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Group Seeks to Ban Chinese Fur Trade with Australia

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Humane Society International (HSI) called on Wednesday for a ban on the fur trade to Australia. The call was issued after the animal rights group discovered that the fur were sourced from the raccoon dog in China, ABC Radio Australia reports. The dog fur are used are inside lining for ugg boots.

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Commissioned Study Shows Namibian Seals Worth More Alive than Dead

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These are the results of a study commissioned by Bont voor Dieren (BvD), Humane Society International (HSI), Respect for Animals (RFA) and the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), and produced by the Australia-based independent economics consultancy Economists at Large. Excerpted from PR Newswire.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

I also watched a red fox bury her mate after a cougar had killed him. I wondered what in the world he’d brought back and discovered the wet ball of fur was a very young bunny. One, then another, flew off and brought back pine needles and twigs and laid them by his body. Photo by Paul Huber.

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