Here is the rest of your fur, why not wear it too? Fur industry myth: "Worldwide, the fur industry is an excellent example of an industry based on sustainable use." (Fur Council of Canada) Fact: The history of the global fur trade, past and present, is evidence that no animal, no matter how abundant, is immune to possible extinction should its pelt become valuable to the fur trade. Animals whose populations numbered in the millions, and whose ranges extended over entire continents, have been reduced to near extinction within the space of a few decades, as demonstrated by the trade in the skins of spotted cats. For those animals unfortunate enough to be naturally rare in the world for ecological or geographic reasons - the Falkland Island Fox and the North American Sea Mink, for example - total extermination came easily and quickly when their pelts were in demand by the fur trade. In Canada, the greed and shortsightedness of the fur industry led to the endangerment or extinction of the Sea Otter, the Sea Mink, the Newfoundland Marten, the Wolverine, and the Wood Bison.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:09:39 +0000
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