Ubereil;
[color:"orange"]Now we can debate why the Forummember with capital F doubleposted TWICE![/color]

The first I could have easily combined; for the second, it didn't seem appropriate, given the topics.




Galadriel;
[color:"orange"]These following link is not from PETA, but from Heather Mills[/color]

From a quick look at the website, she does not appear to be either a nut or a zealot. The pdf file about the China fur trade (couldn't view the videos) appears reasonable, and has references (though I didn't check any) rather than rhetoric.

Apparently the fur industry is doing a lot weaving and mixed fabric types now, so nicks and cuts in the pelts are not that big a deal (a couple decades ago even a small cut could halve the value of a pelt). Of course China is also going for volume, rather than quality.
With non-existent animal abuse laws in China (and few human rights) the living conditions of the animals on fur farms is not terribly surprising, though it is extremely short sighted (between the living conditions and inbreeding, they have to keep importing new foxes to keep the fur quality at acceptable levels).

It is still much easier to skin a dead animal than a live one. However, with no laws, poor (if any) training and workers who just do not care about quality or the animals, apparently some fraction of the crude attempts at killing are going to fail, leaving some animals knocked out or stunned.