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Parker coat as a trim around the hood.

"Consumers apparently like the new look of fur; they are buying it in increasing numbers. For the past four years, since global retail figures have been collated, there has been consistent year-on year growth this year reaching a value of US$11.7 billion worldwide." (British fur)

The fur industry is a big chain of companies that either trap or breed animals for their furs. These animals include foxes, raccoon dogs, deer, racoons and minks. Shocking headlines such as Dying for Fashion' (care for the wild) have hit the news with a great impact among global animal lovers. After a year long investigation by Care For The Wild International (care for the wild) into Chinese fur farms, the true horrors of the treatment towards helpless animals was finally uncovered.

The author of the article on the Care for the wild website writes;

"China is the world's biggest fur trade production and processing base in the world. Most of this fur originates from captive animals, including red and arctic foxes, raccoon dogs, mink, and rabbits. China is also a country without any legal provisions for animal welfare and a correspondingly poor track record. Last year, CFTWI teamed up with colleagues from Switzerland and Taiwan to examine the situation on the ground. What we found was shocking. Our investigators uncovered unimaginable acts of systematic brutality and animal cruelty on a colossal scale." (Care for the wild). Video footage from PETA shows a worker on the farm repeatedly beating a raccoon dog around the head with a bat before picking it up and swinging it head first into the floor, the worker then proceeded to hang up the defenceless animal and start skinning it whilst it was still alive. After being skinned, the animal is then thrown into a box full of other carcasses still alive and crying out in pain. The despicable ways in which these animals are treated are absolutely barbaric therefore companies such as Care For The Wild and PETA (People for the ethical treatment of animals), are working hard towards preventing this horrifying behaviour.

During the years of 2004 and 2005, an investigation took place into fur farms in the Hebei Province region of China. It was discovered that each farm held approximately 50 to 6000 caged animals. China is the worlds' largest exporter for fur and with no legal barriers against animal welfare, it is hardly surprising. Fur farming is banned in the UK, but yet London is still the "World Centre" for buyers

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