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Title: Herbey City Fur Market
Photographer: B K Zang
Web site: Korea Animal Rights Advocates   Email: Contact form
These photos were taken by Korea Animal Rights member B K Zang when on a business trip visiting China's Herbey City, which is one of the largest fur markets in China. He took the photos in October 2007.

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Here are racoon dog pelts, animals that are the subject of the appalling videos about China's brutal fur industry.

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The animals endured wretched lives in small cages and were swung head into the ground. This is supposed to kill them but sometimes they are only stunned. Then they are skinned, often while still conscious, even fighting against their killer.

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Every pelt is from an animal who should not have died for the sake of trivial fashion vanities.

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Pelts are nailed inside-out to boards to stretch and dry.

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The offering for the fur trade is starkly illustrated by rows of countless animal skins drying in the sun.

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