Where fur comes from

Approximately 85% of fur comes from China, where animals including cats and dogs are skinned alive. Please get the facts about fur.

Stop the slaughter of baby seals!

March 15, 2009--demonstration in midtown Manhattan near the office of the Canadian consulate. Demonstration co-sponsored by Friends of Animals and New York City Animal Rights Meetup.

Fur labeling and your right to know

Consumers have a right to know. Unfortunately, the fur industry is banking on your ignorance. And retailers including Bloomingdale's and Bergdorf Goodman are flouting the law. Get the facts about fur trim and deceptive fur labeling in this video from the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). An HSUS undercover investigation a few years ago demonstrated that major retailers were selling items trimmed in fur from the raccoon dog from China, a major exporter of fur destined for the United States and a place of horrific torture of fur-bearing animals. Raccoon dogs often are skinned alive.

Another day of fur haggery

Check out this matronly fur hag! She's wearing the whole fur farm! Draped head to toe in the skins of fur-bearing animals that were killed by the cruelest methods imaginable: being skinned alive, or anally and orally electrocuted, or having pesticide injected straight into their hearts. Even though this woman is short of stout and, dare I say "dumpy," this coat is about and getup represents many dozens of murdered animals.
December 20, 2008

Fur hags

Out and about: December 20, 2008
Ever notice this about those women who are draped in the skins of animals that were anally electrocuted or skinned alive: These dames are BIG and MEAN-LOOKING! Shaped like a refrigerator!
And, it's as if they took the face-lift money and sprang for a deeply psychotic look!

Zac Posen tortures animals

Zac Posen's bloody and torturous ways got some serious attention on Thursday night at Bryant Park. Passersby and fashionistas wannabes who were there for the show stopped to watch gruesome video of a dog being skinned alive for his fur. The crowd ebbed and flowed, and things picked up when the runway show was over and the attendees spilled out on the sidewalk. We were there to greet them with some reality about how fur is obtained.

A stunning finale to Fashion Week. It opened some people's eyes to the suffering of fur-bearing animals.
Photo courtesy of Santos, NYCAnimalRights.com