In order to show the suffering and horrors hidden behind the raising of animals for their fur, Animal Friends Croatia in February 2005 held a loud protest which gathered over

150 protesters!

Why anti-fur Why anti-fur protest?protest?

Because in order to Because in order to make one single make one single animal fur coat one animal fur coat one must kill: must kill:

10-24 foxes, 10-24 foxes, 16-20 beavers, 16-20 beavers, 20-30 raccoons, 20-30 raccoons, 26-34 nutrias, 26-34 nutrias, 30-40 opossums, 30-40 opossums, 40-60 minks,40-60 minks,60-80 sables, 60-80 sables, 100-400 squirrels, 100-400 squirrels, 130-2130-2550 chinchillas, 0 chinchillas, 180-240 ermines180-240 ermines

Why anti-fur Why anti-fur protest?protest?

Because the Because the animals raised for animals raised for fur spend their fur spend their whole lives locked in whole lives locked in tiny wire cages full tiny wire cages full of filth, fur balls and of filth, fur balls and waste of other waste of other animals. Wire cages animals. Wire cages hurt their paws and hurt their paws and they are constantly they are constantly exposed to extreme exposed to extreme weather conditions, weather conditions, hunger, thirst, hunger, thirst, stressstress,, and are and are forced to forced to cannibalism.cannibalism.

Why anti-fur Why anti-fur protest?protest?

Because in Because in CCroatiaroatia chinchillas are chinchillas are raised and killed raised and killed for furfor fur.. Croatia Croatia should not should not support this support this shameful, shameful, uncivilized and uncivilized and ecologically ecologically dangerous dangerous treatment of treatment of animalsanimals and and should ban the should ban the raising raising of of animals animals for furfor fur!!

Why anti-fur Why anti-fur protest?protest?

Before being Before being skinned, the skinned, the animals are killed animals are killed by neck breaking, by neck breaking, gas poisoning or gas poisoning or by by injecting injecting poison poison in their hearts. Or in their hearts. Or they are they are electrocuted with electrocuted with electric shocks of electric shocks of 240 V whereby 240 V whereby one electrode is one electrode is pushed in either pushed in either their mouth, their mouth, vagina or anus.vagina or anus.

Why anti-fur Why anti-fur protest?protest?

Due to the Due to the rraisaising ing of animals for furof animals for fur the environment the environment is is being being polluted and polluted and natural resourcesnatural resources areare being being destroyeddestroyed.. Moreover,Moreover, carcinogenic carcinogenic chemicals used in chemicals used in fur production are fur production are dangerous for dangerous for human health.human health.

Therefore Animal Friends Croatia invite you to join this

LOUD ANTI-FUR PROTEST

Saturday, February 4, 2006, at 11 AM

The loud protest against raising of animals for fur in Croatia will start in front of the Croatian National Theatre and will go along the following route:

Croatian National Theatre, Frankopanska Street, Ilica, Ban Jelacic Square, Ilica, Margaretska Street, Petar Preradovic Square, Preradoviceva Street, Masarykova Street, Croatian National Theatre.

JJoin this loud protest oin this loud protest for the legal ban of for the legal ban of

raising animals for fur in raising animals for fur in CroatiaCroatia!!

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