please write to try and put a stop to the dog fur trade in china

[polyphonic]

Please also write to the UK Trade Minister:

Rt Hon Ian McCartney MP
Minister of State for Trade, Investment and Foreign Affairs
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
King Charles Street
London SW1A 2AH

A sample letter is provided below - but Please try to write a letter in your own words (individually written letters tend to have more effect.)

Dear Mr McCartney,

Re: International Fur Trade - Domestic Dogs & Cats

I am writing to express my concern and outrage that nothing is being done in Britain to ban the importation of dog and cat fur. Import bans are in place in the USA, Australia, Italy, Denmark, France, Belguim and even Greece, a country not renowned for its animal welfare. Thus, existing scientific tests must have been used by these nations to identify furs of cat and dog.

In addition, I am dismayed that the Government backed the British Fur Trade Association’s labelling scheme, which is a voluntary code and therefore completely unacceptable. Fur products on sale throughout the UK continue to be traded without any labelling attached to them whatsoever. If the code is working then this should not be possible.

With no law in Britain banning the import of these cruel products and with no labelling laws, allowing manufacturers to use misleading terms to describe the product, or no labelling at all, the Government is sending a clear message to Asian exporters that such products are welcome in the UK which they are not.

I urge the government to bring our nation forward and in line with other civilized nations by introducing immediate legislation to ban the import of dog and cat fur. And to impose a mandatory labelling scheme that will require that all products are labelled with species and country of origin.

Yours sincerely

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It is important to also write to your MP asking them to call on the UK Trade Minister Ian McCartney - to demand an immediate national ban on the import of dog and cat fur and a compulsory labelling law. If your not sure who your MP is go to: http://www.faxyourmp.com - you can use this free service to send them a fax.

 

[Oneofthepack]

Will do. TBH I had no idea we hadn't already banned these imports. Frightened of upsetting them i'll bet!

 

[polyphonic]

thank you so much

 

[CAYLA]

Will do too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[milor]

the solution is simple folks - if no -one bought fur products then this vile trade would stop - all the time that some people think that fur looks better on them than on an animal then suppliers will continue to try and meet the demand irrespective of how many signatures may be on a petition ( although I do think we should all sign !

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Dogs are specifically farmed for the fur trade in China in much the same way that other fur species are in European countries - the arguement that it is wrong to kill dogs and cats for their fur is purely a western perspective - much of the far east has a much more pragmatic view of domestic animals and there remains a strong tradition in using them for food and other uses.


The plain fact is that the market for fur comes from the affluent west - if we banned ALL fur products then we would stop many species - not just cats and dogs - from a miserable existence and a pointless death.

 

[ru-fi-do]

I Did this last year but more than happy to do it again. Heather MCcartneys program really inspired(if thats the right word) to want to do something. It just upsets me so much whenever i thing of what happens and couldn't watch all of her program, but her website is very imformative http://www.heathermillsmccartney.com/index.php, please note that i have only posted her home page and there is a section for her dog and cat fur work as some of the images are disturbing.

Well done Flintus and anyone else who takes the tine to send these letters.