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ANIMALS USED IN CLOTHING

Buying clothes and accessories that are made from animals directly supports cruelty.

Fur used to make clothing and trinkets usually comes from fur farms where thousands of foxes, minks and raccoon dogs and other animals are crammed into small wire mesh cages for their whole lives. These caged wild animals often become so frustrated that they end up self-mutilating, biting off their own limbs and tails. Dogs, cats and rabbits are also farmed for their fur in appalling conditions. Animals killed for their fur are often electrocuted or beaten to death so as not to damage the pelts. Many are still alive and conscious when they are skinned.

Millions of sheep perish from shearing operations because their wool is removed before the weather has warmed up, primarily for business reasons. Wool is cut with sharp shears at speeds that inevitably take apart noses, ears and other parts of the animal and practically all sheep are injured in one way or another.

The leather industry also supports the cruel factory farms and the misery of the slaughterhouse. Almost all the animals that end up as belts and shoes suffer intensive confinement, crowding, branding, castration, tail-docking, de-horning and cruel treatment during transportation and slaughter.

List of web resources:
Fur: http://furisdead.com
Leather: http://cowsarecool.com
Wool: http://savethesheep.com

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