Some fur for you?

I snapped this photo along Hexiang Xilu — Uighur men were flogging furs on a, er, freelance basis outside McDonalds. I did my best to work out what it was they were selling, but the best I can come up with is some kind of ferret-like creature (long pelts as neckwarmers?) and feral cats (possibly an asiatic wildcat on the left?).

I personally do not have a big problem with the fur industry, as long as the animals are treated humanely (and killed as painlessly as possible). The thing that gets me most about how people treat animals is the cruelty, as if beings that are different do not feel pain. I don’t own any fur myself, but I stomp around in leather Doc Martens, so I’m not about to get all PETA on fur-wearers — but if anyone chooses to farm animals for their skins, they had better make damn sure the animals are treated kindly while they are alive, and not to waste what is left after they have been skinned.