The key to keeping shifters alive is to pick animals that don't have a high fur value...
"I'm a dog shifter!"
"Yea, no one cares, go get the newspaper. Good boy"
"I'm a Tiger Shifter!!"
"Really?!? Lets see!" <stuns the shifter to unconsiousness, ties it up, then proceeds to skin said tiger shift until it fails its regen roll>
"Easiest ¥30,000 a skin yet! No one shooting at me, no jungles to crawl through, no johnsons trying to screw me over! Hey Frank put a 'help wanted sign up for a Fox shifter next! Fox fur selling for $8k a pop and their small so easier to skin!"