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Seasonal Reading from the FCUSA Archives
Ho, ho, ho! Plastic Santas? A seasonal look at “Evolutionary Fur” – guaranteed 100% unnatural! By Teresa Platt, Executive Director, FCUSA (April 1998 – May 2011). (November 1998) Have yourself a furry little Christmas! By Jane Chastain for WorldNetDaily. (December 2005) The view from a Utah mink ranch. By John Adkins Jr., Black Willow Mink. (November 2005) © [...]
IFTF: Global Retail Sales Increase by $600 Million
From The Sandy Parker Report of May 13, 2013 World retail sales of fur products edged up to $15.6 billion in 2011/12, an increase of almost $600 million over the previous year, according to the International Fur Trade Federation. The new total represents a 44% increase over the past decade, the IFTF calculates, and has [...]
Making Electricity from Mink Manure
The Municipality of the District of Digby (Nova Scotia, Canada) is one step closer to making electricity and money from mink manure. The Department of Energy has approved a renewable energy project in Weaver Settlement for the community feed-in tariff (COMFIT) – meaning the municipality can sell the electricity they generate to Nova Scotia Power [...]
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IFTF: Global Retail Sales Increase by $600 Million
May 13th, 2013From The Sandy Parker Report of May 13, 2013 World retail sales of fur products edged up to $15.6 b[...]
Unsustained Sustainability: The Road to Fashion Green Remains Less Traveled
April 17th, 2012Fur is organic and biodegradable. By demonizing the use of fur, PETA has inadvertently become a prom[...]
Fur Transcends Trend Status and Gets the Support of Major Fashion Voices
April 4th, 2012Tuesday April 3, 2012 (West Hollywood, CA) — Not just your garden variety “here today gone tomor[...]