Welcome to Email News: A rabbit's piercing scream

Dear Aaaaaaa,

Screams pierce the air.

Once every three months or so, workers on Chinese angora farms tightly tether the feet of terrified rabbits and hang them in the air or stretch them across wooden boards. The rabbits cry out in fear and agony as workers tear out their long, soft fur.

The stress is so overwhelming that some have heart attacks. Others endure the misery over and over again. When their fur production begins to wane, they're killed and their broken bodies are sold for meat.

PETA is stopping the demand for angora—and today, you can make a gift that will double in impact to keep our work for rabbits and other animals going strong.

Please make your gift to the "Save Our Skins" Matching-Gift Challenge before the June 30 deadline. Every dollar will be matched, up to our $250,000 goal!

PETA Asia's exposé of angora farms in China reverberated across the fashion world. Tens of thousands of kind people have spoken out in protest, helping us push hundreds of major fashion companies to ban angora from their lines.

And those who abuse these gentle, vulnerable animals for their fur are taking a serious hit as a result. In just five years, Chinese exports of angora dropped from $23 million to a little more than $4 million. That's phenomenal progress—and as demand for angora is dwindling, countless rabbits are being spared the horrors of life on an angora farm. But this couldn't have happened without the commitment and generosity of PETA donors.

Please, make your gift to the "Save Our Skins" challenge today—your support will go twice as far toward helping PETA secure more victories for animals who are abused for their fur, skin, and feathers.