I think that something like this should be forbid. Thousands of pet cats in Beijing are being abandoned by their owners and sent to die. They are then transported to what animal rights activists have labeled death camp like conditions, before they are sold for food.

Animals that live in the Arctic (either full time or seasonally) are adapted to extreme conditions. Many animals who overwinter in the Arctic (like the Arctic fox and the ermine) have a coat that thickens and changes color to white during the winter as camouflage in the snow