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Bont
Bont is tegenwoordig weer helemaal in. Op straat zie je veel jongens en meisjes lopen met een jas met een echte bontkraag erop. Een paar jaar geleden was bond een symbool van dierenleed maar dit beeld is de laatste tijd omgeslagen en lijkt bont stoer. Maar ik ga beginnen met te vertellen wat bont precies is. Bont is de vacht van een dood dier. Deze vacht is bewerkt zodat er kleding of iets anders, een tas bijvoorbeeld, van kan worden gemaakt. Zeehonden zijn misschien wel de bekendste dieren die gedood worden voor hun vacht. Nog steeds worden er in Canada elk jaar duizenden jonge zeehonden doodgeknuppeld, maar er zijn veel meer dieren die gedood worden voor hun bont bijvoorbeeld konijnen, vossen, wasberen, chinchilla’s, nertsen, hermelijnen en nog veel meer. Zulke dieren, waarvan de vacht wordt gebruikt om kleding van te maken, worden pelsdieren genoemd. Deze dieren worden enkel en alleen gedood voor hun pels en voor niets anders.

De vangst
In veel landen worden de pelsdieren in het wild gevangen, in landen zoals Amerika, Canada en Rusland worden in het bos wildklemmen en strikken neergezet.
De dieren die in deze vallen terecht komen gaan niet gelijk dood, dit kan uren duren maar ook dagen. Wanneer een dier met zijn poot in een wildklem terecht komt zitten ze gelijk vast. Er klappen dan twee metalen beugels dicht en deze worden met een sterke veer vastgehouden.
Een groot nadeel is dat de klem de dieren niet selecteert. 1 op de 4 beesten die in deze klem terecht komen kunnen niet worden gebruikt in de bontindustrie, en zo vallen er dus nog veel meer slachtoffers.
Fokkerijen
De bont komt niet alleen van dieren die in het wild zijn gevangen maar ze worden ook vaak gefokt in fokkerijen. Vossen, nertsen, wasbeerhonden en chinchilla’s leven vaak met veel soortgenoten in kleine kooien. De wilde dieren horen natuurlijk niet in kooien en hebben veel last van stress en verveling. Uit frustratie bijten ze hun eigen vacht kapot, lopen infecties op of vertonen verstoord gedrag. Ze krijgen nauwelijks te eten en als ze doodgaan worden de dieren lijken vaak niet verwijderd uit de kooien en als ze ziek zijn worden wonden niet verzorgd.
Na een paar maanden worden de dieren vergast, geëlektrocuteerd of doodgeslagen om er een bontproduct van te maken. In sommige gevallen overleven de dieren deze ingrepen en worden zo dus levend gevilt. Nadat dit is gebeurd worden ze verder geecporteerd naar de plek waar de bont in een product wordt verwerkt

Nederland
Nederland speelt ook een grote rol in de bont industrie, elk jaar worden in Nederland meer dan vijf miljoen nertsen vergast. Hiermee is Nederland na Denemarken en China de derde grootste nertsenfokker ter wereld. Het nertsenbont is bijna geheel bestemd voor de export. Ze worden hun hele leven lang vastgehouden in kleine draadgazen kooitjes. In 2013 is de Wet verbod pelsdierhouderij in werking getreden. Vanaf dat moment mogen nertsenhouders hun bedrijf niet meer uitbreiden en er mogen geen nieuwe bedrijven meer worden gestart. Bestaande fokkers kunnen hun werkzaamheden tot 2024 voortzetten.
Vossen- en chinchillafokkerijen zijn in Nederland al verboden sinds 1995. Het fokken van nertsen wordt dus vanaf 2024 ook verboden.

Acties
Sinds de jaren 60 zijn de protesten tegen het dragen van bont sterk toegenomen. De meerderheid van de wereldbevolking is tegen het gebruik van bont.
Er wordt steeds meer bekend gemaakt over het levend villen van dieren en andere onmenselijke omstandigheden. De bontindustrie is bijvoorbeeld regelmatig in het nieuws geweest vanwege het levend villen van de wasbeerhonden, vooral in China.
Door de ophef hierover heeft een groot aantal lidstaten van de Europese Unie aangegeven deze misstanden in Europa aan te pakken. En een groeiend aantal merken en winkelketens verklaart geen bont of imitatiebont in de collectie te voeren.
Ook zelfstandige organisaties zitten zich in voor de dieren, op internationaal niveau is dierenrechtenorganisatie PETA heel actief en in Nederland komt kritiek voornamelijk van de Bont voor Dieren. Door de acties van bont voor dieren is 90% van de bont handel in Nederland opgehouden.
Hier achter mij zie je bijvoorbeeld hoe een man in een konijnenpak voor een bont winkel staat en z’n bontvacht terug eist.

Zoals je ziet hebben veel dieren door de bontindustrie een verschrikkelijk leven gehad, ze leven in extreem slechte omstandigheden en worden op een nare manier om het leven gebracht. Er is al veel gedaan om hier verandering in te brengen maar zolang bont nog verkocht wordt zal deze industrie niet stoppen. Denk daarom de volgende dat je in de winkel taat met een bontproduct in je handen nog een keer na nu je weet hoe dit product in de winkel terecht is gekomen.

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