Gene Walters – Child of the Wilderness
Gene Walters was born in South Dakota in 1927, but his family moved to the untamed forests of northern Alberta when he was about…
Clouds Over Fur Trade Have Silver Lining
It’s the Holiday Season, a time of good cheer, so let’s pretend for a moment that Covid-19 hasn’t made the last year thoroughly miserable…
As Brands Drop Exotic Skins, Will Conglomerates Fight Back?
I hate to say “I told you so!” but only a fool could not have seen this coming. A few short years ago, while…
Fur Trade Joins War on Covid-19
Shared adversity can bring out the best in people, and that’s the silver lining to the very dark cloud that is the Covid-19 pandemic….
New Priorities? Fur in a Time of Coronavirus
Your idea of what makes a current event important may differ from mine, but occasionally a story comes along that grabs everyone’s attention. Enter…
Fur Polls Often Farcical, But Not a Complete Waste of Time
The value of on-line polls about fur is debatable, but Truth About Fur will keep playing along. The time required to vote is minimal,…
Meredith Lowell: Did Animal Rights Rhetoric Drive Her to Attempt Murder?
Last week in Cleveland, animal-rights activist Meredith Lowell, 35, stabbed another woman three times, allegedly for no other reason than that she was wearing…
Can Animal Users and Animal Rightists Ever Bridge the Divide?
Differences of opinion, and the debates they spawn in search of amicable solutions, are crucial to the functioning and evolution of democratic society. But…
How Does Wolverine Fur Work? Hint: It’s Not Hydrophobic
Conventional wisdom is clear on why, since time immemorial, wolverine fur has been the preferred material for hood trim in the High North. In…