How Our Views on Animal Use Form, and Why They Are Hard to Change
byIn his 2012 book The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion, social and cultural psychologist Jonathan Haidt explains why…
Animal Rights
Canadian Mink Farmers Will Fight Arbitrary Ban by BC Government
byOn November 5, Lana Popham, British Columbia’s Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, announced that the province “is beginning a process to phase out…
Calling Fashion Industry: Animal Welfare and Sustainability Are Like Chalk and Cheese
byAnimal welfare and sustainability are both commendable goals for any company’s strategic plan, but they’re also like chalk and cheese. They’re unrelated, which means…
Canada Goose Retreats from Fur. We Should All Worry, Not Just Trappers
byThe recent news that Canada Goose would stop trimming the hoods of its performance parkas with coyote fur by the end of 2022 disappointed…
Call to Action! Save Great Britain’s Fur Retail Trade
byAnimal rightists have been badgering the UK government to ban the fur retail trade for years, and with their country now out of the…
US Legislators Should Be Promoting Natural Fur, Not Seeking to Ban It
byA troubling new trend among progressive legislators in the US is to virtue signal by proposing to ban the sale of natural fur products. Apart…
David Suzuki Got It Wrong; Mink Farming Makes Sense
byThe following letter was first published by Powell River Peak in response to the January 30 article “David Suzuki and scientists call on government…
Indigenous Fur Harvesters Speak Out Against Anti-Fur Campaigners
byThe following statement from the four signatories below was released to the media on Jan. 24, 2021. “Harvesting and trading fur and other gifts…
Clouds Over Fur Trade Have Silver Lining
byIt’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…