10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2016

In the early morning out on the water there were plenty of Fluttering Shearwaters and Australasian Gannets, and close to a salmon farm we found New Zealand Fur Seals as well as Pied Shags, Little Shags and Spotted Shags (I can only assume that kiwis just like calling all cormorants shags because they are all five years old).

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Charlotte New Zealand Fur Seals 173

Critter News

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

What messages and techniques have been proven effective in getting people to make compassionate decisions like boycotting fur and adopting companion animals instead of buying them? And why do so many people say the oppose the cruel practices of factory farming, yet still eat meat, eggs and dairy products?

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Advocacy Factory Farming Factory Farm Farm Sanctuary 100

Animal Person

MAY 10, 2009

Latimer's ignorance also comes across in his discussion of anti-fur campaigns, so it's easy to miss this potentially good point (about some animal activists): But did you ever notice that we don't hear very much from them if anything about shoe leather? He clearly hasn't heard of the low-hanging fruit concept.

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Animal Rights Rights Animal Broiler Chicken 100

Animal Person

APRIL 7, 2011

If you've seen The Witness , you know that Eddie drove around with a van that had a continuously looping video of what it takes to get the fur that some find so appealing (and he gave out leaflets, too). PETA's been using horrifying images for years.

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Advocacy Veal PETA Fur 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2024

Here in the UK they were exterminated 400 years ago, but in recent years they have become re-established as a result of escapees from farms. The post Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks first appeared on 10,000 Birds. However, top of my wanted list is a European Lynx. One day, perhaps.

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Fur Boars Deer Estonia 246

10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2012

Somewhere around the Platte River one of the Audubon boys received a black-footed hide from a fur trader. John Bachmann headed west to gather material for Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Audubon painted this new creature and wrote up a brief description, which went into his posthumous book and so out into the world.

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Ferrets South Dakota Wyoming Captive Animal 243

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

Brush-tailed Possums were brought from Australia to help start a fur industry. Blackbirds and Song Thrushes were also problematic for fruit growers, but it was rabbits that quickly became enemy number one for the fledgling colony, as they striped the ground bare in farm after farm.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 22, 2008

According to Bite Back Magazine , an activist released 1500 mink from a farm in Astoria. In the early morning hours of October 17th, a lone activist infiltrated the fur farm at 92659 Simonsen Road in Astoria Oregon. The fact that there is no fence around this farm should help ease their escape.

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Oregon Fur Breeding Stock Farming 100