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In some parts of the world, cats and dogs are raised and brutally skinned for their beautiful fur. The pelts are then being imported to Canada and sold next to seal skin goods¹ without any indication of where the fur is from.

The Canadian government, under pressure from the fur industry, has held off efforts to ban the import of products made with dog and cat fur. Even though dog and cat fur is often deceptively labeled seal fur, a ban on those products would likely be followed by a ban on seal fur as many Canadians oppose the slaughter of animals for the fur industry. The seal fur industry, in this way, benefits by the presence of cat and dog fur posing as seal fur².

Repelled by the extreme cruelty involved, the UK actually initiated the European Union ban on the import of commercial seal products. The import of domestic dog and cat fur is banned in the UK, EU and the United States for the same reasons³.

The World Trade Organization allows trade exclusions to promote animal welfare⁴. That means that Canada can easily and without repercussion ban the importation of dog and cat fur. Instead, with no ban and no legislation requiring the content of fur garments to be disclosed on the label, they prefer to allow Canadian consumers to unknowingly purchase imported products made from the skins of cats and dogs.

Canadian opinion and opinion worldwide are in agreement that the trade in dog and cat fur is unconscionable⁵. The Canadian Government must be sent a strong message. Tell them to stop allowing imported cat and dog fur into Canada in an inane defense of an unprofitable and dying sealing industry. Tell them to ban the sale of these horrifying products.

Nobody wants fashion at the price of pets’ lives. Tell Canada’s Prime Minister and Agriculture Minister to ban imported dog and cat furs. Sign and share with a friend today!