The Bloody Fur Trade

According to Statistics Canada, more than
two million animals are killed each year by the
Canadian fur industry. This figure does not
take into account the estimated 9 million
"trash" animals, including dogs, cats, birds and
even endangered species, that are caught in
the traps each year and then discarded
because they have no economic value.

Approximately 1 million of these animals,
including minks, foxes and ferrets, are factory
farmed under horrific conditions. They are kept
in tiny, filthy cages, and are denied the most
basic of care. These animals are killed by anal
electrocution, gassing, neck-breaking and
lethal injection.

The other 1 million are caught in cruel traps, including the leghold traps, conibear
traps, snares and the drowning trap. These animals are left, often for hours or days,
with no food, water or shelter, in extreme temperatures. One in four animals will chew
off their own limbs to escape, and will go on to die of gangrene or other secondary
infections. When the trapper finally comes to collect the animals, they stomp or beat
them to death to avoid damaging the pelt.

The fur industry would like us to believe that fur is once again fashionable. But the
reality is that the only way they can convince people to wear their product is by
disguising its bloody origins. And no matter how much they shave it, dye it, or weave
it, fur is still the product of a tortured and slaughtered animal.

To sell this cruel product, the heavily subsidized Fur Council of Canada uses
taxpayers dollars to present misleading arguments. Please take a moment to learn the
true facts of the fur trade.