Huang Yanjie
On the policy level, China’s first animal welfare guidelines were released on November 11, which stipulated evaluation principles and methods for animal and fur farms.
Huang said that the government made a similar guideline before, but it lacked any punishment or enforcement mechanisms. “Also, it’s important to educate farmers and guide them.”
To motivate farmers, different appraisals are being enacted. One appraisal is to choose international models for fur farms. Chinese fur farm owners were invited to visit countries like Denmark, Finland, Canada and the US to learn from and communicate with their foreign peers.
To satisfy customers’ demand for transparency, model f also pushing forward based on the type used counterparts.
But Guo Li, spokes (People for the Ethical mals) in China, said th has nothing to do with
Guo believes that a small spaces their ent mental and physical d ten eat their own limb against the cage. Som their own babies right he said.
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Who is right?
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Guo said that it is i abuse in the fur and le also cruel to kill anim or electric shock.”
He said that, as the younger generations t dergone fundamental years, people no longe mals as cool or fashio of consumers should mated,” he added.
Guo’s team propos of all fur as fashion an Chinese people to resi pelts and hides in thei
Some animal right wearing animal-shape scarlet to symbolize an are ripped off. Others sculptures of animals needles injected in the torture in the trade.
Huang hopes that t activists “don’t make u dards to bring other p pressure.”
“I think most peop abusing animals. But industry, it’s a way for ing. Most Chinese fur economically backwar is hard,” he added.
But consumer resis fect worldwide.
Huang emphasized sumers have the right decision and animal r the right to express th shouldn’t place these o
Director of China Leather Association