What You Can Do
International research has found that millions of cats and dogs in Asia are raised in atrocious conditions and brutally slaughtered for their fur. Undercover footage shows animals being skinned alive for their fur from which garments, toys and fur accessories are manufactured.
“The vast majority of fur from cats and dogs comes from countries where animal welfare standards are virtually non existent,” says spokesman for the coalition, SAFE campaign director Hans Kriek. “New Zealand must close its doors to cat and dog fur and take a clear, principled stance against a trade that violates our own animal welfare legislation.”
Things you can do to help this campaign:
Email a picture of your favorite cat or dog and it will be added to the Greens online petition to stop this inhumane trade. Email your picture, name and address.
If you have or suspect any fur for sale is made from cat or dog fur, try to obtain a small sample, label it with date and location, and send it to the Greens Freepost for DNA testing:
Sue Kedgley MP
Parliament Buildings
Wellington
For more information about the cat and dog fur trade visit this website:
At present New Zealand has no laws or restrictions that prevent cat or dog fur from being imported into New Zealand. 
Green Party MP Sue Kedgley has launched a private members bill which will seek to amend the Customs and Excise Act 1996 and make it illegal to import cat and dog fur into New Zealand. This will bring New Zealand into line with the rest of the OECD (including the United States of America, the European Union and Australia, which have already banned these imports) and ensure that New Zealand does not become a dumping ground for this illegal trade as dealers are forced out of other countries, says Ms Kedgley.
While there are no official data about the quantity of cat and dog fur entering New Zealand Ms Kedgley says there has been a 44 per cent increase in the amount of fur imports from Asia over the past nine years. New Zealanders love their cats and dogs and would be appalled at the cruelty inflicted on these animals. Banning cat and dog fur would prevent consumers from unwittingly buying items made out of companion animals, and widespread community support for this initiative is expected, says Mr Kriek.
The campaign to ban the importation of cat and dog fur into New Zealand is supported by the following groups:
RNZSPCA, SAFE, World Society for the Protection of Animals, New Zealand Companion Animal Council, Cats’ Protection League, C is for Cats Charitable Trust, Cats in Need Trust, Cat Rescue Christchurch Charitable Trust, Albany Animal Doctors, CyberPets Ltd