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FUR COMMISSION USA COMMENTARY, MAY 6, 1999 THE “FUR FREE 2000” campaign of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has moved to stage two: legislation. As you recall, Christmas 1998 brought the world video clips of a German Shepherd being bled and skinned alive, supposedly somewhere in China. (1) As the dog howls,…
IUCN Again Calls on Members to Base Policies on Science Fur Institute of Canada, October 16, 2008 – Ottawa: World conservationists have sent a strong message to governments and policy makers, to put their sustainable use principles into practice.
Labeling Ourselves Once upon a time, a producer was a retailer was a consumer. We bartered and traded our way through life. Over the past century, we have become specialists in production, design, manufacturing, marketing, wholesaling, distribution and, ultimately, retailing. Retail is where the entire industry is represented by a storeowner or clerk, a person…
FUR COMMISSION USA COMMENTARY, NOVEMBER 22, 2002 CATS HAVE GOT THE TONGUES of America’s largest animal rights groups following a massive oil spill off northwest Spain. Since the Bahamian-registered oil tanker The Prestige was crippled in a storm on Nov. 13, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and People for the Ethical Treatment…
The following article was first published by www.furs.com and is reproduced with the permission of the author. By Lisa Marcinek for www.furs.com SO MUCH FOR THE LAND OF THE FREE, HOME OF THE BRAVE. In this country, if people don’t like what you’re doing, they can – and often do – simply outlaw it. Since…
HSUS Promotes Synthetic Over Real Fur HSUS opposes the organic fur trade and instead is promoting “Evolutionary Fur” made of petrochemicals despite evidence that these do more harm to the environment.
The following article first appeared in the July 2000 edition of “Fur Farm Letter”. It’s Opening Day at California’s Del Mar Race Track, “where the surf meets the turf”, as they like to say.(1) I am here with bells on. And so is everyone else. Literally. This is the day of the great big floppy…
We hear it over and over again: attacks by Earth and animal liberationists are becoming more “personal” and more extreme. We are also told that no one has ever been killed by these “liberation” zealots who engage in criminal acts to rid the Earth of its “enemies”. Alas, it’s a myth. It’s been personal for…
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.
Who should decide if trapping should be banned – the public or wildlife professionals? Recent ballot initiatives on this and other issues have conservationists concerned. By Ted Williams From 1970 to 1975, the author was information officer with Massachusetts’s Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. This article first appeared in Audubon Magazine, June 1999, and is…