Post by Jurate on Jan 5, 2006 22:39:20 GMT 1
Hi
We had discusion in one of Lithuanian dogs forum, so I'd like to share it with You. Cause there are terrible things happening. So for the beginnig I will paste You one letter that one Lithuanian breeder have got:
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 11:14 PM
DawnWatch: China dog and cat fur farms, and McCartney boycott, in New York Times 11/29/05
Begin forwarded message:
From: DawnWatch news@dawnwatch.com
Date: November 29, 2005 5:14:37 PM EST
DawnWatch: China dog and cat fur farms, and McCartney boycott, in New York Times 11/29/05
A piece in the "Arts, Briefly" section of the Tuesday, November 29, New York Times, tells us that Paul McCartney will be boycotting China:
"McCartney to Avoid China
After viewing surreptitiously filmed images of dogs and cats in China being killed for their fur, Paul McCartney said he would never perform there and would boycott the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the BBC reported. The film, shot this summer by an undercover investigator connected to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, shows animals in cages being thrown from a bus, and into boiling water. "I wouldn't even dream of going over there to play, in the same way I wouldn't go to a country that supported apartheid," Sir Paul said. "This is just disgusting". "It's just against every rule of humanity". "I couldn't go there." A Chinese official said boycotts were not justified and blamed American and European consumers for buying the fur."
And of course the Chinese officials have a point.
If you have never seen the Chinese dog and cat fur video, please watch it at: www.petatv.com/tvpopup/Prefs.asp?video=jcruel_china_dog
It isn't fun to watch, but it would jump-start anybody out of apathy with regard to the fur trade, or away from the idea that wearing fur is a reasonable "personal choice" that animal advocates just happen not to make.
The PETA site also has footage of other fur bearing animals being bashed and stunned, but skinned while still conscious and struggling, at: www.petatv.com/tvpopup/Prefs.asp?video=fur_farm
And there is loads of information at: www.furisdead.com/feat/ ChineseFurFarms, including: "China supplies more than half of the finished fur garments imported for sale in the United States. Even if a fur garment's label says it was made in a European country, the animals were likely raised and slaughtered elsewhereossibly on an unregulated Chinese fur farm."
McCartney's stance and the Times piece on it provide a great opportunity for letters to the editor against fur as fashion. The New York Times takes letters at: letters@nytimes.com (@nytimes.com)
The wealth of fur ads in your local paper can also be used as a jump-off point for a letter to the editor, in which you might mention the horrendous footage you and McCartney have seen and the large percentage of fur that comes from China.
Don't hesitate to ask me for help if you have any trouble finding the correct address for a letter to your editor. And I am always happy to edit letters.
Always include your full name, address, and daytime phone number when sending a letter to the editor. Shorter letters are more likely to be published.
Yours and the animals',
Karen Dawn
(DawnWatch is an animal advocacy media watch that looks at animal issues in the media and facilitates one-click responses to the relevant media outlets. You can learn more about it, and sign up for alerts at www.DawnWatch.com. To unsubscribe, go to www.DawnWatch.com/unsubscribe.php. If you forward or reprint DawnWatch alerts, please do so unedited -- leave DawnWatch in the title and include this tag line.)
Few words about context :
In China, goverment passed a law that legalized to keep dogs, as the dog keeping was unlegal before. So that law opened the way for new business - dog and cat farms, where dogs are growing for meet and fur.
And that business is very profitable, it make much money - millions.
But taht's not enought that they're eating dogs now they'er looking for some dogs in other countrys.
I am talking about this as the same breeder as got the letter that I pasted before, few days ago got a call... One person from China wanted to buy one of her dogs, he was offering a lot of money, he said that there are man in Lithuania who will take care about all: imporing and other problems, and all waht she has to do is just to sell male pup and to take money.
And one other Lithuanian breeder got letter, I will paste it:
Hello,
We just lost our Afghan, he run out & doesnt come back home. Both of my wife & me are so sad & we are looking for another Afghan Hounds puppies. We prefer the blonde color male in show quality. I am a Taiwanese but I am now working in Shanghai China. So, have to arrange shipping to here. Please let us know if you have one for us.
Best regards
Allen
The whole problem is that China agents are looking for stud dogs of various breeds for their meet farms... For breeding...
Who knows in what dish dog comes after he does his job...
That's disgusting...
We had discusion in one of Lithuanian dogs forum, so I'd like to share it with You. Cause there are terrible things happening. So for the beginnig I will paste You one letter that one Lithuanian breeder have got:
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 11:14 PM
DawnWatch: China dog and cat fur farms, and McCartney boycott, in New York Times 11/29/05
Begin forwarded message:
From: DawnWatch news@dawnwatch.com
Date: November 29, 2005 5:14:37 PM EST
DawnWatch: China dog and cat fur farms, and McCartney boycott, in New York Times 11/29/05
A piece in the "Arts, Briefly" section of the Tuesday, November 29, New York Times, tells us that Paul McCartney will be boycotting China:
"McCartney to Avoid China
After viewing surreptitiously filmed images of dogs and cats in China being killed for their fur, Paul McCartney said he would never perform there and would boycott the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the BBC reported. The film, shot this summer by an undercover investigator connected to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, shows animals in cages being thrown from a bus, and into boiling water. "I wouldn't even dream of going over there to play, in the same way I wouldn't go to a country that supported apartheid," Sir Paul said. "This is just disgusting". "It's just against every rule of humanity". "I couldn't go there." A Chinese official said boycotts were not justified and blamed American and European consumers for buying the fur."
And of course the Chinese officials have a point.
If you have never seen the Chinese dog and cat fur video, please watch it at: www.petatv.com/tvpopup/Prefs.asp?video=jcruel_china_dog
It isn't fun to watch, but it would jump-start anybody out of apathy with regard to the fur trade, or away from the idea that wearing fur is a reasonable "personal choice" that animal advocates just happen not to make.
The PETA site also has footage of other fur bearing animals being bashed and stunned, but skinned while still conscious and struggling, at: www.petatv.com/tvpopup/Prefs.asp?video=fur_farm
And there is loads of information at: www.furisdead.com/feat/ ChineseFurFarms, including: "China supplies more than half of the finished fur garments imported for sale in the United States. Even if a fur garment's label says it was made in a European country, the animals were likely raised and slaughtered elsewhereossibly on an unregulated Chinese fur farm."
McCartney's stance and the Times piece on it provide a great opportunity for letters to the editor against fur as fashion. The New York Times takes letters at: letters@nytimes.com (@nytimes.com)
The wealth of fur ads in your local paper can also be used as a jump-off point for a letter to the editor, in which you might mention the horrendous footage you and McCartney have seen and the large percentage of fur that comes from China.
Don't hesitate to ask me for help if you have any trouble finding the correct address for a letter to your editor. And I am always happy to edit letters.
Always include your full name, address, and daytime phone number when sending a letter to the editor. Shorter letters are more likely to be published.
Yours and the animals',
Karen Dawn
(DawnWatch is an animal advocacy media watch that looks at animal issues in the media and facilitates one-click responses to the relevant media outlets. You can learn more about it, and sign up for alerts at www.DawnWatch.com. To unsubscribe, go to www.DawnWatch.com/unsubscribe.php. If you forward or reprint DawnWatch alerts, please do so unedited -- leave DawnWatch in the title and include this tag line.)
Few words about context :
In China, goverment passed a law that legalized to keep dogs, as the dog keeping was unlegal before. So that law opened the way for new business - dog and cat farms, where dogs are growing for meet and fur.
And that business is very profitable, it make much money - millions.
But taht's not enought that they're eating dogs now they'er looking for some dogs in other countrys.
I am talking about this as the same breeder as got the letter that I pasted before, few days ago got a call... One person from China wanted to buy one of her dogs, he was offering a lot of money, he said that there are man in Lithuania who will take care about all: imporing and other problems, and all waht she has to do is just to sell male pup and to take money.
And one other Lithuanian breeder got letter, I will paste it:
Hello,
We just lost our Afghan, he run out & doesnt come back home. Both of my wife & me are so sad & we are looking for another Afghan Hounds puppies. We prefer the blonde color male in show quality. I am a Taiwanese but I am now working in Shanghai China. So, have to arrange shipping to here. Please let us know if you have one for us.
Best regards
Allen
The whole problem is that China agents are looking for stud dogs of various breeds for their meet farms... For breeding...
Who knows in what dish dog comes after he does his job...
That's disgusting...
