Critter News
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
But burning a store just 1) makes us into terrorists, 2) does nothing to stop the trade, 3) probably won't even stop the store because they'll get insurance money and reopen and 4) only feeds into sympathy for the industry and the business owners. Excerpted from Reuters.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
But the seal industry doesn't care. Despite that, a Quebec-based seal fur company has begun championing Pibarot's hypothesis, seeing the research as a buoy for Canada's beleaguered seal harvest. They'll exploit anything to try to save their barbaric trade and, if they can use guilt, even better. Excerpted from the Chronicle-Herald.
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Critter News
AUGUST 9, 2010
Our hope is that these talented participants will help pave the way for a more ethical fashion industry in the future.” Fashion designers, retailers, and consumers must realize that fur has no place in ethical consumerism. Simply put, fur is not in style, is not cool, and is not fashionable in any sense of the word,” Travers explains.
Critter News
DECEMBER 21, 2011
Russia and two of its neighbours have informed the World Trade Organization that they are banning the import and export of harp seal pelts – a move that animal-rights activists are celebrating as the death knell of Canada’s commercial seal industry. Russia has been the biggest market for the Canadian seal fur industry.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 2, 2019
After Alexander’s happy accident, other hybrids followed, and a nascent American wine industry was born. It’s an unhelpful description until one learns that it’s meant to evoke the muskiness of an old fur coat, which makes for an odd but not entirely unpleasant aroma in wine.
10,000 Birds
JULY 23, 2014
Brush-tailed Possums were brought from Australia to help start a fur industry. Gamebirds, such as turkeys, pheasants, partridges, quail, Mallards and the like were also brought, as were popular sport fish. California Quail are familiar birds to West Coast birders of North America, and Kiwis too now.
Animal Person
DECEMBER 1, 2009
I've always thought of horse-drawn carriages the way I think about greyhound racing or fur: Most people are against them, so why are they still around? Horses Without Carriages International does a great job of explaining and showing the injustices of the horse-drawn carriage industry around the world.).
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