STOP animal abuse!!!

I urge our new President to appoint someone in his new administration to deal with animal rights issues when engaged in diplomacy and trade with foreign countries that allow such barbaric practices to animals as in China and Korea www.animalsaviors.org/petition.html 

I like the title and I like the beginning, but after that you lost me. Keep the goal simple. We can save one group of animals at a time, but we can't force veganism onto people who haven't conceded anything yet.

I agree with Karen's idea.  
I would add Canada to the list, too, because of their annual seal slaughter, many of whom are skinned alive in front of their mothers.

STOP ANIMAL ABUSE!!!!!!!

China's economy did not do so well this year.  Put more pressure on that country using 'diplomacy'.  We can enforce change, if only we have the courage to stand up. 

I totally agree. No More animal abuse, animals fur for fashion, animal products.  I agree that the world would be better of as vegans but  it has to be done in a way that provides and teaches alternatives to using animals for survival.  You have to strategically shift the consciousness of people....it is a grand challenge but totally possible.

PLEASE! Stop help put a stop to this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PLEASE put a stop to this!!

I agree with Luella....we have to keep this to one point at a time.  If we bombard the President with several issues in one idea the point of the idea will become fuzzy.  I don't believe the Vegan lifestyle should be included in this idea as many people will support the end of live skinning (which sickens me even to type that) but are not ready or willing to accept a strictly Vegan lifestyle.  Stick to the point at hand which is the practice of skinning animals alive is DISGUSTING, IMMORAL, INHUMANE, and just all around WRONG...and it MUST be stopped!

I support this

I support this 100%. Please pass this law!!!

I support this 100%. Please pass this law effective immediately.

Stop animals abuse!!!!!!!!!

OMG I had no idea this was being done!

I didn't realize that either, holy crap, thats disgusting and cruel

I agree that skinning animals should be illegal everywhere, the first time I found out about it I was devastated.   I do not agree with making everyone vegan as this is a little far fetched but please help to stop the skinning of poor defenseless animals.  

   This is news to me.  I lived on a farm and any skinning was done after the animal was dead.  I knew a couple that raised foxes for fur sales.  They were electrocuted swiftly first.

   Where does this happen?  Honestly, a live animal fighting for its life would DAMAGE the skin not vice versa.  Do you have an links to show this actually being done?

please help all animals.how can any one abuse a animal.

Animal abuse in all its forms is beyound awful. We all need to stop. We should start implementing laws in the U.S. and the fact that animals are skinned alive is criminal and those practising such act such be treating like the criminals that they are and prosecuted. We should protect all animals and have other places like China, Canada, India, Thailand, ect... follow our lead.

You should add shark finning to this list of cruel and inhumane things people do to live non humans.  A fin is removed, but unfortunately all of their fins serve a purpose, so the poor shark is in terrible shape.

Absolutely sick.  I support this cause!

I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE WHEN THEY ABUSE ANIMALLS.  THEY NEVER DID ANYTHING TO US, THEY HELP US.  THEY NEED STIFFER SENTENCES AND PUNISHMENTS TO PEOPLE THAT COMMIT ANIMAL CRUELTY.  AN ANIMAL IS JUST AS MUCH AS A HUMAN BEING AS WE ARE.  GOD CREATED US ALL.

Amongst all this concern for the horror of skinning of animals, perhaps we should also consider stopping the skinning of baby boy's penises.  Most boys survive this painful and needless practice, but it still needs to be stopped.  Please vote for this at http://www.change.org/ideas/view/end_unnecessary_infant_circumcision

good luck, you can't stop the world from doing stuff like this, it will happen in communities that allow it, and here not gonna stop them by saying "hey stop!" cause its what they know, and its how they live, but good luck, im voting for ya.

Im 100% with this here.No living thing should have to feel that kinda pain.

12-15-2008 I witnessed such a barbaric act in a neighborhood I was visiting just north of Reno, NV. I heard this horrible cry echoing across this area. I began to search where the sound was coming from.  From the street, I saw a small goat that was suspended by its hind leg while a man was slowly skinning the suffering animal.  I videoed it. It was horrible to watch and I could not do anything about it!!!!  Finally the man, who seemed to be enjoying his sociopathetic act, took a small caliber pistol and shot the goat in the head.  I saw a puff of smoke.   I noted a woman who was obviously the “owner” of the goat, in a fur coat standing on the porch of the house smoking while all this happened. This man threatened me when he saw I was videoing what he was doing.  I reported this incident to the Humane Society who said it was legal in that area. This obviously inhumane, barbaric practice must be STOP!

This practice of skinning animals alive is so inhumane and barbaric. I have included a video of it being done for those of you who have never heard of it before. Please be advised it is very disturbing to watch. I love animals and it made me sick to see such suffering.

http://www.hsus.org/furfree/news/sean_john_diddy_combs_mislabeled_fur.html

Are we not civilized human beings?  Treating any animal in a cruel way mocks our inherent value of being human.

I suppost this!
Its sad what they do to innocent animals

I suppost this!
Its sad what they do to innocent animals

I fully agree with stop skinning animals alive, but it's ALREADY covered under the Animal Welfare Act. The United States *CANNOT* and *DOES NOT* have any legal jurisdiction what other countries do. So this law you are proposing is NOT ATTAINABLE.   I was hoping my promoting John Kerry's DOG FIGHTING BILL to be paramount since it IS an existing bill, and dog fighting happens to be an epidemic across America. If passed, there will be Federal charged filed even without interstate invovlement.  Rather, the Humane Society promotes a bill which is NOT attainable (you do not have enough USDA employees to cover puppy mills and there are upteen million puppy mills across America)-now I see THIS-an idea, which is again NOT ATTAINABLE. Because we have no say with Chinese law.  And you CANNOT pass a law that makes people vegan either (I'm vegan-but it's choice).

If you want to submit an idea-it must be an attainable goal.

stop animal  abuse!

they're screaming, please listen.

I say let the punishment fit the crime. I would have NO problem skinning one of those ignorant ,heartless ,barbaric bastards alive,videotaping it ,and playing it for all the other inbred pieces of garbage to watch. What do you expect from a place that eats cats and dogs anyway? WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE SUPPORTING HERE IN AMERICA WHEN YOU EAT CHINESE FOOD?  They come here and abuse our animals and then feed them to us!!!!I will never buy anything made in china EVER!!!!!! THIS HAS TO STOP IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!!

THE FUR TRADE IS ONE THAT IS BASED ON *BLOODY VANITY*!

We must stop this barbaric practice of torturing animals.
 
Boycott all  fashion designers that use fur in their clothing line- whether it be a full length coat or some fur trim.

Fashion designers use fur only if there is a demand for it.

The  demand for it is largely based on selfish, status oriented and  egotistical customers that wear fur.

Only the heartless wear fur knowing how it is acquired.

Please stop hurting the animals.  Someday the people who do this will have much to face.

The USA will take world leadership again only if we stand as an example of ethical humanity towards ALL animals.
There is no reason for any other country in the world to respect us as long as we keep using (torturing) animals.
Americans that buy, sell and use fur are stupid and ridiculous.
We endorse the torture that other countries inflict in animals every time we buy anything made in those countries.

All people who are against this horrid practice, in ALL Countries need to take Leadership and take a stand for the innocent victims of this cruel practice and fight against the powers that be that promote this sick and cruel behavior.  We are all apart of this, not just America. 

But what does this have to do with America?????? Skinning animals alive is against the Animal Welfare Act-already a law. And we cannot control what China does to its animals-that's their country.

Is incredible the big monsters we are!

It isn't all about America,  it has to do with the whole world.

This is bovine manure. When an animal is afraid there is an immediate rush of adrenalin. This causes the hair follicles to tighten and then release rapidly. THIS ruins the fur. Anyone with any knowledge at all - or any means of doing any research (not at PETA or other so called "animal rights" sites) can find out that the best way to get that perfect fur is by a swift kill when the animal is totally unaware of it's demise.

This has more to do with an agenda to end all animal ownership than any real occurence of the live flaying of animals. Did you know that the ones you see on youtube are staged by PETA? The "ethical" people that "saved" perfectly healthy dogs and cats and killed them in the van they drove away in, not ten minutes after picking them up. Then dumped their bodies in dumpsters. Lovely lot these "animal rights" people are.

To Mary Allan:
Regarding your comment about PETA, that is an absolute lie and a means to justify the cruelty that apparently you condone for the sake of the big profiteers.  It sounds as though you are quite knowledgeable about skinning animals, something perhaps your are very comfortable  with.  Stop smearing PETA to justify your dirty deeds.  Using animals for our comfort, killing them and wearing them is wrong, no matter who you point the finger at.  Skinning animals is sick!  The human race should know better, we are supposed to evolve, unfortunately for all of us, many humans have de-evolved, (new word for the dictionary).

What goes around  will definitely come back in some way, somehow, someday. 

Many of the animals that are tortured and skinned alive are ending up as consumable meat as well. Part of the reason they are tortured is that some cultures believe including Chinese culture, that the adrenalin released in to the blood, by the fear and pain the animals suffers, makes the meat tastier.
There is plenty of evidence out there even without PETA.

I have seen numerous under cover video. Very difficult to watch but without watching it you just don’t know the hard truth. One video I watched was someone hanging a dog alive upside down on his hind legs and then slowly beating him to death. The dogs screams were blood curdling!

So the skinning of live animals often has a dual purpose, fur and meat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5lCuvqsKhc

I want to throw up at the still picture that is on this page. The thought of this barbaric practice happening to ANY LIVING BEING is simply incomprehensible. I truly feel sorry for people who willingly participate in such atrocities when they finally meet their own maker.

Pain!

Tells us to escape... the pain
to flee...to get away from, pain

Pain is good
It makes us aware
of danger
impending death
impending loss, of limb or life
Pain
is bad
it hurts
unbearable... must be bearded

What must it be like to feel... unbearable pain... to want to escape
but be tied...bound...upside down...held by a leg
slammed in to the ground
pain
reminds it
It must flee... but it can't...
but it can't... must flee... but it can't

Pain
Pain
Pain

by: Ginette Callaway

The cruel hand cuts the skin
The live body bends and coils
It struggles in hot burning pain

one minute ago there was a blue sky
now it’s read hot blood that runs in it’s eyes
The living eyes look toward it’s tormentor


Oh death I hope you will come soon!


Why? What have I done?
Have I not simply tried to love you
Be your companion… your friend …
Have I not simply tried TO BE ?

What have I done to make you want to hurt me so?!


Oh death I hope you will come soon!

Saint Bernard dogs favorite meat & fur dogs in China
They are referred to as "Big Dumb Dogs"  One other reason why these dogs are favored is 
because they are by nature very tame and calm and rarely bite, so they can be handled easier. Because they are rather laid back they put on meat quicker and have to be fed less. http://www.sossaintbernard.org/picture.htm Here is an example of how consume activism can make change Overstock.com Goes Fur-Free Visit Human Society for more on that http://www.hsus.org/furfree/fashion/retailers/overstock_2008.html

Consumer activism, and White House and political participation can make changes and bring an end to skinning of helpless animals for fur. One step at them time we can bring more humanity to this world of ours.
Fur-Free Designers and Retailers
Reward those that are taking steps in the right direction.