15 figures showing how much animals suffer to satisfy the futile desires of man

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The fur industry is successful, behind the scenes is much less so. Tortured animals, raised in abominable living conditions, pollution… Do you really know what the creation of these trendy clothes that are famous for some luxury brands entails? The DGS presents you with 15 damning figures on an unfortunately flourishing market.

56 MILLION ANIMALS ARE SLAUGHTERED EACH YEAR FOR THEIR FUR

Each year, 56 million animals are slaughtered for their fur, a figure which has been increasing by 10% every year for the past 10 years, and which does not include individuals who are victims of illegal poaching. The animals most prized for their fur are mink, foxes and chinchillas.

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85% OF GLOBAL FUR PRODUCTION IS DONE ON “FUR FARMS”

85% of them are confined in cages all their lives, they must live in an extremely confined space, between 60 square centimeters and 1 square meter for the luckiest. These abominable living conditions place the animals in a permanent state of stress, many self-mutilate. The worst farms are in China, where some animals are mistreated and beaten, even skinned alive.

THE REMAINING 15% ARE HUNTED IN THE WILD WITH AWESOME TRAPS

Other animals coveted for their fur are caught in the wild. The traps used are absolutely awful, indeed they aim to immobilize the animal, in many cases without killing it directly. One of the most used tools, yet banned in 89 countries including France, is the jaw trap.

If an animal steps on it, the device closes violently on the member of the latter, it agonizes until the arrival of the trapper who finishes it off. In France, the traps used are supposed to reduce the suffering of the animal. Among them, the boxes with wild animals, the collars or even tools causing the drowning… It should be known all the same that these devices mainly target animals considered as pests, such as minks, raccoons, coypus or muskrats .

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FOR ONE TRAPPED ANIMAL, THE NUMBER OF COLLATERAL VICTIMS IS ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE AND TEN

These traps make no difference between animals . They can injure domestic animals, but also protected species such as the gray wolf, the lynx, or the bald eagle. These "accidental" victims are much more numerous than one might think: according to the Fourrure Torture association, for one trapped animal, between one and ten others are collateral victims of the traps, that is to say domestic or endangered animals.

TO MAKE ONE SINGLE FUR COAT, YOU MUST KILL MORE THAN 50 MINKS

Of course, the making of a garment does not involve the death of a single animal. Usually, you need to kill about 50 mink to make a coat. For this same accessory, you have to kill between 3 and 10 wolves, between 27 and 30 raccoons, or even between 12 and 15 lynx...

MINKS ARE RAISED FOR A PERIOD OF 7 TO 8 MONTHS BEFORE BEING SLAUGHTER

The mink raised on fur farms are slaughtered after 7 or 8 months. Depending on the country, the method of killing varies: gassing, electrocution, poisoning with chemicals… The skin is then removed from the carcass, before being washed and then dried.

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TO GET 1 KILO OF FUR, YOU MUST USE 563 KILOS OF FOOD

During its short life in breeding, a mink consumes about 50 kilos of food, a diet consisting mainly of chicken offal, fish, wheat and additives. You have to slaughter 11 animals to obtain 1 kilo of fur, which represents approximately 563 kg of food.

OUT OF 180 ANIMALS KILLED, THE FUR OF ONLY 42 OF THEM IS ACTUALLY USED

Even more maddening: out of 180 animals killed, the fur of 42 of them them is used. The others are considered simple waste and are thrown away.

IN FRANCE, APPROXIMATELY 200,000 MINKS GROW ON FUR FARMS

Although European countries such as the United Kingdom and Austria have banned fur farms, France continues to raise animals in very questionable living conditions. Even if it is forbidden to manufacture or sell dog or cat fur, there are around 200,000 mink distributed in about twenty farms, as well as 100,000 Orylag rabbits. Other countries, such as Denmark, Switzerland or the Netherlands, have much stricter legislation regarding the breeding of animals for their fur.

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IN FRANCE, 264 TONNES OF PHOSPHORUS ARE RELEASED INTO THE NATURE EACH YEAR, DUE TO MINK FARMING

THE environmental impact of fur production is totally disastrous. A mink produces about 88 kilos of excrement per year. In France, this represents 15,840 tonnes of slurry which releases 264 tonnes of phosphorus, but also a lot of nitrogen. In the water, these substances represent real dangers for marine animals. Phosphorus is one of the worst pollutants in aquatic ecosystems.

FUR IS ONE OF THE 5 MOST POLLUTING INDUSTRIES IN THE WORLD

The burning of animal carcasses is also extremely harmful to the environment. Many gases are thus released into the atmosphere: carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide, carbon dioxide… The fur and tannery industry is one of the top 5 most polluting in the world.

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THE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT OF FUR PRODUCTION IS 5 TIMES HIGHER THAN THAT OF WOOL

Wool production is very harmful to the environment. That of fur is much more so. The impact on global warming caused by the production of fur is 5 times greater than that of wool, a textile renowned for its particularly polluting manufacture. In question, emissions of nitrous oxide and mink manure.

PRODUCING A FUR COAT REQUIRES 20 TIMES MORE ENERGY THAN PRODUCING A SYNTHETIC COAT

Yet the fur industry certifies that its products are ecological, since they are biodegradable. But the skins used to make the clothes are tanned, a process that aims precisely to prevent it from biodegrading. Tanning is an extremely polluting practice. In fact, designing a fur coat requires 20 times more energy than producing a synthetic coat.

WORLDWIDE, THE FUR INDUSTRY REPRESENTS 40 BILLION EUROS IN TURNOVER PER YEAR

In recent years, the return of fur in fashion has boosted its turnover business, which for the period 2012-2013 amounted to 40 billion euros. A particularly juicy booty that seems much more important than a catastrophic environmental impact and the appalling suffering that the animals endure.

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TO MAKE ONE SINGLE HOOD, YOU HAVE TO SKIN 2 FOXES

We observe that the return of fur in fashion is happening in small touches : hoods or sleeves. Accessories that are probably less guilt-inducing than a long mink coat. But to make a hood, you have to skin two foxes, or two raccoons. Animals that are killed, most of the time, for this purpose.

To sum up, the fur industry is one of the most polluting in the world. Above all, she is the perfect demonstration of human cruelty and avarice. For the sole purpose of obtaining so-called fashionable clothes, some are ready to torture living beings, without any consideration, however small, for their well-being. If you are interested in the animal cause, do not hesitate to discover these 19 figures which will make you aware of the colossal consequences of the overproduction of meat.

Source: Numbers and the WorldByMathilde Rochefort, August 21, 2019 Mathilde Rochefort

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and when do we talk about livestock farming which kills 60 BILLION people a year not counting fish (between 700 and 2700 billion, hard to count) in a context where we know how to lead a vegetable diet while being healthy at any stage of life??

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