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August 8 – Opening Day of
Summer Olympics
Help Expose The Cruelty of
China’s Dog and Cat Fur Trade
IDA Demo in Chinatown,
Los Angeles
The Olympics should be a time of
celebration. The achievements of the athletes who have reached
China are magnificent. But for animals living in China,
especially the victims of the fur trade, we must raise our
voices.
 Please
join IDA on Friday August 8th, 2008 - the opening day of the
Beijing Olympics, to protest against the torture and abuse of
millions of animals on Chinese fur farms. China is one of the
world's largest suppliers of animal fur. More than 95 percent of
China's finished fur garments are exported for sale overseas,
and many of them go to North America. According to a PETA
investigation, dog and cat fur is often intentionally mislabeled
as "Asian jackal" or "rabbit" fur.
While fur farming is a cruel
practice anywhere, the animals slaughtered on Chinese farms
undergo horrible cruelty due to the lack of animal protection
laws. Millions of animals live their entire lives cramped in
wire cages before they are bludgeoned and skinned alive.
What You Can Do:
1. On Aug 8, contact the Chinese Embassy and tell them
to create and enforce meaningful animal protection laws.
Chinese Embassy in Washington DC
2201 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C. 20007
Tel: (202) 338-6688, (202)588-9760
Fax: (202) 588-9760
2. Demonstrate at a
Chinese Consulate near you:
http://www.visarite.com/chnConsulate.htm
3. If you live in the Los Angeles area,
attend a demo:
What:
Demonstration against China’s Fur Trade
When:
August 8, 11 AM – 1 PM
Where:
Corner of North Broadway and Cesar Chavez,
Chinatown, Los Angeles. Parking is available across the street
for $5.
IDA will supply all the signs and fliers – all you need to do is
show up and speak up! Help us educate the public about the
treatment of animals, particularly cats and dogs, in China’s fur
industry.
For further information, contact
Bill Dyer,
bill@idausa.org,
Phone, 310-301-7730.
More About China’s Fur
Industry:
 IDA
has vigorously protested the
Chinese fur
industry for many years
because of its cruelty. Video footage obtained by undercover
investigators has revealed dogs and cats being strangled and
electrocuted to death, and being skinned alive and remaining
conscious for up to 10 minutes afterwards. Only last year, China
passed the first animal welfare laws in its history, but these
do not apply to fur farms, so the extreme suffering of
fur-bearing animals continues -- unregulated and unabated.
It is estimated that
over 2 million dogs and cats are killed in China each year for
their fur.
Animal rights organizations are not the only groups reacting to
these atrocities; consumers and celebrities interested in animal
welfare have begun to take a stand as well. Former Beatle Paul
McCartney vowed in 2005 never to perform in China and to boycott
the upcoming Beijing Olympics after viewing a video taken at a
Chinese fur market.
For further information,
please go to
www.furkills.org
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