Imitations of well-known Australian boots use skin raccoon dog skinned alive

Surely you've heard the well-known Australian brand UGG boots, as well as must have noticed the amount of impressions that exist of these same boots.

Recently, the Swiss Animal Protection discovered that these imitations of the brand UGG are made with fur from raccoon dog, also known as dog-mapache, who are skinned alive.

The original UGG can cost more than € 200 (over $ 600). Imitations are cheaper, since in lieu of the sheep's wool for raccoon dog fur. This Association of animal protection in Switzerland discovered a video where you can see the creators of this species of raccoon in live animals, which are then thrown into a pile of carcasses where are still some live animals.

The raccoon dog, which is actually a species of raccoon, is so named for being more like foxes and domestic dogs than with the raccoons.

"Raccoon dogs are often by an unspeakable suffering," says Mark Jones, director of Humane Society International of the United Kingdom, referred to in Eccouture. "Die a slow and agonizing death, with the bodies in raw and bloody," he adds.

Most of these counterfeit boots come from Asian countries, including China. Several European countries have banned in 2008 the import of furs, namely dog and cat, China. However, this prohibition does not apply to raccoon dogs because they don't treat dogs, despite the name.

Faced with the controversy, the UGG came already deny the use of the raccoon dogs in their products, blaming counterfeit tarnishing the reputation of the industry in this sector. According to the Director of UGG, the brand has knowledge that several companies that produce imitations of UGG are the labels that indicate that the boots were produced in China and replace them by tags that indicate that were produced in Australia.

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