According to Beauty Without Cruelty SA (BWC), about 30 million animals are raised in cages and killed worldwide for fur every year, a couple of million of whom are cats and dogs.
Read more here: Cat and dog fur trim: The grim truth behind the industry
BWC adds that “These days, due to false labelling, you can buy a child’s or companion animal’s toy or an item of clothing with a trim without realizing you are buying the product of a Chinese fur farm—an animal who was once captive in a wire cage, eventually skinned alive.”
With this in mind, a couple animal lovers and antifur protesters made their way to the Jan Smuts and Tyrwhitt avenues intersection in Rosebank on 18 August.
Rosebank Killarney Gazette journalist, Sarah Kingon was there to capture some of the action.
People protest against the purchasing of fur garments and trinket at the corner of Jan Smuts Avenue and 7th Avenue #FurMustFall @RK_Gazette pic.twitter.com/vnMwwiJAno
— Sarah Koning (@SarahKingon) August 18, 2018
Protesters hand out flyers at the robots at the corner of Jan Smuts Avenue and 7th Avenue #FurMustFall @RK_Gazette pic.twitter.com/AC31LCN8tC
— Sarah Koning (@SarahKingon) August 18, 2018
Beauty without cruelty SA and various other groups take a stand against the selling of fur products #FurMustFall @RK_Gazette pic.twitter.com/CjnJV3vHv8
— Sarah Koning (@SarahKingon) August 18, 2018
People protest against the fur industry in South Africa at the #FurMustFall protest in Rosebank @RK_Gazette pic.twitter.com/lHzmcmJ06B
— Sarah Koning (@SarahKingon) August 18, 2018
Don’t miss the next Rosebank Killarney Gazette newspaper for the full article.
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