Skinned Alive to Make Fake Ugg Boots: Horrific Footage Reveals Slow, Sickening Deaths of Raccoon Dogs.
Thousands of unsuspecting Britons may be buying imitation Ugg boots made from the pelts of animals skinned alive. The fur comes from raccoon dogs, a species related to domestic dogs, farmed in China.
A sickening video of the skins being collected has led activists to demand a ban on the trade and call for clearer labelling.

Ugg boots are made from Australian sheepskin and cost up to £200 – but cheap imitations have flooded the market.
Genuine Ugg boots cost up to £200 and use sheepskin, which is produced in a humane way.
But campaigners have found that other companies in Australia, where the popular boots are made, are using raccoon dog fur farmed in China and labelling it ‘Australian sheepskin’.
Campaigners from Humane Society International (HSI) warned that the footwear could have found its way into the UK.
While the law says that no products using dog or cat fur may be imported or sold in the country, there is no ban on fur from raccoon dogs, an Asian species with links to foxes, dogs and jackals. They are not related to raccoons.
Wendy Higgins from Humane Society International HSI UK said:
I have been working in animal rights for more than a decade and have never seen a video that has shocked me so much.
‘It is not just the killing of the animals that is horrific, but the fact that they must endure such slow, painful deaths.
‘These animals are not dogs, so there is no legislative reason why boots containing the fur cannot be imported into the UK. There are also many problems with the labelling of fur products, so many consumers will not be aware of where the fur in their boots comes from.
Websites found by HSI show other companies are selling the fur on gilets, coats and ear-muffs for delivery to the UK.
Ugg Australia denied they were using the fur in their own boots and pointed the finger at cheap copies.

Cruelty: A raccoon dog is beaten on the head in an attempt to stun it. Another dazed animal lies on the right-hand of the image.

Force: A worker stands on an animal’s neck to stop it struggling. The process of skinning the raccoon dogs is agonisingly slow.
WARNING By Clicking on the link below you will see some very upsetting images:
Lena McDonald from Ugg Australia said the use of raccoon dog fur by other companies was tarnishing the entire industry as many people were unable to tell the different brands apart.
She said her company used its own tannery to ensure the standards of its boots, but added that up to 40 products using fur from overseas contained the word ‘ugg’.>
She said: ‘As far as I can see many of these boots are not made in Australia at all yet they have the words Australia and ugg on them. We have seen companies cutting off tags saying “made in China” and putting on a “made in Australia” tag.’
The UK Government announced its ban on importing cat and dog pelts from China in 2001 after it emerged that a fur collar, obtained from a leading store in the West End, contained dog fur.
A total ban on the trade in dog and cat fur came into force across Europe in December 2008.
Published by Daily Mail Raccoon Dogs Skinned Alive Author: Lydia Warren 5/10/ 2011
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Comment – As difficult as it is was to read about and see these terrible photographs, it is important to get the word out. Most folks who buy these boots are unaware of the cruelty involved. I suggest to all: read the labels on everything you buy– if it’s not manufactured in your home country, don’t buy it. Yes, that’s time consuming and inconvenient. But it’s the only way to avoid fueling this type of cruelty. By buying largely domestic goods, you will also avoid dangerous ingredients (remember the Chinese toothpaste and the melamine in dog food) and support your local economy. – Dianne, Michigan, USA.
Protection 4 Animals supports the total banning of the Fur Trade. Currently while officially Dog and Cat Fur is banned in many countries, this does not apply to the Raccoon Dogs being Skinned Alive for their Fur.
Make no mistake this is a Barbaric process carried out by Brutal Chinese workers, that beat the Dogs with Iron Bars, Kick them, Stamp on them and Slam on or against concrete walls to stop them struggling.
Then the Fur is Slowly torn from it’s body in the most agonising and sickening way. They are then thrown to one side where they suffer the most horrendous death, that can last up to 3 hours
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This is HORRIBLE!! Please think about this when you think about buying fake Uggs… 😦
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Even sheep skin uggs are not humane , in Australia mist sheep are being mulesed, a horrible practice, there are so many humane non animal replacements. such as vegetan, and imitation fur, and imitation wool.the eco wool versions are none mulesed, the vegan versions are better for your health, animals and the world.
See:
http://www.nieuwslog.nl/2010/11/…/video-uggs-mulesing-en-het-dieenleed
GO VEGAN!
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THIS IS HORRIBLE I WANT TO KILL ALL OF THESE PEOPLEXXX
ALL the damn %#%^ bastards who torture and murder these innocent animals deserve to be tortured to DEATH!!! China and many Asian countries are amongst the worse in regards to the torture of nonhuman animals. The human race deserves to go extinct!
Disgusting
Disgusting. This is not how civilised people behave – this is inhuman, barbaric and totally and utterly unacceptable. We will not tolerate this.
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I cried for days after seeing this video and the images haunted me also. Words cannot describe how evil this is, it makes me want to vomit!! All in the name of fashion?? If anyone thinks they look “hot” wearing something that suffered excruciating pain they are totally deluded and have no conscience!
i wanna skin these PEOPLE alive
SIGNED AND SHARED! WE HAVE TO PUT AN END TO THIS BARBARIC ABUSE!
I am really shocked that humans can even do this cruel things to an animal, what a hell is wrong with some people, i hope they will some day have the same feeling when they will be skinned alive…were is this world going, are we humans not more intelligent then this, and what a hell is the countries governments doing about is,, not much it seems.. the people who still have feelings in the body and care about other life really need to stand up and go together, THIS MUST STOP NOW!! AM A SHAMED TO BE A HUMAN WHEN I SEE THIS SICKNESS!!!
Is there any reason for China to gain a reputation for being the worse hell hole on earth. Yes!!! This slaughter house!! Why would any sane person visit your country!
Who cares about the Ugg industry when there are animals being killed to make an industry that is not needed?
Benecio Lopez
Well, this is so sad, I thought I was doing the right thing by not wearing the “real” uggs.
Cindy Parente
These people make me sick AND DISGUST ME!! Doing this to these innocent animals, just remember there is a God and God sees everything your punishment will be far greater in the Lake of Fire for eternity then these innocent animals went through. For those that skin dogs alive boil them alive just to eat them like that and mistreat these poor living animals just remember that everyone will be judge and if you do not repent your punishment will be far greater in the lake of fire then what these poor animals went through! then you will be rapped in hell by satan’s demons torched, and boiled alive in the lake of fire for eternity and you ain’t gonna like it! then those poor living animals will watch you from gods kingdom and laugh at you while you are being torched, Raped by the demons and boiled in the lake of fire!