upon further review:
http://reviews.ebay.ca/IS-YOUR-LABEL-FAKE-FAUX-FUR-MADE-OF-CAT-DOG-SKIN-HIDE?ugid=10000000005174263
excerpt:
Because there are no laws in place fur trade may place any label desired to any garment or fur product, depending on the preference of the buyer—Most often, the company supplying the fur is perfectly willing to label dog or cat fur as being fur from some other species, a species presumably more acceptable to consumers.
The following information was gathered by an investigation by inFURmation. The whole of the story can be seen at their website
One Chinese company told investigators that it had 50,000 cat skins and 50,000 dog skins in stock. At one German auction alone, 10,000 Korean dog fur pelts were available.
One shipment from a Chinese company to the Czech Republic, reportedly for the Czech army, contained 5,329 kilograms (11,924 pounds) of "house cat skin jackets + plates", representing the slaughter of 40,000 to 55,000 cats. Chinese fur factory told investigators that it had 100,000 cat skins stored in its factory.
Documents detailing the export of "house cat skin jackets and plates" from a Beijing company to a company in the Czech Republic indicate that the number of cats killed for just one shipment totaled 40,000 to 55,000, possibly more (calculation based on total weight of the pelts).
One shipment from China to Italy was seized for lack of proper permits. It contained 4.7 tons of dog hides.
Italy, France, Russia and Germany procure these furs by the millions.... And from those countries, fur products are distributed on the internet worldwide.