Leather gloves, shoes and other goods being sold in British shops and online may be made out of dogs slaughtered in horrific factories in China, it has been claimed. Dog skin produced in the slaughterhouses are used in products, labelled real leather, destined for export to the West, according to an animal rights group. Footage taken by People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) shows workers stood by a door at a slaughterhouse in the northern province of Hebei. As dogs are led through the door, the men kill them with a heavy stick. Sometimes it takes several blows to finish off the unwitting animals.
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Footage shows the grim conditions in which dogs are killed and skinned
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Restaurants that serve dog sell the animal's skin to processing plants
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The skin is turned into leather products - and could be in your wardrobe
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An investigator saw workers peel the skin off dogs who were still alive
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Horrifyingly, the products may be on the way to Western shops
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