…dogs and cats packed by the dozen into wire cages little bigger than lobster pots are pictured being thrown from the top deck of a converted bus onto concrete pavements. The screaming animals, many with their paws now smashed from the fall, are then lifted out with long metal tongs and thrown over a seven foot fence. They are then killed and skinned for their fur.
[In another video] …cats are seen squirming inside a sack which is then thrown into a vat of steaming water. They are boiled to death and skinned by a fleecing machine similar to a launderette tumble drier. …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. — From a BBC News report on the dog and cat fur trade in China 2005