Animal activists take stand against Beijing fur trade fair  

北京皮草展会遭抵制 主办方喊冤称不会虐杀动物

近日，即将于今天举办的北京国际皮草展览会受到了动物保护人士的关注，有网友称坚决抵制该展览，引来不少支持者。对此，皮草展览会负责人表示，在网上有反对之声很正常，目前皮草行业从动物养殖到最后制衣已经形成正规产业，与为饮食供应的猪、牛、羊养殖业没有差别。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- Animal rights activists have voiced opposition on China's twitter-like Sina Weibo to an ongoing fur trade fair held in the capital, the Beijing Youth Daily reported.

Ahead of the trade fair at Beijing Exhibition Center, bloody photos showing minks being killed and cruelly skinned were posted to Sina Weibo, in contrast to gorgeous celebrities wearing mink coats.

Animal rights activists also plan to hand out bloody photos and petitions during the event.

A marketing staff member at the fair, surnamed Wang, said similar fairs had been held in Chongqing, Kunming, Guiyang as well as other cities and that the protest is "normal."

Industrialized mink and sheep farming is legal, Wang explained, with painless euthanasia adopted on the assembly line.

"How will farmers survive if they don't sell fur or wool?" he asked.

In 2012, animal rights activists held a peaceful protest against Canadian seal products at the annual China Fur & Leather Products Fair in Beijing.