MedicalConspiracies- How could anyone do this to a rabbit?

I do not care for peta, but please do not buy angora sweaters or angora product this is truly to cruel to be a part of! G.

Help PETA stop angora farms from ripping rabbits' fur out

View this message online.         Donate now.               Please help us close cruel angora farms that leave terrified rabbits screaming in pain. Time is running out to make a generous tax-deductible, year-end gift to PETA before December 31. Make a special gift right now, and strengthen our work for rabbits and other animals in 2014!   Dear Myra, PETA Asia's shocking new undercover investigation of angora farms in China—the world's largest producer of angora fur—reveals how rabbits have their fur ripped from their skin fistful by fistful as they scream in pain. To cry out this way, these gentle, quiet animals have to be in agony. The footage is so horrifying that many big fashion giants have already announced that they are banning angora products. That's a huge victory—and it speaks volumes about the cruelty we've exposed. Now we're going after others in the fashion industry, until angora is never used again. Yes, it's ambitious. But look at what we've already accomplished in just five short weeks, Myra. Help PETA stop the abuse and exploitation of rabbits and other animals in the new year. There are only five days left to make a tax-deductible, year-end gift. Give right now and do more for animals in 2014! The video footage reveals routine cruelty to rabbits, whose long, soft fur is in high demand to be used in sweaters, socks, and accessories. The investigator filmed workers violently ripping the fur from the animals' sensitive skin. After this ordeal, which the rabbits endure every two to three months, many of them appeared to go into shock, lying motionless inside their tiny, filthy cages, with no solid flooring or bedding and without the vital companionship of other rabbits. Rabbits who have their fur cut or sheared also suffer. During this procedure, their front legs are tied to one end of a board and their back legs to the other end so that they can be stretched out and immobilized, which is terrifying to a prey animal. Some are even suspended in the air, causing them to pant heavily and struggle to escape. If they don't die from the trauma of plucking or shearing, rabbits on these farms are generally killed after two to five years. They are hung upside down and have their throats slit. Their flesh is then sold to local markets. We need your help to strengthen our critical work to save rabbits who are suffering on Chinese angora farms—as well as our work for all animals in need—in the new year. Every dollar counts—please make your generous tax-deductible donation by December 31! Ninety percent of the world's angora comes from China, where there are no penalties for the abuse of animals on farms and no standards to regulate their treatment. If you buy a sweater, hat, or other product that contains angora, the angora fur most likely originated in China, even if the finished product was assembled elsewhere. PETA and our international affiliates are leading the global effort against the animal-skins trade, but we need your help to do even more for animals, including rabbits who face torture and slaughter in China. Ending this abuse requires a sustained and monumental effort, but we will not stop until the shocking cruelty such as that exposed in PETA Asia's undercover investigation ends. Together, we can prevent countless animals from being abused and killed for the global skins trade. Please stand with us right now and help make 2014 a banner year for all animals. Kind regards, Ingrid E. Newkirk President P.S. Rabbits are sensitive, smart, social animals with individual personalities, and they form lifelong bonds with one another. As you can imagine, they endure intense pain and terror when they're imprisoned in tiny cages and have the fur ripped from their bodies. There are only five days left to make a tax-deductible gift before the deadline—please make a difference for rabbits and other abused animals by making a donation right now.   Cat photo: © Katrin Bruns Add DonorE@peta.org to your address book. This e-mail was sent by PETA, 501 Front St., Norfolk, VA 23510 USA.