The agony of the Angora rabbit: sheared, plucked or skinned alive
Despite this, their pelts are being ‘harvested’ in massive amounts, causing extreme pain. Tied by the paws they are roughly sheared, plucked or skinned alive, whilst screaming out of fear and pain. Over ninety percent of the Angora wool and fur is produced in China, where there still is no law in place to protect even […]
Launch Fur Free China campaign 2013-2014
It’s that time again! In the build up to Chinese New Year (which is the peak season for the sales of fur) in January 2014, we have started and will intensify our Fur Free China campaign to tackle the growing fur business. ‘Bootcamp’ In the weekend of 2 and 3 November we held a workshop […]
Humane Education goes rural
We have collaborated in this project with the “Overseas Students Teaching Programme in rural China” and the student teachers were trained by us on our humane education course. Our staff and volunteers in China worked tirelessly to prepare for two weeks of teaching. They have been printing and sorting out 40,000 (!) copies of learning […]
Body art protest Hong Kong fur fair
While the Hong Kong Fur Federation is busy creating media buzz for the opening of the 2013 trade show, on the other side of the straits, = in the mainland city Shenzhen, volunteers from animal protection groups including ACT Asia for Animals (ACTAsia), China Loving Care for Animals Network (AAChina ), Shenzhen Cat (SZCAT) and […]
Fur Free China campaign 2012-2013
Starting with a strategy planning meeting in September, where we mobilised the most effective groups on the Fur Free campaign from previous years, more than 60 anti-fur awareness events have taken place across the country. Animal groups, college students and other volunteer groups from North to South China have staged events to raise awareness on […]