Fur Is Evil

Google is a smart company which has demonstrated the ability in the past to say, “Oops, we made a mistake.”

Right now, Google is making a huge mistake by not acting immediately to stop profiting from a form of animal exploitation that

- makes most people sick.

- encourages flaying animals alive.

- consumes not only traditional fur industry animals, but also millions of cats and dogs — animals which are considered friends not food by the people of the United States of America, Google’s home country.

- encourages the disastrous worldwide trade in endangered species. At least one seller of leapard cat skins which uses Google’s advertising network has admitted in writing to us that they DO NOT have an export license for the thousands of dead animals they are trying to sell online.

- encourages the growth of an unregulated factory farming system that is nothing less than enormous petri dish for potentially deadly viral epidemics. Asymptomatic SARS-like viruses were found in three animals: Humans, palm civet cats and raccoon dogs. Raccoon dogs are a huge part of the Chinese fur industry right now. The conditions in which they are kept, the manner in which they are slaughtered are so disturbing, most people can’t stomach to watch it.

Google has shown great interest in helping protect humanity from deadly diseases.

Shutting off the fur industry profit stream at Google would be a great way to start.

Google, please do the right thing.