SEVENTY two million animals – including two million dogs and cats – are killed for their fur every year in China alone. A German film crew investigated this horror story and found that many dogs and cats are still alive when they are skinned.

If anyone wears fur or is considering wearing fur-trimmed clothing, they must consider their own safety as the raw pelts are treated with a ‘soup’ of toxic chemicals to keep them from rotting. Fur wearers are at risk. Tests have revealed the presence of carcinogenic formaldehyde in fur coats and trims, which can be absorbed through the skin. This can kill you.

JAMES MOOR

Great Clarendon Street

Oxford