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Monday, May 23, 2005
You buy a furcoat, your sick.
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Jeez, I happened to see something. I'm glad, to announce, I will never in my life, buy a fur-coat.
Read part of this web-article.
The full article is avaiable at the bottom.
Each year approximately 10 million animals are trapped in the wild so that they can be skinned and turned into fur coats. The primary tools used by fur trappers to capture animals are the leghold trap, the body grip (Conibear) trap, and the wire snare.
Despite the fact that upwards of 74% of Americans oppose the use of the leghold trap, Congress has not yet banned its use. In fact, while the trap has been banned in 88 countries, only 8 states have passed legislation to prohibit leghold traps. This is despite volumes of documentation proving that leghold traps mutilate wild animals are non-selective in what they catch, and are a danger to peoples companion animals and children.
The leghold trap is composed of two metal jaws, powered by high strength springs, that slam shut on an animals' paw when triggered. The initial impact of the steel jaws causes injury, but the majority of damage is caused as the animal struggles to break free. Within the first 30 minutes of capture, a trapped animal can tear her flesh, rip tendons, break bones and even knock out teeth as she bites at the trap.
Before Sweden banned leghold traps, their government carried out a trapping campaign against foxes. Of the 645 foxes that were trapped, 514 were considered seriously injured. The trapped foxes had struggled desperately to get free and over 200 of them had knocked out teeth. The foxes had knocked out up to 18 teeth as they bit the traps in an effort to escape. Imagine the agony these animals feel...they have so much pain that they are willing to loose their teeth just to try to escape.
Some animals will even bite off their own limbs in a desperate attempt at freedom. The fact that an animal would severe her own limb shows how horrible the whole experience of being caught in a leghold trap really is. A study in Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge found that 27.6% of mink, 24% of raccoon, and 26% of trapped fox would actually bite their limbs off in hopes of surviving. Most probably died from blood loss, infection, and inability to hunt with an amputated limb.
This study was carried out over a 4 year period and involved many trappers with varying degrees of skill. Therefore, these percentages should be fairly indicative of what happens with the various species mentioned above.
Another study, conducted in 1980, found that 37% of raccoons mutilated themselves when caught in a leghold trap.
Now, please tell me. Would YOU be able to buy a fur coat?
http://www.mercyforanimals.org/fur_trapping.asp
Now, to accompany that sad sad news, i'm providing pictures of the day o.o; MORE BECAUSE I TOTALLY MISSED MY DEADLINE LAST TIME @_@
We all remember watching old school nickoleanean (SP HORRIBLY)
Which was called: Legends of the hidden temple? :) right?
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