The Truth Behind Angora Fur

Every year, stores stock their aisles with angora sweaters and accessories, but few people know exactly how this fur is obtained. As you can see in this undercover footage, factory-farm workers violently rip the fur right out of rabbits skin as they scream in pain. These gentle, sensitive animals are often in such extreme shock after having their fur yanked out that they may be unable to move inside their tiny, filthy cages. Finally, after enduring this cruelty about every three months for two to five years, their throats are slit and theyre skinned.

Rabbits who have their fur cut or sheared also suffer. During the cutting process, their front and back legs are tightly tethered, a terrifying experience for a prey animal, and the cutting tools invariably wound them as they struggle desperately to escape. About 90 percent of the worlds angora comes from China, where there are no penalties for animal abuse on rabbit farms and no standards that regulate the treatment of animals. In nature, these animals would spend their lives grazing, digging burrows, playing, and enjoying the company of other rabbits opportunities denied those raised and killed for angora.

You can help stop this cruelty. When youre buying a sweater, please read the label, and if it says angora, leave it on the rack. Thank you..