Super Duper Recyclers
How Fur Farmers Turn Waste into Beauty Worldwide, mink and fox farmers recycle over three million tons of agricultural by-products annually.
Plastic Bags on Our Backs
Fur Commission Commentary Created in the 1970s as an inexpensive convenience, the plastic bag is now an everyday item with costs that are adding up fast. The plastic bags we use today will be with us virtually forever. We use tens of billions of bags a month, or about half a million bags a minute! The…
Extremists Attack Oregon Mink Farm
300 Mink Released in Astoria Oregon Early Sunday morning animal rights extremists broke into Carl Salo’s mink farm near Astoria, Oregon, releasing approximately 300 animals.
Astoria, Oregon: Incendiaries Used Against Former Mink Farm
FUR COMMISSION USA PRESS RELEASE, JULY 28, 2010 At about 2:30 in the morning of Tuesday, July 27, a series of explosions echoed through the night in tiny Astoria, Oregon, destroying a family car, a boat and a barn full of equipment. A husband and wife, their son and grandmother were sleeping just yards from…
The Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade (CAFT) has this to say …
J.P. Goodwin, Executive Director The following quotes were made during Goodwin’s time with CAFT. However, he was working for Wayne Pacelle of the Humane Society of the United States as early as 1997. (Blunt CEO defends Humane Society from attack dogs, Press-Telegram, (Long Beach, CA), Aug. 25, 2007.) Goodwin has described himself as an “ALF…
Dogs, Cats and DNA
Humane Society Claim Mislabeling of Fur Trim Americans are noted for their love of domesticated cats and dogs, our cherished pets. We have selectively bred a wide range of animals that are clean, loyal and rewarding companions. There truly is a pet for everyone, no matter what the lifestyle or need.