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Fur
Fur
is Back... And the Fashion Industry Should Hang its
Head in Shame
Liz Jones, article — Daily Mall — December
2006
"As a designer, I've become aware
of how fur is often pushed on you to get financial
breaks along the way. I know that a lot of designers
who were having problems financially have cleared their
debts by using fur"...
After
Soft Decades, Fur Popularity Soars
Reading Eagle, article — August 2006
"Beginning in 1999, we tried to refocus
the industry and consumers that fur could be an integral
part of fashion,” said Steve Casotti, vice
president of American Legend...
Fur
Fight
Dan Piraro, Satya Magazine, essay — March 2006
Appalled at the sight, we joked about
what we’d like to do to the coats in the back
of the car. But we were only joking, of course. None
of us is the type to offer ourselves up to the Italian
penal system for the sake of a few urine-soaked coats....
Dogs
and Cats Abused for Their Fur
CNN's Larry King Live, feature — December
2005
And the pussy cats are licking each other. If you were in that situation,
you'd be clawing your way to get out and they're just licking each other because
they're so shocked and they're watching around them, what's going to happen.
They're going to be skinned alive...
Canada's
Cowardly Face
Matthew Scully, commentary — April 2005
When
you are in the business of killing baby seals, it takes
a strange turn of mind to think of yourself
as a victim. Yet this is how Canada's
seal-pup hunters have always wanted us
to see them — as the victims of "propaganda," meddlesome "outsiders," unfair
trade restrictions and other forces arrayed against the
noble sealer...
Why
Do We Still Wear Fur?
Some Disturbing Truths about Fur from Cats and Dogs
Katy Guest, The Independent, feature — December 2004
Cat
and dog fur comes under 'other fur' in the DTI's figures and nobody knows how
that breaks down. I believe there is dog and cat fur here, sitting in bonded
warehouses somewhere, waiting to be sold on. Most of it comes from China, and
the animals are kept in absolutely horrific conditions...
The
New Fake Furs Are So Fabulous, Why Buy the Real Thing?
D. Parvaz, Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
feature — October 2004
There's
a lot of high-end fake furs. It used to be that
fake furs look like bathroom carpets with collars....Now
the technology has increased so much that you can
have fur look as real or as fake as you want"...
Fur
Sure:
Controversial Fashion Goes From Taboo to Trend
Elizabeth Jardina, Alameda Times Star,
feature — September 2004
It's
a different generation that's shopping now from the
last time that fur was really big... Most
of the people who are buying fur are under 40. It's
a different customer that has been coming of age since
the last time there was major opposition to (fur)...
Ocean
Warrior:
My Battle to End the Illegal Slaughter on the High Seas
Paul
Watson, commentary
There
are many people who say that what we do is futile, that there
is no way to stop the rising tide of human-spawned destruction.
There are many who condemn my crew and me for taking the law
into our own hands and for taking on the barons of corporate
profit...
A
Call of the Wild
Animal Liberation Front Cell Member, essay — 1991
It's
a different generation that's shopping now from the last time that fur was really
big... Most of the people who are buying fur are under 40. It's a different customer
that has been coming of age since the last time there was major opposition to
(fur)...
Seal
Song
Ray Bradbury, essay
I would hate to be the captain
of a space expedition landing on a strange world confronted
by strange creatures. I would hate to be the governor of
a state making decisions about similar creatures in my own
environment...
In
the Presence of Seals
Gustav Vanderber, essay
The
place: the Gulf of St. Lawrence, about 100 kilometers
due north of Prince Edward Island, just off the west
coast of the Magdalen Islands. I am an environmental
journalist and I came here to get information from
both sides of the issue...
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