
www.tarhauskielto.fi New investigation into fur farms sends shock waves through Finland - 10 % of Finnish fur farms investigated Finnish animal rights organization Oikeutta Eläimille has published a new thorough investigation into the fur industry in Finland. The investigation team visited 80 fur farms between spring and winter 2010. What they found is shocking: foxes with missing legs, puppies eating their dead siblings, terrible gashes, injuries, stereotypical behavior, cannibalism, lame animals, severe eye infections, gum infections, rotting corpses riddled with worms left in cages with living animals, the list goes on. This investigation is the most complete insight into the Finnish fur industry ever done. Over 30 % of the investigated farms are certified. Certification is administered by farmers themselves to improve their public relations image. They claim this guarantees animal welfare. In reality, the certified farms has the exact same problems as the uncertified farms. Sometimes even worse. One certified farm was visited by the investigation team three times in three months, where they documented that some of the animals, ill and with severe gum infection, were left untreated for the entire time. Over 90 % of all farms investigated had animals with eye infections. Many of the animals could not even open their eyes. More than half of the farms had animals with ear injuries. Over 30 % of the farms had animals with open wounds. Wounds and other injuries are very <b>...</b>
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