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From the Mailbag

Animal Ethics

The horrific practice in China of skinning cats and dogs alive for their fur must go down as one of the worst cases of sustained mass cruelty to animals in human history. Every year, more than 2,000,000 cats and dogs are skinned alive in China for their fur. The horror must be stopped.

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On Small Victories

Animal Person

Foot explains why this isn't the end of sealing and quotes a Fur Institute of Canada spokesperson who says: "The activists could have had an influence on the manner in which sealing is conducted - and they still could - if they want to talk and work with the people in the industry. Changes in the manner of slaughter (i.e.,

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Comebackers

10,000 Birds

However, the age of the Golden Gooney was to come to a brutal end; beginning in the late 1800′s, they were being slaughtered by the millions for their feathers at their breeding colonies. In the mid 1700s, fur-traders began introducing foxes up and down the Aleutian chain, in order to generate some more raw material work with.

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Come@Me: Hunting Is Not Conservation

10,000 Birds

We have given an awful exhibition of slaughter and destruction, which may serve as a warning to all mankind. The Amur Leopard ( Panthera pardus orientalis – above) is just one majestic animal on the Critically Endangered (CR) list with less than 100 individuals in the wild due to hunting for its fur. Why is this happening?

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