Critter News
DECEMBER 21, 2011
Russia does have its own seal hunt, but apparently they banned killings of animals under one year old. Russia has been the biggest market for the Canadian seal fur industry. And harp seals are the prime source of that fur. Excerpted from the Globe and Mail.
10,000 Birds
JULY 23, 2014
People have moved useful plants and animals around with them as long as they had the wit to do so. So that New Zealand would end up with quite a few species of animal not originally found here is hardly surprising of itself. Brush-tailed Possums were brought from Australia to help start a fur industry.
Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 24, 2006
One of the questions on the survey is: "Is it morally permissible to kill animals for fur coats?" Because, despite a NY Times story designed to promote fur sales, real fur is associated with cruelty, and cruelty is never "in." all-things-considered wrong ) to cause an animal to suffer for no good reason.
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