Boycott Of Rabbit Hair In Angola Is Boycotted

Yesterday, for the Chinese animal husbandry association, "Angola rabbit" Rabbit hair pulled alive "It's just an individual phenomenon," the Asian PETA said in a statement that Angola's rabbit hair is not a "case". Reporter investigation found that live rabbit hair in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places still exist, and some farms are still promoting this technology.

　　 Trade Association "Guidance for hair removal" article is omission in auditing.

Recently, peta Asia released a video of 3 minutes and 48 seconds on the Internet. It shows that in the Angola rabbit farm in China, workers used hair removal in vivo to collect rabbit hair. Since then, a number of well-known clothing brands abroad have said they will suspend production of Angola rabbit hair products, while some domestic Angola rabbit farmers say that sales of rabbit hair have therefore been cut.

On the day before yesterday, the rabbit Association of China Animal Husbandry Association said that after investigating the main breeding areas in Shandong, Zhejiang and other places in the main breeding area of the national long hair rabbit, the association found that the so-called "Mao Mao" picking method on the Internet is only an extreme misconduct of individual farmers, and it is not representative.

In response to this statement by the animal husbandry association of China, the Asian PETA issued a statement yesterday that it was not a case in Angola.

PETA Asia spokeswoman Wen Wen said that pulling rabbit hair alive is the practice advocated by the Chinese animal husbandry association itself. "In a August 12, 2012 article" measures to improve the wool yield of wool rabbit ", the association instruct farmers to completely remove the hair of the rabbit except the hair of the head, tail and feet. Wen Wen pointed out that a local media in Sichuan has also pointed out that "live pulling" is a method advocated and supported by the local government and the industry.

Mr. Jie, Deputy Secretary General of the rabbit branch of China Animal Husbandry Association, said that the concept of living rabbit hair is very old, and this technology is basically eliminated. "On the platform of our website, such an article should be the omission of webmasters in auditing, but this method has long been out of the mainstream."

　　 Promotion of rabbit hair removal technology in some farms

Yesterday, the reporter called Jiangsu Angola Dafeng small town, a rabbit farmer. Mr. Pan introduced the company's original shipment volume of about one or two tons a month, generally sold to Wenzhou to make fur clothing such as shawl coat, a ton of wool 500 thousand. "Now the proportion of hand drawn is small. If you buy it, you need to make a reservation." Pan manager introduced.

The reporter once again telephoned a farm in Xixi Township, Yongjia County, Wenzhou, Zhejiang. This farm has been appraised as the leading enterprise and demonstration base of cities and counties for many times, providing perennial rabbit and rabbit hair all the year round.

Mr. Li, a leader of the company, said that the rabbit, which has been raising for more than ten years, began to cut its hair. Now it is all directly plucked. Mr. Li said that his farm is the largest in Yongjia County of Wenzhou, and the best technology for "living body plucking".

On the website of the company, "how to make rabbit hair out of long hair rabbit" mentioned in the article that every rabbit can stir up dexamethasone and other drugs through feed for 10 hours before pulling out the hair, which can reduce the pulling force needed when pulling hair and reduce the pain of rabbits.

Mr. Jie, Deputy Secretary General of the rabbit industry branch of the China Animal Husbandry Association, said earlier that the way of pulling hair would stimulate rabbit skin, and then grow a rough coat with a higher purchase price.

"The hair can be sold to more than 200 yuan a kilogram, cut 100 yuan a kilogram of hair is not necessarily someone bought," Mr. Li said, "do not pull hair do not make money."

　　 Reveal secrets

　　 Visit ten farmers to shoot Mao Mao videos

The video of Angola rabbit's hair pulling was completed by the Peta Asia investigators from June 2013 to the end of September, which lasted for more than 3 months. According to investigators, they visited 10 farms in Shandong, Jining, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Dafeng and Xinghua.

The smallest farms are hundreds of Angola rabbits, and the largest one is about 10 thousand.

"The investigation has taken several hours of video recording, but many of them are walls and ground. It is difficult to make sure that the camera can always aim at what is wanted," the investigator said. At last, he reduced the trivial scenes and picked out some shots, which was the 3 minute 48 seconds video circulated online.

For the supply chain of Angola rabbit hair, the surveyor introduced that farmers usually sell to processing plants, processed wool to distributors (wholesalers), and then they are sold or sold abroad in China, "so large retailers can not guarantee that their suppliers do not adopt the method of pulling rabbit hair alive." He said.

The investigator did not see the rabbit die in the process of pulling out the hair, but he heard a farmer say that nearly 60% of the rabbits were killed in two to two years.

Even if shaving and shearing, rabbits need to suffer. The investigator said that during shaving and shearing, they tied the rabbit's front and back legs with a rope, stretched the rabbit's body on the board, and some even hung dangling. When the rabbit struggles vigorously and struggles, it will also be injured by the sharp shaving and shearing tools.

　 Dialogue

　　 "Not targeting any country, just to protect animals".

Reporter: How did you know that there was Angola rabbit's plucking in vivo?

PETA Asia: I haven't received any clues, nor have I thought of such a thing. PETA often does some investigation and investigation of animal welfare and animal rights and interests, and looks at the animal farms to see the survival conditions of animals. So it just starts to want to see how the domestic Angola rabbits are cultured, and we are shocked to find the living rabbit hair.

Reporter: after visiting ten farmers, will the video be released?

PETA Asia: some people questioned whether it was just a few of the live people that we visited, but later we searched online and found that the local government or industry were promoting this technology of living hair removal. Moreover, the price of wool is higher, and it grows thicker and more conducive to economic interests. So farmers will maximize profits.

Moreover, it is difficult to visit in a wider range or even nationwide. Many farms can't get in and visit. It also requires a lot of money and a long time to visit.

Reporter: some people say that you are letting big brand clothing boycott rabbit hair imported from China.

PETA Asia: our survey is not targeted at any country, for example, we have exposed fur farms in Europe, factory farms in the United States, Indonesia's cat feces coffee farms, etc. What we care about is protecting animal rights and exposing all animal cruelty. If an industry suffers from cruelty to animals, consumers who know the truth will naturally make wise decisions.

　　 Many families Fashion brand Boycott Angola rabbit hair

The brand of boycott rabbit hair in Angola has been increasing. Following Topshop, Esprit and IC companys, marks and Spencer, ASOs and next joined the h&m camp in Britain. The reason is that the video released by the British organization for the good of animals (PETA) showed that a rabbit farm in China was able to pull out rabbit hair.

PETA disclosed that some farms in China used bloody methods to get Angola rabbit hair that was longer and better than normal shearing. H&m said for the first time that the company only purchased rabbit hair from farms where regular inspections and animal welfare laws were observed. But the clothing giant finally followed other Swedish brands lindex, Gina tricot and MQ to announce the boycott of Angola rabbit hair.

Internationally, Topshop, Esprit and IC companys, as well as Stella McCartney, whistles and Calvin Klein and other brands have expressed the same attitude.

The US gap did not respond to it and blamed it. Zara's Facebook website has also been criticized by many consumers who refuse to comment.

Nearly 90% of Angola's rabbit hair is produced in China. There are about 50 million Angola rabbits in China. One kilogram of Angola rabbit hair is valued at about 26 to 33 euros, while China's output exceeds 4000 tons.