China is a major exporter of fur garments and the number of fur farms have mushroomed in the past ten years, especially in the cold, northern region of Heilongjiang.
A group of scientists is now helping locals improve the breeding rates of animals such as mink and fox through artificial insemination and other means, according to Liu Zhiping, who heads the university research team helping the farmers.
"A group of foxes does not give birth naturally to many cubs a year, so if you want to see a lot of fur in the market from a certain breed of furry animals, we need to introduce the technology of artificial insemination," said Liu, a professor at the Northeastern Forestry University of China.
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