"BLOOD FOR VANITY"

THE FUR TRADE

I am totally, completely, firmly against the fur trade! Fur looks best on an animal...not on a human. I find it completely disgusting! Further more I hope there is a good place for cruel, heartless, humans, and I use that word "human" lightly here, when they pass...read what they have to say...from their own lips HERE To learn more about this...do a search for "anti fur"

The fur trade in North America began almost as soon as Europeans began their explorations of the North American mainland. It's important to remember that at that time, fur was a necessity, there were no synthetics back then and fur provided the ultimate in warmth. Also, it's important to remember that usually the meat was eaten. TIMES HAVE CHANGED!

FACT: Since these poor animals are being used strictly for their fur, they are not given any human compassion what-so-ever! No care is given to if they are in pain, hungry, hurt nothing!

FACT: To kill the animals without damaging their fur, trappers usually strangle, beat, or stomp them to death. Animals on fur farms may be gassed, electrocuted, poisoned with strychnine, or have their necks snapped. These methods are not 100 percent effective and some animals "wake up" while being skinned.

FACT: Ranch-raised foxes are kept in cages only 2.5 feet square (minks in cages 1-foot-by-3-feet), with up to four animals per cage.

FACT: Animals can languish in traps for days. Up to 1 out of every 4 trapped animals escapes by chewing off his or her own feet, only to die later from blood loss, fever, gangrene, or predation

FACT: Every year, thousands of dogs, cats, raptors, and other so-called "trash" animals (including endangered species like the bald eagle) are crippled or killed by traps.

Species trapped for fur

Arctic Fox, Badger, Beaver, Black Bear, Bobcat, Chinchilla, Coyote, Coypu (Nutria), Gray Fox, Red Fox, Kit & Swift Fox, Silver Fox, Lynx, Fisher (Marten), Marmot, Mink, Muskrat, Otter, Ocelot, Opossum, Polecat, Rabbit, Raccoon, Raccoon Dog, Ring tail cat, Sable (Kolinsky), Striped Skunk, Spotted Skunk, Long-tailed Weasel, Short-tailed Weasel (Ermine), Squirrel, Wolf, Timber Wolf, Wolverine

Species farmed for fur

Mink, Fox, Raccoon dog, Polecat, Coypu, Chinchilla

Countries that have banned the leghold trap

69: Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Benin, British West Indies, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guyana, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Portugal, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

19 Countries have banned all traps, including the leghold trap: Burundi, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Zimbabwe, Senegal, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Burkina Faso

THIS IS DISGUSTING!

Number of target animals in 40" coat		Number of 'Trash' animals per coat		Total hours spent in a trap
Coyote Lynx Mink Opossum Otter Red Fox Raccoon Sable Seal Muskrat Beaver	16 18 60 45 20 42 40 50 8 50 15		48 54 180 135 60 126 120 150 - 150 45		960 1080 3600 2700 1200 2520 2400 3000 32 1500 225
(Statistics from Skin Trade Primer by Susan Russell, published by Friends of Animals)

Good links

Plaques for anti fur

Anti-Fur Protest Slogans/Chants

Educational links

Dogs and Cats for fur

Seal Hunting

Trapping

WARNING Graphic links

Inside Chinese Fur Farms

Dying For Fashion

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