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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 12:45 AM
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McCartney attacks China over fur
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McCartney attacks China over fur
By Adrian Addison
BBC Six O'clock News

Sir Paul McCartney has vowed never to perform in China after seeing horrific undercover footage of dogs and cats being killed for their fur.

The former Beatle also said he would boycott the 2008 Beijing Olympics after viewing the footage taken in a fur market in Guangzhou, southern China.

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"I wouldn't even dream of going over there to play, in the same way I wouldn't go to a country that supported apartheid. This is just disgusting. It's just against every rule of humanity. I couldn't go there."

Campaigners estimate that over two million dogs and cats are killed for their fur in China every year. China also farms animals such as mink for their fur and makes over half of the world's fur products.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4476664.stm


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