!

I did not watch all the videos, could not stomach it. This is pure filth of the Chinese. I wish that ALL Chinese are infected with a deadly, excruciating disease and every one of these bastards drop dead. How dare they treat animals in such an inhumane way, what gives them the right. The slopes were here after the animals. I sure hope that the pathetic GOD that they follow sends them all to their death, after all what are the slopes good for??
Animals are harmeless, they are like children, defenceless little souls. Animals deserve to be treated properly.
I say bring on an atomic bomb for China!!
WE NEED TO STOP THIS CRUELTY NOW

I have just read Jackie Caruso’s letter and watcha portion of the video but could not continue watching. I, too, understand their are many cultural differences around the world with which we may not agree.
Skinning animals while they are alive goes far beyond ‘cultural differences’.
This practice is the most disgusting Animal Cruelty I have ever heard about. It should already be true that our governments have banned any importing of this fur on clothing or anything else. CHINA MUST BE STOPPED. THIS IS FILTH.
I am sick and remain sick, that people in power have not even attempted to do anything.
Please, if there is something else I can do, I will. Please stop this.

Dear Jackie I am currently sitting here sobbing at what I have just read, I had no idea. I can not bring myself to watch the video as the words you wrote were more than I can handle. I am sorry to say I am on this earth with these people, I can not get my head around the fact that this is happening. I am lost for words, there are no words strong enough or harsh enough that can describe what I feel about these people and what they are doing. I have signed your online petition but it just doesn’t feel like I have done nearly enough. I thought I was doing good by picking up any strays I find and trying to find their homes or an adoptive home. What I was doing was just a drop in the ocean compared to this! Please if there is anything else that can be done….I need to do more. Our government needs to make a stand against this, no living creature should have to endure this. I am going to spread this to anyone that will listen to me so we can try to stop this, it is just to much to bare and to much for these poor animals to endure. My heart bleeds!

This is absolutely disgusting, to think that people can easily do such things is horrifying. China has been getting away with way too many injustices for too long, whether it be against humans or animals. The uneducated mentality or blind stupidity of these people to think it is fine to do such a thing makes me sick.

I have signed the petition and am passing the knowledge of this onto everyone I know. But I wonder will it make a difference? Governments are too soft and/or scared to do anything about issues like this. In the end I agree with many of the people who have commented here in saying that physical action is probably the only effective action to take against people like this in China or anywhere else on the planet.

Like everyone else if the ooportunity to go there and do something arises I’ll be there with baseball bat in hand!

This is very shocking. I didn’t know that this was happening every single day in China. This is by far the worst footage I have ever seen in my whole entire life. May I add that i’m not very pleased. I want everyone to help stop the pain and suffering that these animals are going through. Only us as human beings can speak for them all, for they can’t talk for themselves.

I am disgusted with what these people are doing to these innocent animals. They need our voices since they can’t speak for themselves. We HAVE to end this inhumain act that those people are doing. God bless you for making this website.

If given the needed money to got there and skin alive all those people involved I would galdy go. I think they should be punished with as brutal an act as they have comitted. I don’t advocate the killing of these animals but they could do what they are doing in a more humane way. But they choose this sadistic method. I hope they all get what they deserve.

omg i can not belive this actually happens.
I was totally blind to this kind behaviour and absolutly disgusted that
people can be so umremorsful and cruel!
i feel so sorry for those animals and just imagine if someone wanted to skin us alive because it was easier and sold for money!
it is dsgusting! i 110% support everything that you do and hope that by siging this it gets you one step closer to your goal!
i will not sleep the same tonight!
well done and congradulations!
thanks!

I came across a link to the website on http://www.bebo.com on a dog lovers page. She was asking everyone to sign the petition. I watched the first part of the video and i can honestly say its the most horrific thing i have ever seen in my entire life. I went to bed last night still thinking about it and had nightmares about it all night long. I am an animal lover and it disgusts me to think that theres human beings in this world who think they have the right to do something so cruel to any animal. Can you even begin to imagine the pain and suffering of all these animals, how can they get away with this!? How can anyone think this is ok?!! Killing animals and taking their fur is bad enough, but to actually SKIN THEM WHILE THEY ARE ALIVE? Then to just throw them on the ground to suffer even more while you start skinning the next one!? What the hell is wrong with you people!?!!!!

I was unable to watch the video as I would never sleep properly again. No matter what excuses are trotted out about ‘cultural issues’ and poverty, there is no excuse whatsoever to inflict such pain and terror on fellow creatures. Man has been given a conscience and we have an obligation to use it. There has to be a better way (it is impossible to think of anything worse than this!).
I would like to help in any way at all. I have signed the online petition and circulated it and was wondering whether you know if anything similar to your letter/petition has been sent to the British Government. I would be happy to use your letter as a guide, and forward it to the relevant department in London. Please let me know if you think this is helpful, or any other way I can help.

i think this completely stupid people should not be able to do this.
its just like if i skinned one of my family members.
its the same cruelty to the beautiful animals as it is to skin a human being.
i think these people should seriously be put in jail FOREVER…
this makes me mad, ugh. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >=|

I’ve read some of the responses on facebook and this site. What I read was truly disgusting about how they should skin animals alive for money. I’ve also read from some idiotic person that if animals aren’t tested on then the homeless will b. We the human race have developed such powerful technologies eg. (the atom bomb which in some opinions b4 our time) thaat we shouldnt have to stoup this low. I understand that they r homeless but they could at the very least kill the animal b4 they skin it. They seem to enjoy this method of gaining money which is sick. I hope that we as the most dominant race on this earth can b wise enough to c this problem and work efficiently to stop it. Bottom line is that if they r going to skin any animal which is wrong, please skin it wen it’s dead and kill it in a humane way.

p.s. for all those who r cold hearted and c no problem with this, do not get angry wen people pass judgement on you in a negative way.

This is truly disgusting I watched only 40 secs of the video before feeling like I was going to barf. How can anybody do that and watch the poor animal squirm in excruciating pain? I read an article, that they are also sweeping all the strays off the streets in order to get the city “clean” for the olympics. Honestly, why are olympics still being held there? Why don’t we boycott them like Russia was boycotted in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow?

All these people deserve to be skinned alive. Honestly :’(

i was shocked to see the video of this STILL happenning in china..not alot of graphic stuff bothers me but this made me sick..i posted a bulletin on myspce so all my friends can watch the video and sign the pettion…i wish there was more i could do..i wonder if those pl would like to be skinned alive ..how can they be so cruel but thats what money does to ppl ..they think hey i can make money like this but they dont think omg im killing something in the most brutal way ever im saddened by this and shocked that nothing as been done and it 2008 …go figure

Okay. This is just stupid. Who would do that? I mean what sane human being would? I bet Melanie or Emily or ne one else on here would do it. And im definite theyre sane. I am so mad right now. I just discovered this tonight. I want to do as much as i can to stop it. I dont care if i have to go to China. I’ll do anything. If anyone wants to talk to me about this…my email is lipz.of.an.angel_12@hotmail.com. Because i want someone to talk to that actually cares. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. and if we all try we can stop it!

watching some of those videos, or trying to at least, brought tears to my eyes. it’s beyond disgusting. it’s inhumane for anyone to be so heartless to do those vulgar things to innocent animals. i have the biggest heart for animals and i can’t fathom how anyone can do that. it’s cruel, and it boggles my mind. THIS NEEDS TO STOP.

Also please feel free to use my letter and let me assure you that I will NEVER buy anything made in China again, until this practice is stopped.

Yes I have seen even more horrifying videos from other countys where they skinned German Shepard types that where screaming very loud, and that did not bother the men skinning them at all. they had the dogs tied down. they did not hit them to get them to be subbmissive as seen in these videos. I think thats what I was seeing in the videos here. Because the pain usually will make them scream. They animals were raised with allot of fear otherwise they would not be so submissive while they are enduring such pain. People are really unaware that the fur they may be wearing it not from a chinchilla ranch.

i think this is disgusting and it should’nt be happening
i mean even if they had to do it they can at least kill them before making them suffer.
i think this should be stopped before many more animals are killed…I’d hate this to happen to me and still be alive at the end of it just waiting to die,
someone needs to do something about this and i hope this helps =[

I felt such anger when i saw the video, i literally couldnt bear to watch. I cannot believe this goes on, it is CRUEL and utterly distgusting how humans can treat a living thing in such a way. An animal feels pain and it feels fear! It makes me so angry! The faces of those poor creatures will stick in my mind always, animals should have rights and this should not be allowed to go on.
I have signed the petition and hope that a stop will be put to the suffering of these poor animals.

This is the most disturbing and unbelieveable cruelty i have ever had the misfortune to witness. I have signed your petition in order to give these animals a voice and hope everyone will do the same. I say….”SHAME on their government for allowing this discusting cruel treatment of animals, and not doing anything to stop it!! As for the inhumane ba—rds who are preforming these attrocities on these poor animals “i hope you all die a horrible painful death and rot in hell”!! Last but not least SHAME on the people who buy these goods which keeps the trade going.
I was thinking about going on holiday in that country but after seeing the cruelty these people inflict on inoccent animals under the knowledge of their goverment i will not spend a single cent in that country until they stamp this trade completely out and clean up their act.
I am glad you have bought this to light and started a petition, is there anything else that can be done to force their government to stopping this barbaric trade?

To Animalsaviors.com,
I am truly greatful and respectful of what you are doing. If it wasnt for sites and people such as yourselves crimes against animals such as the ones mentioned would not be known and wouldnt be stopped.
What i have seen and heard about gives me shivers down my spine, makes me feel ill and asthough i should feel guilty for being a human.
Why must humans be the most brutal and un kind animals in the universe. You dont see animals in the wild torturing other animals and making them suffer YET humans do it. How ridiculous. There needs to be something done about it, its not right for humans to be doing this to any types of animals. You want fur.. Thats wrong but skinning LIVE animals just to get there fur, there is NO justification for doing that. How would you like to be skinned alive so someone could wear your skin and leave you there in agony to have a slow and painful death. ITS HORRIBLE AND INHUMANE!! God would never do such a thing, acts like that are SINS.

Well…where do I start. I watched the first segment of this video as I could not believe what I was watching. Chinese culture can be beautiful in some respects – but in others it cannot. All of of humans can be brutal in one way or another, tho I have never in my life seen anything like this. It horrified me and I have lost sleep over this. We need to have some government support on this worldwide. I work with animals everyday. They are innocent and to a point helpless, and EVERYONE needs to stand up for the protection of them. I am not against fur farming, if it is done in a humane manner. Hunters kill and use the animal in every aspect for the most part.
The chinese governmant should be enforcing laws that these animals are at least humanly euthanised prior to this skinning. No, it is not possible to enforce at all times, but they really do need to take a look at this. I too have noticed that most cruelty video’s come from either china ot thailand. why? Since this disturbing video has entered my life I am watching closley at products I buy. I may only be one indvidual – but anything that comes from china does not enter my cart. I am a true believer that money talks first and foremost in a situation such as this. So if all of us did the same thing and more and more people world wide started to do the same thing – along with petitions – perhaps it would make a difference. They don’t care what the people think – they will care however if there is no market for product and they don’t have a job!
WHo videod this and how in the world could you possibly stand by and watch? I cannot wrap my mind around that either.

Hi,

I was horrified to watch the video of the skinning of those poor dear animals, i too cried the whole way thru and actually vomited from the disgust of how inhumane some humans can be to a living creature!! I think that those assholes should be skinned alive themselves and left to die!!! Or hung or torture just like they have done to those poor helpless animals, i’m sure that karma will get those horrible people for what they have done AND are doing!!! I give my full support to this petition and will do anything in my power to stop those incredibly disgusting, inhumane, pieces of crap!!! LETS STOP THESE PEOPLE NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW!!!

I couldn’t bring myself to watch this video…I already know I would be seriously hurt my the images…I wanted to share my opinion on the whole China matter….while it may sometimes be difficult, I do my best to not buy any items that are made in China…not only are they killing these innocent animals and torturing them, but they are also exploiting children and then selling us these products for ridiculous amounts of money.

I love animals! Every single one…however, I love people too! There is nothing ethical or sustainable about the products that are comming from China…and I hope with this being known, others will follow my trend of avoiding, to the best of one’s abilities…any products that are made in china.

I have never have and will never buy any item of fur, I love all animals but to do these atrocities to our pets i.e. cats and dogs beggers belief . I have read e-mails saying that is their livelihood but this proves something has to be done to stop it I hope someone can stop this it’s unreal!!!

I cannot beleive what i have just seen…. I feel sick to my stomach that made me cry and could not bare to watch the full movie. How can us as people do such a thing and think that that is o.k… I am speechless to be honest i have a dog and could not bare the thought of that happening to her or any other dog for that matter i think the people doin that should have a tast of there own medican….

THIS HAS TO BE STOPPED !!!!!!!

i will be on board to help this come to an end …….

If you want to write to your representative, bear in mind what the Chinese Embassy will be telling them: http://www.china-embassy.ch/ger/4/t185836.htm. This press release is from 2005, but it seems to have been issued in response to the Swiss footage shown on this website. They will also likely say that the new law on animal husbandry that came into force in 2006 (see http://english.people.com.cn/200508/25/eng20050825_204440.html) has made such practices illegal. They’ll say that these videos are appalling and distressing, but that they show only an outdated, inefficient and very small part of the fur trade in China, which as a whole is working towards animal welfare norms. And then they’ll say ‘These people should be going after Primark – it’s Western customers driving this trade’. You’ll need to have answers for these points!

i swear to god a chines person must tell me that he does this i will kill that ching and i don’t mind going to prison for it!! they do not deserve to live, and china is trying to buy its way into the UN who do they actually think they are!! i hope that this petition works and they stop this!!!

people buying fur should first be shown these videos. maybe they will feel the pain and feel ashamed knowing how inhuman humans have become.. its not just cats and dogs, but also calves who are skinned alive in India (dont know about other countries)..and the people in this business should be punished by skinning them alive to understand the pain…

Me myself being an animal lover always used to think that what can I do alone, but now i think I should do something rather than regretting later of not doing anything!

These animals are being tortured.. no question.

Note to the wannabee vet: Beating them on the ground does not kill them.. it only hurts them, it provides no pain relief or anesthetic. It is done to keep the animals from fighting back.

The end of the video shows the animal slowly and painfully die.

Skinning alive is torture in ANY culture and should not be accepted in a civilized world. There is no excuse.. poverty, ignorance… no excuse to torture.
A freshly killed animal can be easily skinned. They are simply too lazy and sadistic to kill them first.

We should make a conscience effort to ban ALL products these barbarians try to sell.
We should not reward their efforts by buying the furs of tortured animals.
Until their methods are strictly regulated, the furs from these countries should be banned.

We need to write to our government officials directly and do more than simply adding our names to an online petition. (They get so many online petitions, that many of them go ignored.) Plus, online names and addresses cannot be verified and are often not considered viable.

So… BAN the Chinese fur trade.. and write to your government officials and MEDIA!
Spread the word until this brutality is stopped.

i can not bring myself to watch the clip,i saw not even two seconds and my heart almost stopped in pain,i have 3 animals that i love to death and the though that siomebody cauld go to work and do this for a living is utterly unaccepatble,we call ourselves a developed human race and yet we can be so cruel and inhuman to the very creatures that give so much peace and companionship to so many people with disabilities or children,the tears we shed will not change this sad fact,the only thing that can be done is to stop it and make a stand,the more peoplr that refuse to by fur prodcuts on shoes,handbags, toys or whatever it may be must end,if that must be done to a human it would cause such a fuss because the human rights have been violated but what about animal rights,the person that gae permission for this to happen need s to be killed and left in pain to suffer,all of the animals s=that their lives have been taken should be comemorated and a plaque of apologie and respect should be placed in their honour,the remainig animals that would be barely alive should be humanely put down to ease their suffering an d allow them to go to a safe place in heaven or where the innocent of this world go to rest,one wonders why there is so much war and terror int his world or why so many peolpe get killed in natural disasters maybe it be that mother nature is trying to get a message across.. i hope that the day that those cruel people die that they have to suffer with the sounds of those poor animals dying,how is possible that this beautiful world has come to this,why is it so much easier to convinienty push this under the carpet than to truely do something about it,i ask and prayt that every person with a heart to stand against this and to help rescue these animals,i pray for their suffering to be taken away and that they will rest in peace,that they know that somebody does care and wants them to be alive.why is the voice of one man not strongh enough to be heard… yet the calll of one animal means nothing,if you ask me this issue needs to be taken to the highest place possible,the U.N and the presidents of all of the countries,to stop this.I pray and only hope that this will come to an end.Peace be with you little animals.

Chinese people are sick bastards and I HATE THEM SO SO SO MUCH !!!!! They are betchs and i have signned the petition because i dnt agree with it

this is jaw droping. what they do to these animals is shockingly sick. lets help the abused animals )’=

I am absolutely disgusted by what these poor animals go through. I couldn’t even bring myself to watch the whole video. I felt sick and very upset. Do they not care what these poor animals are going though? They have feelings as well. I could never ever put any animal through that pain. I mean at least kill them first. I do not buy fur products and never will. W

I am 20th yeas old, and all my life I have cats and dogs in my home. It not only animal, it our friends and part family. You can see, there are many other owners but the dogs and cats not leave him, it edification – devotion. So why we kill him, why we kill our friends.
I live in Ukraine and and would say you honestly, our country not such already rich but we not offend animals, we love him.

Sorry for my english, I am not good speak.
I`m only a student but I want to help STOP this killing, I much gravely look at all it.

I am disgusted in what people are capable of doing to animals. I have not watched the video as it will disturb me deeply. I am a layout artist for a dog magazine in South Africa and I love all kinds of animals, big or small. Animals dont have there own voices to speak out against this cruelty so we need to do this for them.

We need to stop this cruelty and make more people aware of the cruelty that is happening around the world in the name of trade.

I get upset when I see how people mistreat there animals and they land up at the animal shelters but this type of cruelty is far beyond what I have seen. It is disgusting and should be stopped at all costs!!!!!!

We need to stand together and help those without a voice, we need to end this cruelty once and for all!!!!

These people are sick bastards its hard to believe what evidence is on this site without watchin the video which i dare not do. How the fuck can anyone do this just to earn money is beyond me i wouldnt do it for any amount of money as im sure most people wouldnt. Those people saying let them get on with it on facebook are just as bad and IGNORANT wankers. I wouldnt like to think how long its been going on for but something has to be done i feel so strongly about animal cruelty the chinese government hav a lot to answer for and they are a bunch of twats to let this happen when they know about it, I really hope what ive seen on here isn’t true but at the end of the day the evidence is there to prove it

The people that do it are complete utter c***s that don’t deserve a life whatsoever i hope the fuckin arseholes die

Please add my name to your list Jackie. It is an abomination to treat any live creature in this way.

Is there any research to follow the furs right through to their final destinations..ie the actual products used, definitive names and brands? If we could get a global list of products it would help in targeting the end-consumer to make them aware of the process involved in the creation of their fancy ‘new’ item, whatever it may be. Until then for many of them ignorance is bliss. I believe we could significantly reduce the purchase of any product using even the smallesest amount of fur from these poor animals if more people got to see the process (ie via the video or at least Jackie’s description.)

Only together can we make a change. I have forwarded the petition to all my contacts and am going to add the animal saviour logo as my Facebook picture.

Sarah
UK.

Signed petition in sorrow at man’s capacity to inflict such horrifying acts upon other living creatures.
The words were enough, I could not even begin to watch the video & my tears will help no creature.
I have already been boycotting all products that I can identify as coming from China, I hope I do not contribute one penny to that nation.

I find it utterly incomprehensible that any human can lack compassion for animals to such a degree, it debases mankind.

This sickness needs to stop this very second! People who treat our baby animals badly should and will have the same done to them, if not in life then in the afterlife! I hate cruel
people that call themselves humans after behaving this grossly towards our beautiful babies, If i was rich I would see to it that you monsters who hurt animals would suffer forever!!!! The animals were here first, start showing loyality and love like they show us, they are our guardian angels!!!!!! Time to fuckin smarten up you mental pycotic freaks!!! Dogs and cats are not here for your sick wearing pleasure!! They are living breathing beautiful souls!!!!
Whoever hurts them believe me or not will suffer themselves over, and over, and over, the same as they have done to our little sweethearts!!!!!!

I feel like this group shouldn’t focus on the Chinese aspect of the problem, but steer towards the American fault, which is a high demand for products which need animal hide. It’s easy to blame someone else, but these people are making a living off of our demand. However shocking a cruel we see these images, we’re indirectly responsible for what’s happening. I was enticed by this at first, but I feel we’re pointing fingers at the wrong people. How many of you have bought fur or leather products with made in China on it?

I think it’s cruel to skin live animals for testing and whatever, but what other options do we have if no one wants to skin them when/if they are dead, when someone tells me, I will sign the petition

This is appalling and horrific. I am absolutely disgusted. This has to be stopped immediately. I will let everyone I can know about this. From this day forward I am not supporting the purchasing of products made in china. They are sick and sadistic monsters and I hope these people burn in hell for what they are doing.

The animal stripper should have bounties on their heads …and skins

I saw a video of a chinese restaurant worker in china clubbing a cat for meat and while it was still alive he dragged it into the kitchen skinned it alive and dropped it alive into a pot of boiling water to cook….the worker had a big cruel smile on his face the whole time….this is the sort of
sadistic cruelty to small animals that one reads about as being a significant factor in
the careers of nascent serial killers…but in the videos we see on animalsaviors.org it appears
to be engrained in a culture. I also deplore inhumane slaughter techniques in the united states
and unwarranted animal experimentation….I was led on a tour of harvard medical schools primate labs once as an undergrad at boston university in the seventies before choosing to have no involvement with it. It was disgraceful….starvation studies being conducted on all manner of high apes and monkeys….large primates kept in very small confining cages…all this under lock and key in a med school basement….one can only imagine the horrific experiments carried out under cloak of secrecy, on animals by the department of defense

This made me so sick I have got nightmares at night!!! It absolutelly shocking !!!
I have got a cat and I love him so much and just a thought of what those evil people do makes me want to vomit!!!
I really think we should start a organization and raise awarness in each state!! Go out there and show people what people do and get supporters !
I can not watch the video i burst in tears and become really anxious! every person responsible for participating or helping in this evil act will burn in hell and they will burn alive!!

I would like to sign the petition but feel it goes too far, I believe we should stop the live skinning of ANY animal, however I do not agree that this petition should ask for the illegalization of particular species fur, especially when they are no where near an endangered list, could we just petition to stop the cruelty?

Its confirmed it for me that China is not a part of the human race. They are a race apart. Anyone who could cause that much suffering is not worthy of spit if they were on fire. I watched the first part of the video and was sickened. Thank you for showing me just how despicable and depraved the Chinese people really are.

I am just so saddened by this. I have contacted my local MP who has signed a motion to have this outlawed. I cannot understand how people can do this – how can they live with themselves. It sickens me to my very core. China is a complete disgrace.

i am very angry and upset at the way humanns can torture poor defenseless animals if they felt anything at all for them they would do it if the animals wernt alive but it doesnt seem to affect them they dont really have the need for the fur and its just humane i cried when i read it and i want to do anythig i can to help i will volunteer my time and efforts and i will do all i can to make as much of the public as aware as i can .if there is anything i can do please let me no im a animal lover and it hurts me to read such things. more people need to be aware!!!!!!!!!!!!! so that we can begin to stop this

It’s Tian-An-Men Square (Pin-Yin Romanisation) or Tiananmen Square and not Tianamen Square (The Square of Heavenly Peace). While this may only be a pedantic point, the overall image may detract from the credibility of your site.

i have seen this video of the skinning of raccoons and dogs..alive and well. I just read a comment from a Chinese person in China, saying how its wrong not all people are bad, and they only do that for a living to earn money…okay fair enough..but that has nothing to do with skinning them ALIVE. Nothing hurts more..then that video… They kill like you say over 2 million dogs and cats this way, And are allowed. I believe there is no need in wearing an animals FUR. But why do they have to be killed alive…??? if justice cannot be heard, why cant they atleast put the animals out of misery by snapping their necks..thats a quick and painless death,..,.in comparison with skilling them ALIVE after just throwing them on the ground..wow thats really going to put them in shock…The Chinese just got to wake up to themselves..seriously..once again not all but the ones who work like that for a living…im sure they have skills elsewhere and can do something positive.. plus i dont feel bad in saying their a bunch of fuckwitts [ the workers] cause im not being racist , im Half Chinese myself and i respect all the innocent people in China, but honestly its so terrible that all them cats and dogs are purely being tortured for their fur..its just Wrong!!
Wake up you bastards…
i agree this act has to be stopped ..its so very inhumane of them….but like that chinese person said…how else will they earn a living??
i can think of millions of other ways, ….In Australia..we have poor people here and there..but do we see them torturing animals for money? fuck no…so understand that We can live in a world ..cruelty free…its only because man wants to remain at the top of the food chain, that he will kill whatever he wants..and whatever he fears…he destroys.

Long Live all the innocent animals!
my heart goes out to all that are on the verge of dying.. [ its a shame..it really is]

Alicia Bandera 08
Aust.

Are these humans? God created Homo Sapiens with the power to think and invent and create so they could protect the weak. What wordly pleasure does one get on treated animals so horrribly. I say, why just talk about the live animal skinning.Does it not hurt animals when we kill them for our meals. This incident just seems more sickening because it is more terrifying for us himans to see such a thing. However, it is no less sickening to eat animal meat for pleasure. Imagine plucking out an egg from the vagina of a bird and breaking it open while killing the little baby.For what?Oh! for a early morning breakfast? What if your baby was treated the same way, killed for pleasure? Please, stop this.

That is the most disgusting thing i have ever seen in my life!!! Culture or not the ones who are doing that to those poor animals should have it done to them the exact same way. I know i will NEVER visit a place that can condone such cruelty shame on all of you

i am utterly ashamed to be a human even though i try my hardest to be an animal savior as i have 4 dogs who i believe have made me more compassionate towards living creatures these videos that continue to come before me through email facebook and such are really disgusting it is a hard thing to watch but to see this with our own eyes might make people think about what their actions are doing. i cried and cried for these animals for their pain and suffering but most of all their innocence !!! the looks in their eyes as if to say what have i done to deserve this well nothing and i bet u were giving affection to these people just before they cruelly thought they had the right to slowly take away your life as though they are more important than animals after seeing this i feel numb and can hardly find any sorrow for human suffering as i believe we have brought these things upon ourselves is it so hard to live in a good world where humans and animals can live together in harmony ??? i wonder why we don’t strive to achieve that ?? wouldn’t we all be happier without all this evil i am just devastated that i can’t just rescue these animals and show them that they are just as important if not more than us evil humans.. having said that reading all your comments has somewhat put some warmth in my heart that there is people in the world not turning a blind eye and i thank all of u for that lets keep up the pressure to stop this and keep loving animals they rule !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I cannot sleep in peace and imagine such cruelty taking place.
I live in Kuwait and i thought when i try to fight animal cruelty here, i wont have to worry about the rest of the world’s animals, i am in so much pain now that i cannot even respect the chinese any more. This fashion industry is getting out of hand, this WILL continue as long as someone will keep buying it! What goes around comes around, China will keep going down the drain as long as this is happening, look it all the famine, hunger, earthquakes, etc. I doubt the chinese government will take action on such horror, they know and they don’t care. PLease PLEASE PLEASE, let us do something about this before it’s too late. these people are heartless and cruel, such people do not deserve to live!! I will check the label of every item i wll buy from now on and make sure that the name CHINA does NOT enter my HOME.

As a vet nurse I cannot comprhend how a human being could stand their and participate in something so painful, cruel, inhumane, sick, twisted and unnecessary. These bastards so be skinned alive themselves and then be left laying on the ground to die a slow painful death and then we should feed their bodies to the sharks. Why didn’t we finnish these bastards off in WW2???? That was a big mistake on our part. That video made me so sick I couldn’t stand to watch it all and I hope I never see anything as emotionally damaging ever again.

I was shocked & horrified by the footage i saw on the website! how anyone could carry out such an inhumane act is beyond me! Those people who carry out this disguting & disgraceful act should be hung up by their legs and skinned alive so they can experience the pain those poor animals have to endure!!!! I felt physcally sick after watching it and I am deeply upset!! Something needs to be done about this…IT MUST BE STOPPED!!!

The sad truth is that China doesnt even show its own citizens any humane respect.
If these sort of people treat humans like this, you have no chance of pursueding them to treat animals any better then they do. The footage posted on this site is showing you just what sort of people it is you are trying to reason with.
Tho i deeply sympathise with this cause, i see wasted energy here.

In my honest opinion, this energy would be better channelled into a crusade for human rights in China (or at least linking up with them)
Once you have a free democracy there, the humane, modern, young people in that part of the world will have a say, and THATS when they will listen and change might occur in this instance.
It is disgraceful to cause any living thing that sort of suffering, prior to farming them, which is what they are basically doing.
But they do it to humans with tanks there as well.

china is freakin ridiculous you are skinning an animal alive you are an animal for doing this what i ask from all 4′6 people from china is take a knife cut the skin around one of your toes and peel and rip it all off tell me how that feels now imagine your whole body skinned the pain that would be imagine u the chinese people where the dogs /cats/animals and somebody was shipping u to get ur skin ripped off of you and there was nothing u could do our anything body else could do dear china may GOD keep pumeling ur pathetic country with hurricanes it’s jesus’s job to forgive it will soon be my job to arrange the meeting if u dont stop this nonsense

Yes there is a God and he lives inside of us here – we are listening and hearing and taking action because we finally can see the evil.

I do believe an eye for an eye – I have no pity. I have only pity for humans…these monsters are dead souls.

If I have it my way, these people will not see the light of day or the comfort of night.
They will suffer beyond recognition and in death, the wise will send these mutations back to hell.
My sweet beautiful souls, we will change your destiny and avenge you.

there is no point in saying things like all those who perpetrate this kind of cruelty should be killed, even though I can sympathize with the emotions that seeing the video must generate. We need to keep in mind who is buying the product; if there is no market, there will be no money and no reason for the trade to continue. Who is importing the skins? These are the people to target. We must refuse to be a part of this trade and to work hard toward ending it. Keep in mind that this is only one of many horrors to which animals are subjected; in other parts of the world, animals bred or otherwise killed for the fur trade don’t get off lightly either. I think timing this with the opening of the Olympic Games is a good idea, but doubt that it will get any airplay on the conventional media; the power of vested interests being what it is. But this website has obviously reached many people and if all who access it send to as many people as they can think of, there is a chance of changing what is happening to those animals.

Along with the killing of dolphins and the annual “whale hunt”, the chinese are by far the WORST country when it comes to the treatment of animals. They have no laws to protect these animals and now i hear about this killing for dogs and cats….sick!..pure and simple…this is SICK!. What kind of disgusting people are these. They will kill anything, sell anything and even eat anything…they have no laws or morals. How on earth can we let this happen….we should do the same thing to the people doing these deeds that they do to the animals….then we’ll see what happens!!!

do the same thing to this people, HORROR!
I can’t see the movie because I love animals, they are better then humans!

I had no idea this dreadful horrrifying trade was occurring. I’m currently crying my eyes out after watching the first section of the video, couldn’t watch any more and I don’t think I’ll ever get that image out of my head. Dear god almighty!!!

This cruel torture MUST not be allowed to continue!!!!!!!!

being human being… I couldnt watch the whole video, i saw only first 10 secs and i turned off… Im not violent person and i cant imagine what would be proper punishment for them… castration without anesthetic, maybe for start..
What can we do to stop this violence??? I wonder… I never wore fur, and i never will, cause i dont like it.. it is sick.. i dont eat meat… cause i dont like it… im and activist in few animal protection society, cause i like it, but i still feel this isnt enough…
I cant erase picture in my mind of sad animal eyes from this movie…
Im ashamed being human being…

I dont know wot is going on in there heads but there sick.It sould be done to them see how they like it.It get me so mad to think someone could do something so bad .I have 2 dogs and i could never hurt them.

From the first link in Tony’s comment:

“…ethical treatment of animals is the foundation of fur farming.”
(sarcasm)

And to Jas on June 6 at 6:28 am: I guess you think all Americans should die because of the horrible things a few of them do, as well. Skinning millions of animals alive is awful, but I think the genocide of over a billion people is worse. I hope you don’t seriously believe what you wrote.

Learning about things like this makes it hard to sleep at night.
I just wanted to point out though, on your home page when you say, “Say the Chinese, ‘it’s easier to skin a live warm animal that’s convulsing in agony than a dead body’ ” that you are talking about a massive amount of people who do not all believe that.
I’m a Canadian citizen but I still consider myself part of “the Chinese”. But even if I were living in China, I wouldn’t be one of these so-called Chinese that would have this opinion. I think if you’re going to quote something, make sure your citations are correct (or at least more accurate) because you’re setting up a potentially racist situation (not to mention it makes the rest of your information seem less credible). Young people who look at this site might think its all “the Chinese” who think its ok to skin animals since it makes their efforts easier.

Just wanted to point that out. I am of course against fur whether the animal was alive at the time of its skinning or not. There is no doubt in my mind this act is inhumane and disgusting. That’s the only reason why I was hurt reading that people think its all Chinese people.

I told my neighbor about this and he stared at me opened mouthed for 5 minutes he was amazed. We all HATE china!!!!!!!! I told everyone I could and they were disgusted. GET THIS PETITION OUT BEFORE THE OLYMPICS!!!!!!!!

I cried when I found out about this as a animal lover I can’t imagine how anyone could do this, I have sent an email to everyone I know to ask them to sign the petition, become a member and don’t buy anything that looks, feels like or is fur. I will keep doing all I can to support this cause. This has deeply affected me and I know anyone that watches this will feel the same. Thank you for making me aware of this.

i cant believe this is happening TODAY its 2008! people know better ,, i wish Canada would stop trading with China, it makes me sick we are such influences, and i cried sooo mcuh during the video, yet i am happy i watched it as i was not aware of how HORRIBLE CHINA REALLY IS with all there animal torturing and babie killing … god they need to stop this nonsence IMEDIATLY!! fuck,

That is one of the most inhumane, horrific things I have EVER seen.

It disturbs me to the core. I feel sick that this is/was allowed to happen. And that anyone anywhere could perform such attrocities.

I do understand from traveling that many cultures do not know the latest research into animal behaviour, and that many do not yet know/recognize what ‘civilized society’ has learned about animal intelligence. Yet, this is no excuse to let ANY living thing suffer in such a way.

I don’t give these people enough credit that they could or would try to put themselves in the same position -to be skinned alive. They are likely uneducated and would otherwise be empoverished. But that is NO excuse to carry out such intolerable acts of cruelty. I may be lowering myself by saying this, but after watching that video, which appauls me. I can honestly say that I could watch a video of the perpetrators being skinned alive without sympathy.

I think any related products should be considered as illegal to be imported/exported/carried in stores. Much the same as it is illegal to buy/trade/sell endangered species.

I don’t know what else I could possibly say that could relate in any way my utter horrer and outrage at what I just saw.

This should be in all the media …and especially “60 Minutes” … right now before the Olympics. This is cruelty… beyond words

I too couldn’t bring myself to watch the video.
big uproar if a child is found dead or is living in poverty.
the people who do this crap need to be educated properly on how to treat animals with respect, and that they are not part of a fashion garment.
there is plenty of fake alernatives around, so good you can’t tell if it’s fake or real.
In reply to a earlier post , yes we eat meat , but it’s humanely slaughtered, not skinned alive then discard the carcas.
when a cow is slaughtered for meat , they just dont slaughter and leave the carcas. everything is used for a purpose.
There are ALOT of cruel people in the world , not all people in china are this barbaric and cruel.
people , contact celebrities in your myspace, facebook, etc. try and get them to post a bulletin and pass on the petition for their friends to sign ( only because they will have thousands of friends) we need all the support , everyone single one counts.
start a chain email , with a link to the petition and send to all of your friends.

only if SIR BOB GELDOF could make awarness for this cause like he did in band aid , THAT WOULD BE TOPS.
MAKE FUR HISTORY
THIS HAS GOT TO STOP NOW
SOMEONE HAS TO LISTEN

I first came across some of the video footage while visiting another website about greek animal cruelty. When I first saw it I was so upset I felt ill and couldn’t eat or sleep. I have a dog and he is so intelligent, loving and gentle with the children…. How anyone could inflict deliberate pain on an animal is just beyond my understanding! The suffering of these helpless animals is a crime against all human decency! I realise there is poverty in china, but surely there must be a better way of earning a living than skinning live animals, even killing them first would be a vast improvement. Does poverty dull the brain to all compassion? We are supposed to have compassion for people living in poverty, but these people show no compassion for any living thing.
China is now the new superpower and it is the pain of innocent animals that has helped get it there. WE MUST SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE CHINESE FUR TRADE AND STOP BUYING CHINESE PRODUCTS WHENEVER POSSIBLE UNTIL THE COUNTRY STOPS THIS DISGUSTING CRUELTY FROM GOING ON.

I want to go to China where this happens and tear up the place… but that wont really achieve anything. I think the best thing we can do is utilise the olympics to educate people about this.

The images & the video footage on this Website of the Cruelty towards Animals is so HORRIFIC, so HEART BREAKING, that my eyes swelled with tears within seconds of playing the video. ANIMALS are the most PRECIOUS, BEAUTIFUL, INNOCENT SOULS that GOD created & placed on this earth. Any human regardless of sex, race, ethnicity, age who inflict ANY form of HARM to any species of animal should be SLOWLY tortured, given the exact same abuse that he/she gave towards the animal, & PUT TO DEATH WITH EXTREME PAIN & SUFFERING!!! If even the slightest positive change can be made to stop this form of CRUELTY around the world, I stand by it with 100% support & encouragement.

I have a great deal of respect for the people of China ( and everywhere else!) and I imagine that 99% of them are horrified too -by this completely unnecessary cruelty. The people carrying it out are probably so ignorant that it doesn’t even occur to them that they are doing anything wrong. The ones who are doing it out of cruelty will face kama – if not in this life – then in future ones (perhaps as dogs themselves!)
I have not and will not watch your video – I think it unnecessary – in fact I think you are actually attracting ghouls and some very damaged people to visit your site by your presention ‘ – Come and see it LIVE!
As with all animal cruetly – educating young children to respect all living things is the answer in the long term.

i watched the video and it was really disgusting as an animal lover i am deeply upset and very angry. the people that do this need to be treated the same way i would like to help in any way i can .

they will be going to hell god will punish them

I was so sickened by what I learnt about the live skinning of cats and dogs in China for fur. I am determined to do something proactive about it. As an educator in a secondary high school, I am going to try to get the students involved in a fund raising capaign.

It astounds me that any human could carry out the live skinning of animals. I can’t believe that they can not see and hear the pain they cause and not be affected. We must speak up for those who can not have a voice! It is the ultimate in cowardly behaviour to torture an animal.

I totally disagree with Kelli, from a while ago about everything she said. I understand what she is talking about with the meat and eating and all that, but that is no excuse for what these people are doing to these poor, defenseless animals. Anyone who is involved with the skinning of live animals should burn in hell for all I care, and if you are going to say such things as animals were put here for us to use them, that is just rediculous. I can’t imagine what was going through your head when you wrote all of that stuff down because you know you were going to get major disagreements.
As a future vet myself, I am on the complete opposite end of the spectrum honey, cause what you said is just plain crazy. And this cause is just as important as feeding the hungry or finding a cure for cancer, there is time for all those things and they all need to stop of course, but this needs to be including in your lumpings of the other things we “should” be doing. Don’t separate this cause from other important ones, because it is important. VERY IMPORTANT!

I thank you very very much because of your great, exalted struggle about animals.
As I was watching the videos at the same time I felt the pain inside my heart and I cried and I cried… I could not believe my eyes, I did not want to believe.
How kind of a world I am living on? If these devils are a human what am I, if I am a human what are they? I always want to do something about animals, womens or children rights (or any injured creature)….joining a company and be active…
I wish I have a huge power to stop the chinese devils now. But I am able to pray the god only, keep on believing. I am living in İstanbul. If I am able to do much more than praying from İstanbul I will be grateful.

am so upset and disgusted by what i just witnessed, i didn’t watch the whole video, was too … don’t even think there is a word to describe what i just saw. .horrified.. doesn’t do it justice

I cannot even bare to watch that video as i know i will probably lay awake thinking about it tonight not being able to sleep.
These human beings are just vile…repugnant……. just disgusting people.
ANY person who thinks that any of this is in any way justifiable for money should be lobotomized.
I love animals more then i love people, my cat is my like best friend, she is absolutely a member of our family.
My heart goes out to ever single animal that has been hurt at all by humans. <3
I just try to remember that when they die they will be happy again in animal heaven.. <3 haha

Hello. I just read the letter that Jackie Caruso wrote to her representive in December 2007. (posted on this site) I’m interested to know what type of response Jackie recieved. I truly, truly, truly wish that the trade of real fur would just be illegal. But I realize that might not ever happen. What I wish MORE than ANYTHING is that if this continues and “has” to be done then these animals should live a normal life and not be caged and horrified their entire lives and they should be killed in a HUMANE way…. That is the ONLY way this should be allowed. ANYTHING that has feelings does not deserve to go through this. And, yes, we as humans are on the top of the food chain. More people should look at it this way though… “yes we are humans and we are more powerful than animals…. That means we should PROTECT them NOT harm them!!!!!!!!!!!”
I, continually, add animal activist groups/individuals as friends on myspace. Myspace is SO HUGE nowadays! I post facts that most people don’t know about “like the skinning of animals” on bulletins on myspace hoping that I will make more people aware of what goes on and that they might stop contributing to these horrible things.
I have found that every person I talk to, EVERY PERSON, agrees that there should be a law against the horrible ways animals are treated. I do not eat meat after learning what farm animals go through. And hardly none of my friends or family members are vegetarian nor do they plan on becoming one, but they do all agree that the way animals are treated is WRONG and something needs to be done. My point being… I think MOST people are willing to help get laws past even if the do in fact wear fur or eat meat… they AT LEAST agree there should be more humane conditions.
I am always open to learning what more I can do to help. And, like I said, I have many groups and indiviuals on my myspace page who are GREAT activist and have Great advice and info. I have my myspace url posted so if you want to add me I’d be happy to get to know you and, hopefully, we can give each other information about animals and how to help.
Hope to hear from you soon.

myspace.com/carly2001

Try to calm down, and not let your anger drive you by knowing.. and seeing this, is almost impossible. There’s a god, im pretty sure of that., and sooner or later he’ll make justice; but in the meantime.. what we should do is stand together as one and stop this horrifying tragedy, that (..is sad to say) is happening right about know while i’m typing this. Is disgusting how low can humans being go. We have to raise our voice up, but on a personal note, and apologyzing for my language: i’d love to hang those mother**** by the b***s and beat’em with a baseball bat to death!!. I know violence brings more violence, and if there’s something that we all have, opposite to them is sanity, because believe me, someone capable of doing this cruelty to poor little creatures, is no sane at all; is what separates us from them. But is so hard to contain the rage towards this …. “people” if they deserve to be called so. No racial issues implied i must say.

I am DISGUSTED about this. I am horrified, i cannot believe this is happening, it makes me want to cry. I HATE THESE PEOPLE, how bout we skin them alive, i cannot believe this, I don’t think I could bring myself to watch that video, I think I would have nightmares for weeks. How do those people sleep at night knowing what they have done. This makes me furious, i cannot believe, i cant put my frustration into words, i cant, its digusting and terrible

All I can say is that ANYONE who does that kind of thing is worse than an animal. I wish I could find the words to describe how I feel and the pain I feel on behalf of those animals. I had to stop watching after the first animal died because I wanted to be sick. I cried for hours. There is no reason in the world why any sane country would sanction this. I think anyone who doesn’t want to do something about this should be ashamed of themselves. I cannot believe that it actually exists. INHYUMANE, UNCARING, UNTHINKING AND HORRIFIC BASTARDS. I will not sleep tonight because of you

I learned of the cruel fur trade in China a couple of years ago, to my utter disbelief, shock and absolute horror. I could not sleep for weeks and became very depressed so much so that my doctor prescribed pills for me, I just cant stop thinking about all the terrified little cats and dogs and the sheer terror and torture that they are going through, right now, as I sit here in my comfy,safe home, with my cats purring on my lap and my darling dog, with his soft bed and toys everywhere, its so unfair, I cant bear it, I want to run down the road screaming, ‘ weve got to stop this’. I am very glad that you are doing something amazing to bring this atrocity to the worlds attention, thank you so much, we can stop this together. There are more animal lovers in the world than there are those cruel, evil, emotionless Chinese monsters.

I have just watched the video…unfortunately I could not watch it all as I was nearly physically sick…this is absolutely disgusting and in this day and age should not be allowed to go on!! What is wrong with these people..I am sorry but whoever could do this to another living creature, watch it suffer, is sick and is capable of anything!! What annoys me even more is that the Chinese and Japenese are responsible for so much cruelty to animals eg the bears for their gall bladders, tiger bones, fox farming, seal clubbing, whale hunting etc something should be done to stop them, they should not be allowed to get away with this!! It would not be allowed if it was humans they were doing it to so why should it be allowed just because its animals….

I have not watched the video’s nor do i need to watch the video’s, unfortunately i am only too aware of the horrors involved and don’t wish to remind myself. These acts of barbarism defy belief and are as sick as anything i have ever come across in my 37yrs on this planet. I am afraid i do not even have the words to describe my utter disgust. I do wish everyone success with this campaign from the bottom of my heart.

I watched a programme on channel 4 here in the UK just last evening on this very subject, I missed the first half hour..which i’m thankful for..and the few images that i did see will haunt me for the rest of my life…I used to have the greatest respect for the Chinese culture which fascinated me and China was one of the countries i would have loved to visit…NOT ANYMORE…I too will now be boycotting all Chinese produce. I’m sitting here with my beautiful little yorkie in my arms and i can’t stop kissing her looking into her big trusting eyes..i’m wishing i could hold those dogs in arms too and protect them from this torture…its breaking my heart.
I am a member of a huge worldwide dog forum..and you can be sure i will be spreading the word.
GOODLUCK TO YOU!!!!!

If i can be of any help here in the UK please don’t hesitate to contact me.

kindest regards, kerry.

I can’t believe what they are doing – that is very disturbing and I had to leave the site.
People that can harm any animal and to skin any animal alive they should be treated the same way – I don’t think fines are not large enough. It’s just disgusting

First of all i’d like to apologise for the language i am about to use!!!. The fucking sick bastards on that video made me want to smash my computer screen up, i was that angry. i’m not easily upset but that video made me cry, i couldn’t watch it all, those poor animals being ripped to shreds while alive and trying to fight back, had no fucking chance what-so-ever, they were gonna get murdered by those deranged, sick, don’t deserve to be called-human beings!! Why do these people think they can justify this kind of sick cruelty! they are extremely sick in the head and want just a finger at least skinning to see how those fucking poor innocent, defencelous animals actually feel!! And they weren’t just doing that sick enough act, but they were actually treading on their throats, strangling them, bashing their heads on the fucking floor, bashing them on head with god knows what else (and still alive i might add)!!! All this for fucking vanity, it wants to stop right now and the people involved want to get life inprisonment!!! If i was there watching that i’d have to do everything in my power to stop myself grabbing one of those knifes and chopping their sick hands off!!!!!!!!.

I saw a link posted to this nastiness on Facebook, and joined the group.

It’s barbaric animal cruelty, unsurpassed. The Chinese mentality needs investigation since I know of no-one that could do such a thing to a defenceless animal. It is simply incredible cruelty.

I don’t agree with dogs being eaten or animals bred for fur but if it is done, then FFS do it humanely. This is death by Neanderthal man and has no place in modern society.

As for China hosting the Olympics, far more countries should have shown support against this utter nastiness and pulled out.

Utterly shocked and trembling writing this. I will investigate further to see if I can do anything to help.

Kind regards

John Goodwin.

They will all BURN IN HELL

I am so horrifyed that people are actually doing this. I cannot even bring myself to watch the videos because I’m already near tears. This needs to stop.

we all as a family think it is disgusting and degrading to animals it should be banned from the world completly. we are glad we dont live in china we think if everyone knew what the fur was no-one would have the heart to by it! we will not be visiting china as it is a sick country!

Due to my love of dogs, I left the corporate world and started a dog walking business in Melbourne 2 and a half years ago. I now have 15 dog walkers on my books. This just goes to show the love and respect that (most) Australians have for their dogs. We need to somehow educate these other cultures, paricularly the Chinese, in relation to the benefits and rewards which can be gained by owning a beautiful, loving and faithful dog. Perhaps a group of us could get together here, who work in the dog/pet industry, and devise some sort of educational material (eg video, pamphlets, books). We could travel to China as a group and set about educating the civilians about caring for dogs, the benefits of owning a dog and how to care for a dog. It’s the public in general in China that need to be shown the benefits of owning a pet dog. They have been brainwashed throughout their upbringing to see dogs not as loving pets, but as food, fur, money and perhaps pests? The only way we can change their views on the value of owning a pet dog is to show them the benefits. But how do we show them? The only way I can think is to educate them from an early age. Perhaps visiting primary schools and taking puppies along to show the children that dogs are beautiful, loving, affectionate and loyal animals and must be treated as such. If anyone is interested in getting together and forming a group of people to start this education process, please contact me at : fiona@caninewalkers.info
We could raise the funds here for the trip and materials. The more people who join the group the better impact we will have on more children in China.
I look forward to hearing from anyone who would be interested in helping me to start up this group. I could not watch the video, and perhaps I should, but don’t feel the need to do so after reading what everyone else has written. I don’t need to see, feel or hear the agony these dogs are put through. I can imagine what it would be like to do this and that’s enough to spur me into action and do something about it ASAP. I will also be putting a link on my website to this site for any future dog lovers/clients to see.
Fiona

WOW THESE SICK DISGUSTING FUCKS WHO DO THIS AND FEEL NO REMORSE FOR BASICALLY TURNING THESE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS INSIDE OUT SHOULD BE SHOT DEAD, FUR IS FOR HEARTLESS AND CRUEL PEOPLE, OR PEOPLE WHO ARE COMPLETELY OBLIVIOUS AS TO WHATS REALLY GOING ON,

I WOULDN’T SKINNING A COUPLE OF THOSE SICK FUCKS WHO DO THIS AND SEE HOW THEY LIKE IT!!!

Comment cela existe !!! je suis très choquée, horrifiée, en colère . Jamais je n’aurais pu imagine une telle horreur. J’ai beaucoup de compassion et d’empathie pour tous les êtes qui souffrent mais j’ai aussi beaucoup de colère pour ceux qui sont responsable de cette souffrance. Ce mélange d’émotions est très dificille à gérer et je me sens bien petite et bien seule pour faice façe à l’horreur. J’ai besoin que toutes les personnes qui ont un coeur et des sentiments se manifestent a moi car ce monde me fait peur et me décourage .
Merci de vous manifester cela me donnera du courage pour croire que le bien peut l’emporter sur le mal

kaay, well i couldnt even watch 15 seconds of this, and when i exited i went to the petition and signed it.., went to my msn and told all my friends to go there and sign it.. and all of them did.. i think this is sooo freaking wrong. its not right you shouldnt be doing this… chirna just seams like its getting worse and worse, like olympics shouldnt of been there either.. you can see theyre polution from space, and like 70% of theyre fish are dead or contaninated by the water yet they still sell us it.. like it just pisses me off. and like i usally dont care about this shit but fuk animals shouldn be treated like thiss. like im 14 and i care so why cant anyone else. and honestly i dont know how people can just do that. its wrong.. i wouldnt be able to.. like hearing an inocent animal squeck in pain just saddens me.. like who the hell are you to do that…?

what can i say??? that footage is pure cruelty and that sort of thing should not happen.
It should be stopped forever and the people directly involved should be sent to jail at the very least.

I couldn’t watch the whole video! The first 5 sec was enough to make me feel angry and ashamed.

When can we start skinning Chinese people. Skin one or two for each animal they skin.

O my god …i nearly threw up and still sick…it reduced me to tears …i have never seen anything so barbaric in all my life and cant see what sort of human on this planet would think that that is right or acceptable…just cause they cant speak like humans….o my god …those people need to be put down…what sort of country would allow such a thing ….im digusted and have signed the petition and will get everyone i know to as well !

I found the video very sad to watch but I was working in China for 3 years and it is something that will never change there. I wish I could encourage you and tell you all this will help but it wont. they have 5000 years of history and culture and will not listen to us. The government treats their people worse than these animals and the world tries to help but are shut out. The average person in China does not see this dog killing and actually many people don’t eat dog like the world thinks but they have it for sale if you want. Has anybody actually looked up the exectuion of woman in China or the selling of orphans? maybe the focus should be on the poor innocent people who have no chance like the animals…. I love dogs but I bet 80 percent of the people on this site care more about the dogs of China than the actual people there

That is the sickest, most vile thing I have ever witnessed in my life. I’m struggling to write this through the tears. Those poor dogs. What did they ever do to anyone except give love. I defy even the most hard-hearted of people not to be moved to tears by that awful video.

i didnt even saw the videos.
i know the world is full of stupid, gold digging , evil people, who think they are God , that they have a right to decide about the destiny of poor animals.
im so angry, so speachless.. and also so so sad :/
i wish i could be there with a shotgun and shoot everybody who aloows himself to treat the weeker and the helpless with such cruelty.

im just heart broken .

I was unable to finish watching the video. It is difficult to believe, even after seeing it that this is real and that such horror would be explained as a matter of convenience. At first I felt like I was going to be sick, then I cried.

I keep thinking not just about the horrific acts I saw done to animals, but also about what participation in this must be doing to the workers.

Is it possible to practice these acts as a part of your workday and not destroy important portions of your humanity.

I watched the video footage for about 30sec and had to stop. I was so disgusted by the workers laughing at what they were doing.
It is scenes like these that prevent me from being a hands on helper to an organisation like this, because if I was an undercover camera man taking this footage, I think I would produce a nice big “crocodile dundee” style bowie knife and start skinning them alive and see how they like it!!! Either that or just pull out a gun and just shoot them. Am I wrong to feel like that??
I have signed on to help.
I believe we can “all” stop this from happening (by legal means)

Think one word springs to mind BARBARIC. Typical mentality of the Chinese, they practically eat anything with a pulse now they think it’s ok to skin live innocent animals for their fur?? What’s the matter with them are they mentally insane??? I’m outraged I couldn’t watch the video. I’m in tears at the mo; something needs to be done quickly. We can’t let this happen any longer. If anyone laid hands on my pets I’d punish them. I love animals and this is just unbelievably disgusting. They are sick individuals and I’m so angry this goes on. Maybe we should put those evil people through the excruciating pain barriers the poor animals go through. I’