E very single fur farm that PETA Asia has visited in China—the world’s top fur exporter—has been beyond cruel: Investigators have witnessed and documented foxes being electrocuted, dogs bludgeoned to death, and raccoon dogs skinned alive. Now, a look into three massive rabbit fur farms and a slaughterhouse in China shows that rabbits are forced to live in cramped, filthy cages before finally being strung up and skinned—sometimes while still alive.

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Most of the rabbits were kept outside in all weather extremes.

The investigator didn’t see any rabbits receive veterinary care for skin problems or leg injuries, which is not uncommon on fur farms in China and across the world. This rabbit had a hind leg injury and was limping.

Rabbits arrived at the slaughterhouse in cramped wire cages stacked on flat-bed trucks. As seen in the video below, workers left them to struggle and thrash wildly after smacking them on the head with the back of a knife, hanging them upside down, and slitting their throats. They weren’t checked for signs of life before being skinned, and some were still kicking and twitching as the skin was torn off their bodies.

