No one … absolutely NO ONE … says it’s “easier” to skin live animals than dead ones, except for animal rights activists. And there are absolutely zero films that “prove” the fur industry skins animals alive. This is a plain and simple fact because, quite aside from the inhumanity, only a total fool would try to harvest a fur in this way. Please re-read our post. Thank you.

Dear Alice,

The fact that this person has a racoon as a pet isn’t the point here or your business. You don’t know that person or the racoon. The fact that this is legal it’s also irrelevant since smoking weed is illegal too or collecting rain water or other ridiculous things. Wars are legal, dumping chemicals in ocean is legal and other horrors. Killing animals for fur shouldn’t happen at all. It’s much worse though if they are skinned alive. However you seem to be defending the fur dealers. But that’s your business.

And, anyway, nice cages that you show above to show how animals are treated “in a perfect way”.

Go tell your grandmother your horrific lies.

Caroline, I don’t know why we’re discussing blunt force trauma, and I don’t wish to sound like a smart ass, but I have repeatedly told my family my preferred way of dying would be to have a meteorite land on my head. This is blunt force trauma in the extreme. Seriously, there is a body of scientific research that indicates that blunt force trauma is THE most humane way to kill many animals, though it obviously works best on smaller animals with thinner skulls.

If you consider blunt force trauma humane, please don’t forget to tell your loved ones that that’s how you would like to go. There is no humane way to kill an animal who wants to live and deserves to live.

The Chinese are definitely good at finding ways to keep costs down, but I don’t understand how skinning an animal alive would help to reduce costs. Did you read the article? How would it be cost efficient to do something that takes longer and is dangerous for the staff? Can you explain? Or are you an IDIOT? (Your words!)

Hi Mm, by “killing them alive” I assume you mean “skinning them alive”. Even if you conveniently ignore the facts that skinning a live animal would ruin the pelt (with blood), would be dangerous to the operator (biting, scratching), and would be far more time-consuming than skinning a dead animal, please explain how, in your view, skinning an animal while it’s alive can possibly cut costs. It can’t.

We totally agree Reyaan. There is no justification, ever, for skinning a live animal. Thankfully it seems to be an extremely rare occurrence, and never happens in the fur trade.