LOOK HOW WE SUFFER BECAUSE OF YOU…

Inquiry into a breeding farm of Arctic Foxes (Vulpes lagopus,blue foxes) in the SHANXI province ( 陕西 )

21 November 2013, breeding farm for blue foxes in Nanwangcun, LINTONG (临潼)

Dumbstruck at the sight of its fellow animals massacred, a red fox stands in its cage, looking desperate

Not far away, its fellow foxes are massacred

A complete badger skin is on a wooden stake, the “breeders” are going to take off the fat:

Each winter animals like foxes are killed collectively. 21 November 2013, the breeding farm of blue foxes in Nanwangcun, LINTONG (临潼) bloody killing scenes can be seen everywhere. The tragic cries of the blue foxes, clubbed to death, frighten their fellow foxes in Death Row.

Several tens of thousands of blue foxes are killed in 2 weeks.

The Nanwangcun, LINTONG (临潼) breeding farm has existed for almost 10 years. It has 20 to 30 breeders plus more than 10.000 “fur” animals, such as foxes and badgers. Between the end of November and beginning of December, all are slaughtered except the “studs” During these killing days, even the air is full of the smell of blood.

During the 9 months between reproduction and slaughter, the blue foxes, which promise wealth to the villagers, cost approximately 300 yuans (36€) in upkeep per month.

This year the price fixed by the wholesalers coming from  HEBEI 河北  (see « the Fur you are wearing  http://urgence-animaux-de-chine.over- blog.com/article-les-fourrures-que-vous-portez-68388519.html )   is from 500 to 600 yuans per pelt (60 to 72 € ) the margin is not large, but the cost will be even greater if the time spent breeding is lengthened. So the slaughtering begins when the wholesalers arrive. In some places, up to 200 or 300 can be killed per day.

Not being equipped with slaughter houses, the massacre often takes place at the farm, under the trees, sometimes even next to the cages. Seeing their fellow foxes clubbed with sticks, the other foxes crouch trembling in their cages. All slaughtering and skinning takes place at the farm.

The fur wholesalers coming from the HEBEI province choose the blue foxes, the chosen are slaughtered on the spot.

Most of the foxes are clubbed to death.

A fox which doesn’t die immediately is violently stamped upon by the owner

The little boy remains calm at the scene of the slaughter.

How is it possible to kill in this way, animals that have been brought up since babies ?Old Wang, a breeder says he has invested so much in order to become rich, he can’t deal with anything else. Moreover, all the breeders do the same and for more than 10 years it has become the tradition.

Old Wang says that at first he couldn’t bring himself to kill (these animals) , he employed people to kill and skin at 10 yuans (1€20 ) per head. Later, in order to lower costs, he had no alternative but to grit his teeth (because of the cruelty ) “Now, even my grandson doesn’t cry anymore.”

The villagers think that the foxes are bred only to be killed, skinned and their pelts sold. If your heart can’t deal with it, then don’t do it. The breeders think that it’s “a luxury” to be spoken to about humanism, or ethics, because they’re not rich. And anyway, the fox breeding project is backed by the government. At the same time, in order to save money, the breeders don’t buy any more meat to feed the foxes. The foxes are fed with the flesh of the slaughtered.

During the slaughtering period the breeders’ houses are full of recently skinned

foxes’ pelts,

The( skins) pelts are hung up just next to cages of blue foxes:

Secret price negotiation between wholesalers and breeders.

After being checked by the wholesalers, the pelts are transported…

The fur industry is developing rapidly in China, the livestock are greater one than another. One of the main reasons: this industry is weakening daily in the developed countries due to the enormous pressure from environmental and ethic protection. To such a point that some countries only keep the reproduction know-how and sell the reproducing foxes to under-developed countries for breeding on a big scale…..

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