See also:
- Business: Agriculture and Forestry: Livestock: Fur Farming (6)
- Recreation: Outdoors: Hunting: Trapping (37)
- Society: Issues: Animal Welfare: Animal Rights: Hunting and Shooting (39)
HSUS: Fur and Trapping
hsus.org
Articles and suggestions from their campaign to make trapping and the fur trade illegal. Includes Fur Free activist guide. From the Humane Society for the United States.
Fur Free Alliance: inFURmation
infurmation.com
Information center on the fur fashion trade including its animal welfare and conservation impacts on wild and domestic species.
Fur Information: A Look at the Fur Industry
fur.elehost.com
Personal page about fur farming and fur trapping includes rebuttals for reasons people give for buying fur. Photos and links to other anti-fur sites.
Telegraph: Pop singer brandishes skinned fox in protest against the fur trade
telegraph.co.uk
The singer Sophie Ellis Bextor and the photographer Mary McCartney, the daughter of the former Beatle, have donated their services to PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) for their campaign against the increasing popularity of fur. (November 12, 2002)
Observer: Fur is all the rage as sales rise 35pc
guardian.co.uk
Retailers believe fur's sudden popularity is partly fuelled by a new generation of consumers rebelling against the anti-fur movement and the political correctness of the Nineties. (November 17, 2002)
Facts: Fur
idausa.org
The truth about the fur trade including facts about "natural fur" e.g. chemicals required, environmental devastation and what you can do to put an end to animal suffering
Respect for Animals
respectforanimals.co.uk
Campaigns against the international fur trade, both fur farming and trapping. UK.
Fur-Free Friday
furfreefriday.com
Anti-fur facts, photos, the history of the event and links to related sites. From CAFT (Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade) and LCA (Last Chance For Animals). Not updated since 1999.
CNN: McCartney backs anti-fur fashion
europe.cnn.com
The revival of fur on the catwalks for winter 2002 shows that animal rights activists are having difficulty converting the fashion industry. They have a strong advocate in British designer Stella McCartney: "Everything in [my] store and every single garment and accessories that you see is cruelty free in the sense no animal has died to make anything in here." Karl Lagerfeld: "It should be handled in the nicest way but as long as we eat meat and wear leather, I don't even think there is a subject to discuss." (October 29, 2002)
Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade
caft.org.uk
Includes factsheets and materials used in protesting the fur trade.
Fur Is Dead
furisdead.com
Information about the cruelty involved in the Fur industry.
Models Anti-Fur
lifeofamodel.com
Information and resources to promote and help models that are anti fur.
New York Times - The War Against the Fur Trade Backfires, Endangering a Way of Life
nytimes.com
Native Canadians discuss the antifur campaigns of IFAW and Greenpeace that began in the late 1960's, and how the "Hollywood rich people, bleeding hearts and self-righteous groups" have killed the Inuit way of life and replaced it with oil, gas and mining interests. Free registration required. (February 4, 2003)
Fur Free Action
furfreeaction.com
Provides ways to take meaningful action against the fur trade and some easy ways to help prevent the killing of animals for their fur.
Time Line - A Brief History of the Fur Trade
whiteoak.org
An interesting glimpse into the history of the fur trade in North America.- Telegraph: Gisele left exposed on catwalk by fur protest
telegraph.co.uk
Campaigners from PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, invaded the runway during the Victoria's Secrets show in New York targeting one of the most prominent models to wear fur since it began to creep back into acceptability in fashion circles. (November 16, 2002)
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The civilian personnel will be engaged in common early-19th century activities including hearth cooking and fur trade . The intersection of Strother Road and ...
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Pictures from the 2005 Fur Trade Program Click image for a larger picture Students from Walt Disney Elementary walking down the Robert LaSalle portage
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