Point de vue de l'Institut Canadien de la fourrure

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Point de vue de l'Institut Canadien de la fourrure


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Question 4: Are those videos going around for real? Unfortunately there are many
documented incidents of activist groups “staging” horrible videos to fuel their
fund-raising drives. They do this because the stakes are high! Animal activist
groups now rake in millions of dollars with sensationalized, media-driven
campaigns. (www.activistcash.com) One of the most gruesome and offensive videos
now circulating shows Asiatic raccoons in a Chinese village being, literally,
skinned while still alive. The question is why anyone would do something so
cruel…unless they were paid to produce a shocking video? Apart from the obvious
cruelty, skinning a moving animal, increases the risk of damaging the pelt or
harming the operator; diseases and infections can be transmitted by knife nicks
or cuts. Furthermore, living animals (their hearts still beating) bleed more,
which would unnecessarily dirty and damage the pelt. Would a pelt stained with
blood and cut haphazardly while an animal wiggles be of any value?Other videos
show animals suffering on fur farms. But it is impossible to produce
high-quality fur unless animals are raised in good living conditions, with a
balanced diet, a clean pen and excellent care. Are we expected to believe that
this is common practice when it doesn’t make any business sense?

http://www.furisgreen.com/canada_dog_cat_fur.aspx
Question 5: Are coats in Canada made from dog & cat fur?Animal activists often
make this claim to discredit the fur trade -- but they have yet to find a single
dog or cat fur garment in Canada.The Fur Council of Canada has adopted a formal
policy confirming that Canadian fur manufacturers and retailers do NOT use
domesticated dog and cat fur in the garments they produce or sell. Why would
they? Canadian consumers are not interested in such products, and we have so
many beautiful Canadian furs to choose from!Garments sold in reputable fur
stores always carry a label indicating the fur type. When in doubt, consult your
fur retailer. Sometimes activists claim that “raccoon dogs” are dogs, because
they are classified by biologists in the larger canidae family. But Nyctereutes
procyonoides is really a completely distinct species that resembles a North
American raccoon much more than it does a coyote, wolf or other members of the
dog family. This Asiatic raccoon is native to Asia and is also farmed in
Scandinavia where they are known as Finn Raccoons.It is true that in some
countries dogs (and other animals we think of as pets) are used for human
consumption. For us Westerners this is unthinkable. But who are we to impose the
values of our rich and well-fed societies on developing nations with different
customs? (And, of course, we also kill millions of unwanted dogs and cats each
year; are we morally superior because we are rich enough to throw them away
unused?)
http://www.furisgreen.com/animal_activists.aspx
Question 6: Who are the animal activist groups and what do they really
want?Previous question:Can coats from Canada madefrom dog and cat fur? The most
prominent of these organizations, PETA & HSUS, would like you to believe that
they are ‘’charitable’’ organizations, raising funds to protect animals. They
really function more like well-oiled propaganda and fundraising machines
investing millions in media campaigns, paying handsome salaries to their
executives and spending very little on animal shelters. (see:
www.petakillsanimals.com). They often use extremist (and sometimes
terrorist-like) tactics to get media attention and influence public opinion.
They seek to abolish ALL use of animals, even for food or vital medical
research. They oppose using leather, honey or seeing-eye dogs. They believe that
keeping pets is a form of “slavery”.They see fur as an easy target because it is
perceived to be relatively expensive and glamorous -- and therefore can be
caricatured as a “frivolous” luxury for a small group of rich people. In reality
the fur industry is made up of very small family-run businesses, artisans,
trappers and farmers who are not media-savvy like PETA or the HSUS, and don’t
have the financial means to compete with the multi-million dollar budgets of the
lucrative new “protest industry’’.While it is totally legitimate to have
differing personal views on the use of animals, whether in our diets or for the
clothes we wear, is it really fair to single out one industry and attack the
livelihoods of thousands of people, who, like everybody else, have families to
raise and bills to pay? Is it really fair to attack the fur industry in a
society where 97% of the population eats meat and uses animal products everyday?
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