Critter News

MAY 24, 2012

Four fur stories in the Vancouver, Canada, area were vandalized by animal rights activists who sprayed red paint on the windows and doors. The four stores were Capilano Furs, Speiser Furs, Snowflake Canada and Pappas Furs. Credit is being taken by ALF. Read the full story here at the Vancouver Sun.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

According to her press secretary, she does not wear fur.America's first lady, the fabulously fashionable Michelle Obama, has also declared via her press secretary that she, too, is fur-free. Obama does not wear fur.". Here's the official statement: "Mrs.

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Critter News

JANUARY 7, 2009

The Animal Defence League of Canada got Walmart to pull slippers containing real rabbit fur off its shelves. Walmart (of all places) has a no-fur policy. Tags: consumers canada fur walmart. The slippers are called Tender Tootsies. DON'T BUY THEM!

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Animal Person

AUGUST 16, 2009

Many bloggers who are pro-animal rights have either not used Google's AdSense or stopped because they discovered that, for instance, their anti-fur post was surrounded by ads for fur. pro creating-animals-to-skin-them-for-their-fur. I don't see why Huffington Post is any different from the fur farmer skinning an animal alive.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 9, 2008

Northwest Animal Rights Network (NARN) will be staging protests at this fur store in Everett, WA. Fieck Furs. Here is their idea of a fur coat. Tags: seattle fur. The company is Terry L. Nice and GREEN! Literally and sarcastically.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 17, 2009

From BiteBack : "December 5, in Izhevsk two locks on the entrances of the fur shop were filled with glue with the help of syringe, and the key holes were plastered over with the cold welding. November 27, in Sochi at the billboard of the fur shop 'The furs of Scandinavia' a slogan 'Fur = murder!' was painted.

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Critter News

AUGUST 9, 2010

Third Place (The Student Award): Kyle Ramirez, a design student at The Art Institute of Dallas, for his “Cotton Candy Dress” that creates the illusion of something “soft and weightless like fur and cotton candy” but uses cascading ruffles, antiqued satin fabric, artificial flowers and beads, to achieve that illusion.

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Critter News

AUGUST 20, 2008

You'd think of all the things she could model, she would stay away from fur products. Tags: fur. Or maybe there's no such thing as bad publicity.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Not only did tainted milk kill 1,500 raccoon dogs (they really look like raccoons), but these dogs were being raised for their FUR! Tags: fur china food. Only from China could you get TWO atrocities in one.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Humane Society International (HSI) called on Wednesday for a ban on the fur trade to Australia. The call was issued after the animal rights group discovered that the fur were sourced from the raccoon dog in China, ABC Radio Australia reports. The dog fur are used are inside lining for ugg boots.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

and several other retailers over alleged false advertising over "faux" fur products. The complaint also alleges violations of the federal Fur Products Labeling Act and Federal Trade Commission Act, which also prohibit the false advertising and mislabeling of any fur product. Tags: HSUS fur.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

It's the first fur ban in the United States. Here's hoping there are many more to come!

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Critter News

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Canada's military is reverting to issuing real fur winter hats to soldiers, replacing synthetic tuques for winter use, the Department of Defense announced. An initial order for 1,000 of the new "Yukon" hats with muskrat fur has been placed at a cost of $65,000, the Globe and Mail reported. I think this is just stubbornness.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 25, 2012

Baby Fur Seal Lament – Digital Nomad. Andrew is hanging with some adorable baby Antarctic fur seals in South Geogria, and has posted a video of his encounter. Andrew is hanging with some adorable baby Antarctic fur seals in South Geogria, and has posted a video of his encounter. Check the video out here.

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Critter News

AUGUST 25, 2011

What is the attraction of fur? Given the fact that Jackson is representing a company that traffics in the fur trade, animal rights activists might get their feathers ruffled by Jackson’s continued associations with a luxe fur brand. Jennifer Lopez has dealt with the same criticisms for her repeated wearing of fur products.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Animal rights activists claimed responsibility on Monday for a fire that caused $100,000 in damage to a Boise-area store that sells fur coats and fireworks, authorities said. No one was injured in the early morning blaze at Rocky Mountain Fur & Fireworks, a retailer in Caldwell, Idaho, about 30 miles northwest of the state capital.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 23, 2008

A British student studying in Porto, Portugal, was handing out leaflets in front of "Beigel," a fur shop. Tags: fur portugal. The post in the ANIMAL blog is in Portuguese , but here's the gist of it. She was volunteering for ANIMAL. She had already been threatened by the owner on Wednesday for trespassing on her premises.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 18, 2012

Natural Balance has teamed up with Angels in Fur Dog Rescue to donate one pound of food for each new “LIKE” on the Natural Balance Facebook page ( www.facebook.com/naturalbalancefan ). Everyone here is so beyond happy and our hearts have all been touched by the support of Natural Balance,” says Rachelle Lynn, the founder of Angels in Fur.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2011

This behavior is not at all out of character for Tufted Titmice as is explained on All About Birds : They line this cup with soft materials such as hair, fur, wool, and cotton, sometimes plucking hairs directly from living mammals.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2014

Their nest, which is one way of differentiating these species, is started with bark flakes and lumps of earth laid on the floor of the cavity; with a cup of finer bark shreds, grasses and rootlets, but mainly lined with fur, wool, hair, and feathers. The nestling has darker down and whiter gape flanges than the nuthatch nestlings.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

A crest is a “comb or tuft of feathers, fur, or skin on the head of a bird or other animal” Birds use them for display purposes – they can be either recumbent (not noticeable when not erect) or recursive (noticeable in all states). Quite a few bird species have crests.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Thanks to it’s marine canyon it’s the place to see Sperm Whales, swim with Dusky Dolphins and New Zealand Fur-seals, and watch albatrosses, shearwaters and petrels. New Zealand Fur-seals have a n extraordinary waterfall creche near Kaikoura , although there are reports this site was one of the casualties.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2011

It’s not fecal material, but parts that are not digestible like fur, bones and the exoskeletons of insects. For example, since eagles and hawks tend to rip their prey apart and have stronger digestive acids, their pellets look like wads of fur. Birds will barf them back up out of their mouths.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

Their nest is typically built with a base of bark strips and flakes with lumps of earth; with a cup of finer bark shreds, grasses and rootlets, but mainly lined with fur. These are nestlings, just a few days old, in their comfy, fur-lined nest, begging for food.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2012

The objective wasn’t even birds, it was fur seals. It wasn’t fur seals, or even eciting birding, but it was fun to poke around. It’s frustrating (more so if you write because you are always looking for something to write week in week out), but it happens. Which brings us to yesterday.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2013

The rocks here are particularly good for New Zealand Fur-seals, but we also saw Variable Oystercatchers , Black-fronted Terns, Caspian Terns , White-fronted Terns, Red-billed Gulls and Kelp Gulls. A New Zealand Fur-seal. It certainly helped my year list! So another season, another great haul of pelagic birds.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2011

The “hoary&# part of their common name refers to the extremely pale fur on their back. And marmots, of course, are nothing but pretentious groundhogs, so the name Whistle Pig seems like an extremely fair appellation.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2013

But she was beautiful – a deep, almost-black brown (called “otter”) with a palomino-colored belly, and jaw-droppingly soft fur. Delilah, as she was eventually christened, had been rescued from a slaughterhouse; she had been languishing in the bunny safehouse for four years, as she was skittish, distrustful, and hated to be held. Except Skye.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

According to a communique received by Bite Back , they did this in protest of Max Mara's use of furs. Max Mara has long been the target of anti-fur activists in Europe and around the world. Max Mara has long been the target of anti-fur activists in Europe and around the world. Tags: fur ALF. You can read about them here.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

The only thing more hideous then staring at Ann Coulter's mug for a whole month is Ann Coulter in fur. Tags: fur. And they could at least pose her where I can't see her Adam's apple.

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Critter News

JULY 5, 2010

Alex Hall released 650 mink from McMullin Fur farm in South Jordan, Utah in 2008. Tags: animal enterprise terrorism act mink fur ALF. He received a sentence of 21 months under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA.) Hall is expected to serve the rest of his sentence in Davis County Jail, rather than be shipped to a federal prison.

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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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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2016

As Marra and Santella note, tens of millions of people have “a deep bond and connection with cats” precisely because they’re a little bit wild, among a multitude of other reasons including soft fur, cuddliness, and playfulness. It’s not just the effect of cats on wildlife that should be alarming, “Cat Wars” says.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

Let our expert, Seth Casteel, help match the perfect fur baby with you! From the producers of My Cat From Hell comes the second season of Finding Fido. Looking for dog lovers ages 18+ living in the Southern California area … Continue reading →

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2011

The highlight of the weekend was seeing a pair foraging on a beach, searching the sand and tide strands for various morsels like a turnstone, and approaching the dozing New Zealand Fur Seal without the slightest sign of fear. Red-crowned Parakeet foraging near a New Zealand Fur Seal. I’ll work on that.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2015

A perched Egyptian Goose poses identification challenges only to those who consult their field guide to ascertain that a “bird” is the thing with feathers, not fur. That is when the problems hit the fan. Even after take-off, they are usually easy to name correctly.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Finally my luck changed in the form of a troop of Silvered Langurs , a lovely species of leaf-monkey with dark black fur that contrasts astonishingly with the bright orange fur of youngsters.

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