Baby Mink from a Google AdWords Partner Fur Farm in China

[SuperJellyBean4]

thankyou!

[ArtSemiotastic]

"You should never buy mink" - Jack Osbourne, season 2

[budhorse4]

I love curling up with my fox on cold nights! He came from a farm in Idaho. I did my research before I bought him to make sure he had a good life. Fur farming is like the meat industry, it is not going to go away any time soon.

[ska213]

@dresdin wtf ru smokin' ppl dint wear fur coats in caves

[Teamwolf7777]

Poor little one.

[RevaqOfTheLight]

After PETA's video how the minks, wolfs get skinned.. I am starting to be against fur & leather.. Wow, and i remember that i had a pair of boots made of leather..Made me sad.

[FurIsEvil]

@RevaqOfTheLight I'm glad to hear this! I feel much better without any animal products in my life.

[dresdenkid]

i wish our ancestors didnt use fur way back when and froze their rear ends off and then these animals wouldnt have to go throught this torture...... lol animals dont have that bad ppl just need to grow up and get use to it and stop trying to change the world

[sideord]

@RevaqOfTheLight Don't be ignorant- these "activists" only show the worst case sceerios. Fur farming cannot be profitable when the animals are not well taken care off. Most farmers take a great deal of pride in having a healthy herd!

[GANGARENE]

@sideord What absolute bullshit propoganda...."Most farmers" oh that gave me a laugh...how the fuck would you know? You been to China or Finland recently and observed this "Pride?" Listen up idiot....much of this fur is stripped from a live animal to be sewn onto the hoods, collars and cuffs of cheap shitty jackets sold all over the world....they don't give a fuck about animal welfare...get a grip...there's none so blind as those who will not see.....

[sideord]

@GANGARENE Interesting you pick out countries that PETA has shown videos about.....I would know by the way and THEY ARE NOT SKINNED ALIVE!!!!!! Not in North America anyway. Not sure how mature your name calling is, however, maybe you better investigate both sides of fur farming, and by that I mean the majority of fur farmers, not the ones used in activist videos.

[GANGARENE]

@sideord - I have seen enough evidence online...of fur farms all over the world...not just via PETA but many other animal welfare organisations....okay so mink are not skinned alive in North America...whoopy doopy...all minks that are skinned for human arseholes to wear should move to North America...they get a better deal there eh?....yeah raised in a wire cage your whole life until executed because some fuckwit prizes your skin more than your life....oh pleeeeeeaaaase give it a rest...

[ItachiSanslover]

@GANGARENE Not to mention that the rest of the body gets put into your beloved pet's food so it can survive. That mink also ate all those scraps from the meat and fishing industries. It's called recycling.

[ItachiSanslover]

@RevaqOfTheLight Wolfaboo. Wolves aren't farmed for fur. They're hunted in the wild.

[64tantrum]

mink dont have souls

[kizzyizzle64]

im all for capitalism and i dont believe animals have all rights over human beings but the extremes just piss me off...it is UN-HUMAN to cause an animal to suffer...just because we are highest on the food chain doesnt give us the right to forget the suffering of other species, and i think we will be judged by GOD for our mistreatments of His creations, not for eating or wearing them...people who treat animals in this way have no heart, all because the price of carbon dioxide is too hefty?

[LwillStrip4Cake]

@kizzyizzle64

Animals can't have exactly the same rights as humans, as they are not as intelligent and cannot coexist in a human society, but basic rights such as the right to LIVE and not be abused, tortured and killed is common sense. Humans don't need meat or fur. If you pay for any of that, you deny the very thing that makes you human: Ethics.

[smileygriller]

whats the harm with fur if the animal is killed humanely? anyone care to protest humanely killing animals for their fur?

[FurIsEvil]

There is no way to *kill* a sentient being humanely, because there is nothing "humane" about killing something for profit. If you spoke of a human being being killed (against his or her will) for profit, few newspaper editors would even think of calling it "humane."

[smileygriller]

@FurIsEvil ah, you are narrowminded. there is nothing wrong with using the bounty god gave us, and using it well. do you consider a quick, painless death animal abuse also?

[FurIsEvil]

@smileygriller Well, at least I'm glad your open-minded enough to discuss the issue. Thanks for that.

I don't believe god (or God) gave us any bounty, as I don't believe in any supreme deity and certainly not the temperamental fellow in the bible.

I do however admire the teaching of Jesus a lot, which is where I learned about compassion.

[FurIsEvil]

@smileygriller Well, at least I'm glad your open-minded enough to discuss the issue. Thanks for that.

I don't believe god (or God) gave us any bounty, as I don't believe in any supreme deity and certainly not the temperamental fellow in the bible.

I do however admire the teaching of Jesus a lot, which is where I learned about compassion.

[smileygriller]

@FurIsEvil hmm... well bounty or no bounty-- people like us say animals should be allowed to heed their instincts. run. mate. raise litters. hunt. etc... what about humans? animals can kill animals, and so can people... frankly, people are even nicer about it than wild predators. wolves actually gut and eat moose alive from the back to the front. ow. hehe... i happen to be fascinated with fur... and i plan on surrounding myself with it. lucky for the critters i prefer yards to cages

[LwillStrip4Cake]

@smileygriller "God" gave us no bounty. Animals are just as alive as we are.

What is wrong with "humanely" killing (how is that even possible?) animals for their fur is that a LIFE if never to be priced. A life is a life and it's a LOT more valuable than a fur coat.

God also gave people the right to own slaves. Do you consider that to be ethical too?

[strikercg]

i fucking hate the fur industry. how could ppl even think of doing this. fucking sick... just wrong

[FurIsEvil]

Thanks for commenting. The fur industry is in many ways far worse than other animal-exploiting industries. In many countries, the majority of people are adamantly opposed to what goes on in fur farms around the world. But many,many mainstream companies, like Google, continue to profit from it.

[Iheartyoumore10]

Amen

[FurIsEvil]

@Iheartyoumore10

Thanks for commenting. When this business joins the history books as something we once did, but do no longer, I'll be saying Amen too.

[muninoghugin]

The conditions in the fur farms ALL OVER THE WORLD are horrible.

Some countries have laws about how to treat fur farm animals but these laws are rarely followed - and who is checking up on the treatment of the animals?

Some fur farmers claim that they love animals - but if they kill thousands of animals every week do you really believe them?

Thank you Howie, Frosty and Duke for sharing this video with the rest of the world!!

[FurIsEvil]

@muninoghugin

Thanks for your comment. I think at some level, many farmers DO think they care about the animals in their "employ." But I've talked to former fur farmers and looking back, they feel really, really upset about what they did.

I meant a former mink farmer in China. He now drives a cab. We got to talking, and he said, had he had more education and opportunities, he never would have done what he did. He also said he feels incredibly sad when he sees stray animals.

[jordhart1]

animals can be killed pailessly, and this is what should happen. People are leather shoes, but no one talks about that.

[FurIsEvil]

Thanks for commenting. Just to be clear, the person behind this campaign hasn't worn leather shoes or any animal product in years.

And I totally agree that to single out fur,without mentioning leather is problematic.

But most people think in terms of categories, as do businesses.

But I need to think about this. I'm just a one-person campaign, But maybe I should expand to include leather as well. I know it's a problem.

I'm vegan, so the only skin I wear is my own.

[Foxx988]

people just dont give a fuck do they?its like your 6 year old son or daughter on a summer day going through the yard when suddenly they suffer and die just from a trap.......leave the animals alone they didnt do shit to you people who like fur just go kiss of(fuck off)its cruel and sad at the same time.D; . .

[XxRawlinzxX]

Guys don't you see? The future of these poor animals rest in our hands, as said on the video. Behind my weirdness and strangeness, (Watch my videos, you'll understand) , deep down my heart bleeds for these animals. We have to do something, and I know I'm only a young child so I can't do much but we really need to stand up and help these poor creatures.

[ldyreal]

So are Cows, Pigs,they would EAT & wear us if they could

[P4brains]

well no cuz cows are herbivores, and while pigs are omnivores they would not eat anything our size cuz they arent wolves =p

[wtfjamesf]

minks are cool, do they make nice pets?

[VeganTes]

Nope..

[P4brains]

umm......no but ferrets do =)

[Shamvella]

fuck the rich people who can aford to buy a real fur of an animmal.if i was the government i kick all the bad people thet do thet for animmals or make them sufer the same.

[patsommer]

got the message without any violent images; sometimes that is even harder to stomach

[FurIsEvil]

Thanks for commenting, Pat.

I'm tired of seeing violence against small animals -- in person or onscreen -- and I'm hoping that more images of these animals showing all sides of their lives can move people to speak up and take action.