i watched this last night and as a vegetarian, it turned my stomach. i have,and never will, wear fur of any kind, my mum brought me up to know it is cruel and un-necessary. only the other day a woman in my local town was wearin what appeared to be a chinchilla fur coat, a few remarks were made loud enought for her to hear. but what will make people realise this is sick??
i mean, that fox that was skinned alive and clearly still blinking, i wonder how the torturer would feel if he was to be skinned.
im not afraid or ashamed to admit that yes i did cry at the programme and yes i would love to slap anyone wearing fur, what sane person wouldnt??

I inadvertently saw part of the re-run on More4 as I was switching channels. I know what goes on and deliberately avoided the programme as I knew it would upset me. In those few seconds I saw the fox being skinned alive. It made me vomit. That image is still at the forefront of my mind, and will be for a long time. How anyone could justify wearing fur was beyond me and still is. Wearers should be amde to watch this before buying. Utterly wicked, unnecessarily cruel and totally unjustifiable. I am now going to stop burying my head in the sand and do something, starting with subscribing to PETA.

Having forced myself to watch I was absolutely amazed at the bravery Merreles showed by coming at this situation with an open mind. This type of reporting of such a controversial and widely ignored problem was brilliant and I hope will reach the masses that dismiss anti-fur campaigners as extremists.

I meet many fur wearers who argue the toss that animals are not people, we are the top of the food chain and so on, that hopefully - if they watched the programme - should realise that there is far too much unnecessary suffering out there for human vanity! We do not need to wear fur - we have other ways to stay warm these days. As soon as people realise that countries such as China will only stop the cruetly when the there is no longer a demand for fur. Whilst the demand is high the animals will always be treated badly, it not a culture that will ever stop the cruelty as they do not see it as cruelty, it is a way of feeding their families. A means to an end.

Hi! I agree, it was important to show it to get the message across that there is barbaric treatment of animals and how they try to pull the wool over our eyes.

This is a petition for Gordon Brown to speak about Chinese Animal Welfare. Sign Quick! It’s only a few days away! http://www.naturewatch.eu/petition/

I felt so many emotions towards that show. Adrenaline made me feel helpless and want to run away, realising the animals can’t made me seething with rage and it turned into the fight syndrome - so please sign and support all you can!

Many thanks and respect to everyone who appreciates animal welfare and rights.

xoox

I didn’t want to watch the programme but felt I needed to out of curriosity and as a fashion student I felt ashamed that this sort of stuff goes on in an industry that i have always wanted to be a part of, this fur farming needs to end now there is no excuse for wearing fur at all and people that do are nothing but SCUM!

Androjoiner (and anyone else wishing to get active for these animals),

There’s lots you can do! You could carry around some of our anti-fur leaflets (http://www.peta.org.uk/mc/ads-leaflets.asp) for whenever you see someone wearing fur or you find that a shop is selling it.

Also, sign our pledge here http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/uk_china_fur?qp_source=pukbchinafur

Remember that while fur farming in China is absolutely shocking, it is very much still alive and kicking here in Europe too. See our ongoing campaign against Burberry (http://www.peta.org.uk/feat/burberry.asp)

I video taped the programme by mistake. I avoid such programmes as would never wear fur so can’t see the point torturing myself with the graphic images of suffering that these animals endure. I therefore fast forwarded the killing and skinning scenes but listened to Merrilees Parker’s commentary. I cannot praise channel 4 enough for this programme. They found the ideal person to present this programme, someone who doesn’t preach without knowledge and also wore fur herself. She is very brave and honest and I therefore had to continue watching the programme just to see whether what she exerienced changed her views. It did and I believe that if fashion designers continue to use fur, they should at least watch this programme in order to be informed about the materials they are using. Congratulations to Channel 4 and Merrilees.

I watched the programe I was absolutely horrified . I cried for 2 hours with those images still in my head days later .I think if u want the public to to face reality on what goes on behind clesed doors in the fur industry u should play those images and if they have hearts of there own the demand for fur in the clothing industry will slowly stop. I have a boutique myself i wouldnt dare sell fur infact the programe hit me hard ive changed charities and im selling ( say no to fur tshirts) still heartbroken

I’m finding it comforting to see so many people feel just as I do. I saw some of the programme. I was too nervous to sit and watch it all so I kept surfing the channels and peeking back. Typically one of the times I happened to switch to it I saw the awful image of the alive skinned animal, which I see from the comments was a fox. I can’t put into words how I feel but several days later it still upsets me and basically haunts me. It’s abhorrent, vile and unnecessary cruelty and wearing fur is utterly unncessary too. There’s amazing fake fur or just don’t wear it! It’s vulgar. People want to look wealthy and that’s plain SAD. It still fills my eyes with tears. I got upset and my 5 year old daughter asked why. Omitting all the gore and nastiness, I told her and she’ll NEVER wear fur. We love our animals dearly and no, I’m not a veggie or vegan. I cuddled my cat for ages after that programme as I cried!! Well done Channel 4. We HAVE to know this goes on so we can stop. Also NEVER buy those cat toys in the pet shop that have fur on them.

I too watched this programme on my own and was absolutely horrified with the images I saw of the fox being skinned alive in China. Afterwards I wanted to give my support to appose this barbaric treatment of animals and signed to the PETA website, on there it had the whole footage of the fox. I wish I hadn’t of watched it but forced myself to watch the footage of the Chinese fur trade, I was sick to my stomach, these images will not leave my head, and don’t think they ever would. It wasn’t just about foxes but domestic cats and dogs being skinned. I just cannot believe such cruelty goes on in China, I absolutely hate these people who do this, I wish these men could be skinned alive then left to die in horrendous pain for hours later without skin with flesh and bones and blood everywhere, then see if they’d do it again. Shock, horror … words cannot describe how these images have affected me. People who wear fur should be forced to watch these videos. Please we must stop this barbaric cruelty towards animals.

as all the others have, i also watched the programme and i made all my friends and family watch it, i was sat with two clost friends both were crying along with myself and my friends mother. the images were horrifying and i could not believe that she thought that wild fur was acceptable. that beaver could have been drowning for 20minutes. that makes me feel ill.
as 1 million people watched the show i just hope that a percentage are now people free of fur and also free of meat. there is no need for animal cruelty, or cruelty of any kind. we are all animals after all.

I feel exactly the same ALL of you do. Something needs to be done to open the eyes of people wearing fur. I saw the video, here in the States, a few weeks ago. Since then, my life has not been the same. It made me sick and I cried. I catch myself drifting off and thinking of how many more animals are awaiting the same plight at this very moment. I can’t watch the Olympics. And feel the same way about boycotting Chinese goods wherever possible. I don’t want to eat Chinese food either. The Western governments need to act fast. This is all done in the name of vanity not necessity. Just bear in mind, that fur taken from cats and dogs (whilst they are savagely skinned alive), is also used for pet toys, cuddly teddy bears, slippers, cushions, lampshades and all sorts of household items. In fact the life and fur from a cat or dog, is cheaper than manufacturing faux fur. Be careful about faux fur. The Chinese mislabel a lot of products in the name of faux fur when in actual fact it has come from a cat or dog. Since watching the video, I have got rid a lot of blankets (that feel too furry), and stuffed teddy bears. It makes me sick. Now Christmas is around the corner and the shops will be demanding these goods. Please please be aware of anything that looks furry. And by the way, apparently, the season for fur slaughter is around October until February. And I am so scared for the animals that are awaiting this kind of horrendous fate. Please please get the word out. Thank you Channel Four.

Its not strictly true that she gave up fur for the sake of the animals thats misleading, she gave up the items she owned because she could not trace it to a source where they kill the animals in at least as humane a way as possible.

Personally I would rather see traceable fur products than the current fiasco.

I am still very upset and close to tears when I think of that poor fox skinned alive. I, too, think that more of this footage should be widely publicised so that anyone thinking of buying even fur-trimmed items would have that image in their minds. There is no excuse for wearing fur. I have been into stores that sell fur and have been saddened at the sight of these poor animals’ skins shaped into human attire. I have determined that I would carry leaflets and place them into the pockets of this clothing if I had the chance. I think more people should be made aware and would do all I can to this end. I am a Christian and God says ‘be kind to your animals…’ skinning them alive, torturing them in laboratories and poisoning them is not ‘being kind’!!

since watching the programme, i cant stop thinking about it, my heart stopped when i watched the full footage on PETA website, i am now a veggi, wont ever buy anything that looks furry and feel sick when i even see faux fur in the shops which now seems to be the fashion, why!!!

I too watched the McCartney’s programme and have looked the PETA website but I missed most of the C4 programme. I am delighted that it had such a wide audience. A simple solution, although difficult to get passed would be to make importing fur illegal. Fox hunting has been banned in the interests of animal welfare, so why not imported fur.

Slaughterhouses ALL have to be up to EEC standards of humane dispatch as well as hygiene and it is illegal to import meat, or meat products from factories, abbatoirs etc that don’t meet EEC standards of welfare and hygiene and they have to prove it too.

Why can’t fur importes similarly have to prove humane standards and dispatch in order to import fur and fur products? The overwhelming majority would fail to be able to demonstrate that so could not be licensed so……write to you local MP and ask for them to put up a Private Members Bill on this.