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Dear Aaaaaaa, Meyli is terrified. The floor in front of her is slick with the blood of dogs killed before her, and their bodies hang on hooks or soak in vats of water. The slaughterhouse reeks of death—and she and the other dogs in the holding pen are frantic to escape. Soon, a worker will reach into the pen, grab her, and bash her over the head with a wooden club. Her vision fading, she will struggle for a last gasp of breath even as her throat is slit. Meyli is no different from the loyal, loving dogs who share many of our homes—but she will never know the care and affection that she deserves. Instead, she'll be violently killed so that the skin peeled from her body can be turned into a belt or pair of gloves. What dogs like Meyli experience may seem like a scene from a gruesome horror movie, but it's just a glimpse of what's taking place in Chinese slaughterhouses. An employee at one facility told a PETA Asia investigator that a single operation can kill and skin as many as 200 dogs like Meyli each day. An investigator witnessed dogs' skin being turned into men's work gloves and other items that are exported from China and sold all around the world to unsuspecting consumers. And it's not just leather—dogs and cats sold at Chinese animal markets are being killed for their fur as well and sometimes even skinned alive. No animal should suffer for a pair of shoes, a wallet, or a bit of fur trim. Your donation today will bolster PETA's work to protect dogs, cats, and all animals from cruelty—even $5 can have a big impact. Dogs and cats are far from the only beings to endure immense pain and fear in the global skins trade. On Chinese fur farms, rabbits and other animals are confined to filthy, cramped cages until they are yanked out, bludgeoned, and skinned. Investigators documented that the hearts of some of them were still beating even after their fur was cut off. Countless animals, including minks and foxes, are also suffering on the fur farms that remain open throughout the United States, Europe, and elsewhere. Eyewitness footage from farms in Finland reveals the misery of arctic foxes who are selectively bred to grow unnaturally, dangerously large—all so that their pelts will be bigger and more profitable. Trapped in tiny cages, some are so overweight that their legs can't support their massive bodyweight. While sensitive animals languish in squalid, cramped cages on fur farms worldwide, those in the wild—including raccoons, coyotes, bobcats, and others—are barbarically killed by trappers so that their fur can be used for cruelly produced fashion. An animal caught in a steel-jaw trap will struggle, sometimes for hours, in excruciating pain as it cuts into his or her flesh—often down to the bone. Some animals, especially mothers who are desperate to get back to their young, may even attempt to chew off their own trapped limbs before succumbing to exhaustion, frostbite, or death. Thanks to compassionate supporters like you, we're making landmark progress toward a world in which animals aren't tormented and killed for their fur, skin, or feathers—or for any other reason. Prompted by PETA's groundbreaking exposés and attention-grabbing campaigns, more designers than ever are shunning fur, leather, and other animal-derived materials. Following a powerful PETA exposé that revealed that angora goats were being dragged, thrown, and mutilated, hundreds of retailers and brands—including Diane von Furstenberg, French Connection, and Lands' End—made the compassionate, business-savvy decision to ban mohair. And in the years since a PETA Asia investigation exposed the suffering of angora rabbits whose soft fur was ripped out in handfuls, PETA campaigns have reduced the angora industry to a shadow of its former self. Today, even luxury brands like Coach and Versace are realizing that consumers are rejecting vile fashion like never before, and they're dropping fur from their product lines as a result. We know our campaigns to shut down cruelty in the skins trade and other abusive industries are effective, and we need your support to keep our work for animals going strong in the year ahead. Please make your gift today! Thank you so much for your compassion and generosity. I am truly grateful that you're there for animals when your support is needed most. Kind regards, | |||||||||||||||
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A floor stained with dogs' blood
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