{"id":10213,"date":"2013-08-03T20:50:09","date_gmt":"2013-08-03T20:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10213"},"modified":"2013-08-03T21:01:56","modified_gmt":"2013-08-03T21:01:56","slug":"fun-fur-their-words-not-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/08\/fun-fur-their-words-not-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Fur (their words not mine)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They call it fun fur<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s the sickness<br \/>\nthe diabolical, fashion trade<br \/>\nfun for some<br \/>\nbut few I know<br \/>\nwho know the grief<br \/>\nand on who its laid<\/p>\n<p>there are no laws protecting those<br \/>\nwho were born with skin and ample fur<br \/>\nand because of this the growing torture<br \/>\nis massive and it does occur<br \/>\nexports rising every which way<br \/>\nEuropean markets say<br \/>\nChinese fur is cheap and cheerful<br \/>\nbut its sadistic just to pay<\/p>\n<p>whatever for fur trim and other<br \/>\nfur supports the growing trend<br \/>\nof heinous torture its unbelievable<br \/>\nthe screams one hears it has to end<br \/>\nin all the provinces back yard operatives<br \/>\nwash and stretch and dry the skins<br \/>\nwith highly toxic chemical compounds<br \/>\nand they are guilty of many sins<\/p>\n<p>all the residue pours into<br \/>\nthe local rivers then the streams<br \/>\nall of them terribly carcinogenic and bringing<br \/>\non truly the worst of  bad dreams<br \/>\nthe impact is extremely dangerous<br \/>\nbut its for export and so it goes<br \/>\non and on ad infinitum<br \/>\nand every kind of shit now flows<\/p>\n<p>brutality is colossal<br \/>\nits reprehensible to see<br \/>\neven the most hardened<br \/>\nwill vomit just to bloody be<br \/>\nclose to where the action happens<br \/>\neven the heartless men break down<br \/>\nthis is terror at its worst<br \/>\nand its happening all over town<\/p>\n<p>each cage  they live in measures<br \/>\n54 centimetres square<br \/>\nthey cannot turn around in that<br \/>\nit just aint bloody fair<br \/>\nto do this to such animals<br \/>\nand watch them just go mad<br \/>\nstomping on themselves I mean to say<br \/>\nit gone from worse to bad<\/p>\n<p>how can anybody do this<br \/>\nto any living soul<br \/>\nthe farmers they dont have compassion<br \/>\nthey are cruel and so the toll<br \/>\nof egregious torture<br \/>\nof the most tumultuous pain<br \/>\nraccoon dogs are all heavy<br \/>\nand million die in vain<br \/>\ncrashed down on the hard ground<br \/>\nsupposedly to stun<br \/>\nbut they very soon awake<br \/>\nknowing what&#8217;s to be done <\/p>\n<p>very much alive still<br \/>\nkicking for all their worth<br \/>\nbreathing hard their bodies jarred<br \/>\nand beaten against the earth<br \/>\nstill this doesn&#8217;t kill them<br \/>\nso the skinning process starts<br \/>\non the ground that free&#8217;s the legs<br \/>\nthen hook them up, and it starts<\/p>\n<p>the unbelievable agony as the skin<br \/>\nis pulled away over the limbs and over the head<br \/>\nwhat is there to say<br \/>\nthis is torture so extreme<br \/>\non an innocent soul who loved to dream<br \/>\nto walk the countryside at Dawn<br \/>\nand now is unceremoniously shorn<\/p>\n<p>and its naked structure and its great big eyes<br \/>\nlook up to heaven and realise<br \/>\nits passing was slow with such agony<br \/>\nhoping above all else to be<br \/>\nfree from the terrible state that they<br \/>\nfind themselves in how they do pay<br \/>\nevery creature is treated like this<br \/>\nits something that every soul should miss<\/p>\n<p>but with export markets rising fast<br \/>\nback yard farms alas have cast<br \/>\nmillions of animals in the role<br \/>\nof a terrible life in a darkly hole<br \/>\nand a death so terrible just to tell<br \/>\nin words consigns a man to Hell<\/p>\n<p>the cages are small and made of wire<br \/>\nmonotony follows how they perspire<br \/>\nsoaked in excrement and urine<br \/>\ntheir future clearly on the line<br \/>\nthey dig at the wire to try and free<br \/>\nthemselves from this utter purgatory<br \/>\nfoxes are frightened of humans they<br \/>\narn&#8217;t mean&#8217;t to be stationed every day<br \/>\nclose to other foxes who<br \/>\nhate the close proximity too<\/p>\n<p>its so unnatural, and causes fear<br \/>\nyou can feel, it from ear to ear<br \/>\nthey are running scared<br \/>\nwith no where to go<br \/>\nfrustrated and worn<br \/>\nand ready to throw<\/p>\n<p>caution to the wind<br \/>\njust to get away<br \/>\nbut there is no chance<br \/>\nfor its judgement day<br \/>\nthe terror is coming<br \/>\nthe agony too<br \/>\nno one escapes the killing crew<\/p>\n<p>with a pole and noose<br \/>\naround their throats<br \/>\ntheir manhandled out<br \/>\nfor yet more coats<br \/>\nfor yet more hags to step up and say<br \/>\nI need a new coat for my wedding day<\/p>\n<p>this is what happens<br \/>\nthe murders go on<br \/>\nall shapes and sizes<br \/>\nslowly are gone<br \/>\ngrisly tribulations flow<br \/>\nthese ordeals they grow and grow<br \/>\nthe rancour it curdles the mind<br \/>\nand no remorse not that you&#8217;d find<br \/>\nthe butchers are a dreadful band<br \/>\nas uneasiness spreads now through the land<\/p>\n<p>victims writhe in their own blood<br \/>\ndowntrodden and forgotten flood<br \/>\nthe heaps of bodies in the sun<br \/>\nstill alive<br \/>\nwhat have we done?<br \/>\nits all distasteful and very sick<br \/>\nthis loathsome spectacle to pick<br \/>\nout any part of this ordeal<br \/>\nits really just to make one feel<\/p>\n<p>terrible, what can one say<br \/>\nabout what happens here today<br \/>\nits horrific it does nauseate<br \/>\ntoo calamitous to ever rate<br \/>\neach wretched creature writhes away<br \/>\nand languishes in its sad decay<\/p>\n<p>this is the fur industry<br \/>\ncreating trim for you not me<br \/>\nbut creating trim for the anorak<br \/>\nfor the school boys coat<br \/>\nfor the school girl mac<br \/>\nfor the gloves of faux fur<br \/>\nthe labels say<br \/>\nbut they&#8217;re raccoon dog<br \/>\nand that dog did pay<\/p>\n<p>a horrid price for your warmish hands<br \/>\nit died a death beyond its plans<br \/>\nto do neither in fact but just get away<br \/>\nto try and live another day<br \/>\nbut it was not to be<br \/>\nno not at all<br \/>\nnobody heard its final call<br \/>\nnot the designers that specify<br \/>\nnot the retailers WHO DON&#8217;T KNOW WHY<br \/>\nnot the fur industry who does not care<br \/>\nwho were deaf to the cries and far from aware<br \/>\nnot to the fur hags who have sold their soul<br \/>\nnot to the media who take control<br \/>\nnot to creation who bows down and cries<br \/>\nas the humanoid moron just mystifies<\/p>\n<p>we are the monsters there isn&#8217;t a doubt<br \/>\nwhat we see here is a continual rout<br \/>\nof species with fur who dont stand a chance<br \/>\nthey have to die and before that to dance<br \/>\non the rusty old hook bashed into the tree<br \/>\nwhere they are skinned whilst alive<br \/>\nwith such depravity<br \/>\nto describe what we see, what we hear<br \/>\nis too much<br \/>\nfor someone&#8217;s fur coat or some collar<br \/>\nto touch<br \/>\nand those hags who wear heads and tails<br \/>\nin some stole<br \/>\nfeel a malediction towards every soul<br \/>\nthat has to go through this<br \/>\nthis odious hell<br \/>\nrepellent and spurned by all that I tell<\/p>\n<p>the fox on the ground coughs and splutters<br \/>\nwe see<br \/>\nhe is greyish and strong<br \/>\nyes he has to be<br \/>\nthe butcher&#8217;s a man a monster in fact<br \/>\nfor with all of the pain<br \/>\nhe doesn&#8217;t react<\/p>\n<p>not at all, if anything he sort of smiles<br \/>\na brute with a blade who rigorously riles<br \/>\nthe fox who is panting<br \/>\nin enormous pain<br \/>\nsucking in air again and again<\/p>\n<p>trying to roar<br \/>\nwith no strength left but he<br \/>\nis not giving up his last hope to get free<\/p>\n<p>do you want fur trim after hearing my plea<br \/>\ndo you want a coat made of fur<br \/>\nwhich would be<br \/>\ncausing such vile and  terrible pain<br \/>\ndo you really honestly think you can gain<br \/>\nanything positive from garments like these<br \/>\nI urge you to think and shake at the knees<br \/>\nrather than buy into terror and pain<br \/>\ntell the fur industry, never again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They call it fun fur that&#8217;s the sickness the diabolical, fashion trade fun for some but few I know who know the grief and on who its laid there are no laws protecting those who were born with skin and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/08\/fun-fur-their-words-not-mine\/\">Continue reading <span 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