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Excellent Group for Animal Rights in Asia

Critter News

Please consider Animals Asia for your future donations. I love this organization and have supported them for a few years now. They do important work.

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Group Seeks to Ban Chinese Fur Trade with Australia

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Verna Simpson, director for Asia Pacific of HIS, estimated about 10 million domestic dogs in China are killed yearly for their fur. However, the fur is passed off as sheep skin. Besides raccoon dogs, other types of domestic dogs are also suffering because of the high demand for their fur.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

The horse slaughter industry in the United States has nothing to do with feeding hungry people and everything to do with animal cruelty. Every year, 100,000 horses are slaughtered at foreign-owned slaughterhouses in the United States to satisfy the palates of wealthy diners in Europe and Asia.