The Fact: Fur ads you might see Comes from Gruesome Deaths of fur-bearing animals.The fur ads you might see in magazines and commercials portray fur coats as a symbol of elegance. But these ads fail to show how the original owners of these coats met their gruesome deaths.Millions of fur-bearing animals including foxes, raccoons, minks, coyotes, bobcats, lynxes, opossums, nutria, beavers, muskrats, otters, and others are killed each year on fur farms by anal and vaginal electrocution and in the wild by drowning,trapping, or beating.Gruesome deaths:1.Ranch-raised foxes are kept in cages only 2.5 feet square (minks in cages 1-foot-by-3-feet), with up to four animals per cage.2.Animals can languish in traps for days. Up to 1 out of every 4 trapped animals escapes by chewing off his or her own feet, only to die later from blood loss, fever, gangrene, or predation.3.Every year, thousands of dogs, cats, raptors, and other so-called “trash” animals (including endangered species like the bald eagle) are crippled or killed by traps.4.To kill the animals without damaging their fur, trappers usually strangle, beat, or stomp them to death. Animals on fur farms may be gassed, electrocuted, poisoned with strychnine, or have their necks snapped. These methods are not 100 percent effective and some animals “wake up” while being skinned.

Moral Progress:Although moral progress is occurring through banning fur farming in some countries, animal activists believe it is up to national governments to legislate on animal welfare.

“Superstars may try to convince their fans that rabbit-trimmed jackets are a must have, but consumers should realise that whether in the wild or raised and killed on fur farms, the products they purchase have been produced through prolonged, painful, and early deaths of animals“.