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For years I've been disgusted over the shoddy workmanship of articles with the label "Made in China"... way back (as I'm 'older than dirt') as a tailor who repaired fur coats in my twenties, I noticed items brought in by customers increasingly failed to wear even close to what I would have expected as a normal consumer... Especially items marked as 'rabbit fur' if they had a label at all on them... Once inside the garments, I went beyond disgusted as I saw how some of these garments were constructed... And many proved to be beyond even my ability to repair!

Fast forward to news articles that started appearing regarding the mass destruction of dogs in China because of rabies... In a country that does not vaccinate against this deadly disease, I read of pet owners who had their pet dogs ripped from their arms and clubbed to death in front of them... Many of us united on the Internet and signed petitions to voice our outrage at this atrocity going on...

Did we stop it?... Probably not... What we (more than likely) stopped was the reporting of this, for I'm sure the Chinese officials simply tightened down the security measures and confiscated more cameras and notes from reporters... We already know they limit the access to the Internet for the Chinese people...

Watching human rights violations being reported in China, I was surfing one night on this topic and I stumbled upon articles surrounding the fur trade market and literally had to go throw up when I viewed undercover videos taken of this fur trade market about two hours outside of Beijing... At that point I devoted many hours to further researching this issue because an uneducated consumer is an ignorant one... When I realized that every part of these dogs and cats are used (clear down to the bones which are boiled down into glue for Chinese manufacturing processes), I was shocked...

Shocked at the outbreaks of salmonella caused by rawhide chewies brought in from Taiwan and the Far East to European countries... Shocked after I went to my local pet and discount stores to see for myself exactly how many toys and items were unlabeled fur items... I was dumbfounded... The problem was MUCH worse than I realized... I came into the fight against the dog and cat fur trade late (2005), for there are many others who have been battling this horrible industry for YEARS...

Long being a label reader, I became increasingly irritated by the news of the delays our country and its legislators allowed to go on regarding a lack of COOL (Country of Origin Labeling) - how was I given a choice in what to buy when products were not labeled as to where they (or their components) came from?... To me this is a basic right - the right to be informed by those I trust - to insure laws already enacted are being enforced and when there is a need to further insure the safety of the general public, to make it happen - OVER and above influential powerful lobbying factions of manufactuers...

In 2006 I told myself I would not, under any circumstances, support the 2008 Olympics being held in Beijing, especially after I learned the equine competitions had been moved from Beijing... I guess having many foreign animal lovers that close to the fur trade market was more than the Chinese officials could tolerate... They might actually take it upon themselves to make a trip to see for themselves... I thought I was alone in this position until I found others who also feel we should boycott the Olympics... In fact there are many who feel they should boycott the Olympics being held in Beijing based upon all of these factors, not withstanding the lack of human rights in China...

As the year continued on, the news of the massive dog massacres hit the airways and Internet... How can a government kill over 50,000 dogs in less than four days... Charges sprang up later these dogs' carcasses were taken to the fur trade market... Who knows?... After all, it IS China, ya know?

And then the pet food recall hit in 2007... Discovering how shoddy "quality" inspections are done, how little this industry is actually monitored and how much of a part the Chinese played in it all, I listened to friends tell me the heartbreak of losing one of their pets to this horrific failure in our government to keep our furkids safe...

This, combined with the recalls in toys, tires and just about any other category of products manufactured in China forced me to do something... This website might not do much more than to cause you to think and/or look for a label on the next thing you buy... But if it does that, it has fulfilled its mission...

You can contact me at JustSayNoToMadeInChina@yahoo.com if you'd like to include "Made In US" products, highlight "Made in China" products and issues, etc.!

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