Fur Ban Proposals Are Based on a Dangerous Fiction
byRecent proposals to ban the sale of fur in several US cities and states are based on a fiction – a dangerous fiction –…
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Animal Rights Lies Hurting African Wildlife Management
by(Editor’s note: Wildlife management in Africa may seem far removed from managing beavers and coyotes in North America, but combatting misinformation from animal rights…
6 Reasons Why Banning Fur Sales Is a Very Bad Idea
byRecent proposals by Los Angeles, San Francisco, and now New York city councilors to ban fur sales should not only worry furriers who risk…
Anti-Fur Protesters Are an Elitist Cult
byAnti-fur protesters and animal rights activists are an elitist cult. Not only do they have opinions based solely on short-sighted emotion, and not on…
After the Siege: What Is the Future of Fur?
byPart of modern life in Western societies involves dealing with a handful of people who believe they can tell the rest of us how…
Will Urban Coyotes Change the Animal Rights Debate?
byIt’s just a theory, but one explanation why Britain is the spiritual home of animal rights activism – and of opposition to fur –…
April News Roundup: Faux Fur Gets Bad Rap, Vegans Try Extortion
byFur has been making the headlines more often than usual, and we are very happy to see the media questioning the use of faux fur….
Sustainability: New Story Signals a Bright Future for Fur
byThe growing media and public interest in sustainability – especially among young people – provides an extraordinary opportunity for the fur trade. To understand…
Reflections on the Morality of Using Fur, Inspired by Handel’s Messiah
byAnimal-rights activists argue that we are not morally justified to kill animals for any purpose, and certainly not for products they consider to be…