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On Google, HSUS and Fur

Animal Person

Many bloggers who are pro-animal rights have either not used Google's AdSense or stopped because they discovered that, for instance, their anti-fur post was surrounded by ads for fur. pro creating-animals-to-skin-them-for-their-fur. All the evidence you need is on [link] -- there is no investigation required.

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Failure to launch

10,000 Birds

The objective wasn’t even birds, it was fur seals. Instead we turned back and investigated the rock pools along the coast. It wasn’t fur seals, or even eciting birding, but it was fun to poke around. Which brings us to yesterday.

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The Why of Ferrets

10,000 Birds

Somewhere around the Platte River one of the Audubon boys received a black-footed hide from a fur trader. What we know for sure is that sometime on the morning of September 26, 1981, John Hogg went to investigate the strange noises from out back and he in turn discovered Shep playing with the body of an unfamiliar weasel-like animal.

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Welcome Home Mama & Boris: How a Sister’s Love Saved a Fallen Soldiers Beloved Dogs

4 The Love Of Animals

When he went outside to investigate, he saw a dusty troupe of mottled, almost camouflaged, puppies rolling in the sand, all presided over by a serious, sleek, dark presence—their mother. They’re like little balls of fur and energy, and he looks so happy to be in the midst of them.

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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

He roots the theft in the history of collecting bird skins, in the brief life history of Edwin Rist, in the secretive world of classic fly tying, and in his own efforts to follow up on a police investigation that got the man but not all of the loot. Kelson, published in 1895.

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Are You Wearing Man's Best Friend? That Trim on the Hood of Your Jacket Might Be Dog Fur!

Animal Ethics

According to this Associated Press story, if you are wearing a Sean John jacket with fur trim purchased from Macy's, that trim might have come from a dog indigenous to Asia known as a "raccoon dog." According to HSUS's investigation (detailed in their press release ), the Sean John Hooded Snorkel Jacket on sale at macys.com for $237.99

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