Raccoon Dogs Skinned Alive For Fake Ugg Boots

by Justin Fenner | 12:58 pm, October 4th, 2011

This is as good a reason not to buy counterfeit goods as we’ve ever seen. Some makers of fake Ugg boots are inhumanely skinning raccoon dogs for the fur needed to create an authentic looking shoe.

The Sun, the UK newspaper which brought us such scandals as Botox Mom and that video of John Galliano drunkenly saying “I love Hitler,” found a video of the animals being beaten, tortured and skinned alive for their fur. Raccoon dogs are cousins of jackals and foxes, which means their fur is soft enough to mimic the lambswool that goes into authentic Australian Uggs.

But that wool is a lot easier to come by than what happens to the raccoon dogs, which are literally abused to death in the pursuit of their fur. The Sun hasn’t posted the video, but it does have several screenshots of it, and describes its contents in detail:

One animal is shown being pinned to the ground by a boot before it is skinned alive and hurled on to a heap. It weakly raises its head despite having its skin and fur sliced off.

So far the only city in the United States to ban the sale of fur has been West Hollywood, California, so it’s entirely possible that if you or anyone you know has bought fake Uggs (or fuggs, as we call them here at Styleite), they’re made out of abused raccoon dogs.

While it’s understandable that many people are up in arms about this revelation, the best way to stop the abuse of these animals is to stop buying fake Uggs. If you’re in need of a pair, we suggest you save up for the real thing (or wait to catch them on sale!) instead of buying fake ones. You never know where they come from.

If you can stomach it, check out the brutality here.

[The Sun via Racked]

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Maliagriggs

this is awful…
lessthansavvy

a similar incident happened last year, when luxury department stores were called out for labeling raccoon dog fur as “faux fur” for the trimming on their products
Anonymous

I’m pretty shock to see women buying Uggs so quickly here in the midwest. The snow is usually so heavy and wet, it ends up ruining their Uggs or limits their lifespan to a season. At least their slippers are warm and comfy.
Skylinesandstar

to the editor: it’s that kind of fur in real uggs too. http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/225193/20111005/animal-rights-group-seek-ban-on-fur-trade-to-australia-sourced-from-racoon-dogs-in-china.htm
Anonymous

Of course the obvious options exist to veto buying ugg boots but as long as the customer believes he or she is buying the legitimate ugg boots such desires to cut consumption is thwarted. In essence the operators of these Chinese farms are operating under the inconvenience of difficulty of telling one thing apart from the fake. The next idea would be to ask the Chinese government to put a clamp on such a practice, but if one pays attention to Chinese human rights records one oughtn’t hold their breath when it comes to the abuse of some dog that’s literally skinned alive and thrown in a pile to die a slow putrid death. Then again let’s hope you the buyer are luxuriating in your new ugg boots, the blood letting some would argue came very dear….

http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2011/10/horrific-video-shows-skinning-of-still-alive-raccoon-dogs-for-fake-ugg-boots/
Pay your bills

Have you paid the photographer of that picture. Heard you haven’t.

Raccoon Dogs Skinned Alive For Fake Ugg Boots

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