2,000,000 defenceless cats and dogs are skinned alive every year in China. That's 5,479 every day, 228 every hour or nearly 4 every minute all dying in excruciating agony. Why - "Because" say the Chinese fur skinners "it's cheaper and easier to skin a live, warm animal thats convulsing in agony than a dead body. The whole skin comes off easily and in one piece" The skins are then sold for $1 each and are mislabelled as another animal (not cat, rabbit or dog etc) or even labelled as artificial fu…
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The Barbican cinema also received letters and I was forced to sign indemnity papers before they would screen the film. Newspapers have received 19 page letters threatening litigation for reporting the information in the film. Equally cautious are the US insurance companies who have not been prepared to insure the film unless I pay the first $500,000 excess or lobotomise the film as they are afraid of libel tourism. This is where the film is unlikely to be sued in America, but the case would be brought to the UK, where it would enjoy our corporate friendly libel laws.
Putting it on the website would apparently expose me to Smithfield’s litigation in every jurisdiction. So the film has to be screened below Smithfield’s radar. For the next 10 days it will be showing on the More4 website. Please watch it if you have not yet seen it and inform your friends and contacts that it can be seen. Otherwise any private screenings are safe, Smithfield would not sue so please get in touch if you would like us to send you a dvd.
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Just signed the petition. Keep up the great work you do as these poor animals need all our support as they have no voice to speak for themselves. Namaste.
Keep up the fight!
Kate
Its absolutely awful to think that skinning animals alive still goes on. Very very sad.... keep up the good fight...ur doing a great job!