Goats

As explained on Groundbreaking Exposé: Goats Thrown, Cut, and Killed for Mohair, a PETA Asia survey of the cashmere industry in China and Mongolia, the world's largest exporters (90% of all cashmere produced), reveals the extreme cruelty and the violent slaughter of which the Kashmir goats are victims.

On this site, there is a video showing the goats howling in pain and fear as workers tear off their coats and cut scraps of skin. Investigators saw workers ground and stand on top of frightened goats, twisting their legs into abnormal positions as they plucked out their hair with sharp metal combs.

According to one of the breeders, mowing is "very stressful" for them and deprives them of their natural insulation, which leaves them vulnerable to cold temperatures and disease. Goats left with bloody wounds after removing their coats do not receive pain relief or veterinary care. One of the workers simply poured sake into an animal's wound.

When goats are no longer deemed profitable, they suffer slow and excruciating deaths. At a slaughterhouse in China, investigators saw workers hit the animals on the head with a hammer in an attempt to knock them out. In Mongolia, workers were seen dragging goats by one leg to a slaughterhouse in the slaughterhouse, before slitting their throats in front of the other goats. They were left there, on the filthy floor, to bleed out, and some were found to still move after two long minutes.