Film Denouncing Fur Deemed ‘Staged’ by IFF Investigators
According to a statement by the two Chinese fur skinners who appeared in the video, two unidentified anti-fur investigators approached the men and offered them lunch (or money to buy lunch) if they skinned an animal alive. The skinners complied, but later regretted the horrific act. My mother, Vivian Jarrett-Irving, is the owner of two fur coats: a full-length mahogany mink and a fox that hits right below the knee. Both hang from pegs she affixed to the back wall of her bedroom closet, as if their sensual, febrile glamour were too singular to be slotted in among the racks of…
A Black Legacy, Wrapped Up in Fur
Fur Bans: Society Has Much More to Lose than Fashion
Far removed from urban activists, Jane Dragon makes hand and foot warmers outside her family home in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. The recent surge in anti-fur campaigning makes me feel angry, but also very sad. Angry, because most anti-fur rhetoric is so completely misinformed and malicious. Sad, because the public debate about fur is based…
PETA’s Zeal Pushes the Envelope Too Far for Some
Tactics Drive Even Animal Advocates & Employees Away For 20 years, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has waged a brutal war in the name of kindness.