Fur farming is the practice of breeding or raising certain types of animals for their fur. Most of the world's farmed fur was produced by European farmers[citation...
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Fur farming is the process of breeding animals in captivity for the sake of harvesting their fur to be sold primarily for clothing purposes. Fur is no...
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the demand for fur decreased. Anti-fur organizations raised awareness of animal welfare issues within the fashion industry. Fur farming was banned in Britain...
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Battery cage (redirect from Battery Cage (fur farming))
Battery cages are also used for mink, rabbit, chinchilla and fox in fur farming, and most recently for the Asian palm civet for kopi luwak production...
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The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur. Since the establishment of a world fur market in the early modern...
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This list of types of fur describes the characteristics of types of fur used in fur clothing. Each type of fur serves its own purpose and has its own unique...
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The Fur Farming (Prohibition) Act 2000 (c. 33) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to "prohibit the keeping of animals solely or primarily...
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Rex rabbit (section Fur)
Rex [US] Velveteen Lop Rabbits and hares portal Fur farming House rabbit List of rabbit breeds Rabbit fur ARBA Standard of Perfection 2021-2025. American...
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the Silver Spring monkeys case. The organization opposes factory farming, fur farming, animal testing, and other activities it considers to be exploitation...
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Silver fox (animal) (section History of fur use)
the world. Scientific developments for breeding fur-bearing animals took place on the island. Fur farming became an important part of the 20th century economy...
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The Fur Farming (Prohibition) (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 10) is an Act of the Scottish Parliament "to prohibit the keeping of animals solely or primarily...
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The first mink fur farming attempts in Canada were done from around 1866 to 1887 by Patterson Bros. in Richmond, Ontario. Mink farming was brought to...
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Fisher (animal) (section Fur trade and conservation)
despite a much lower pelt value. Fishers have been captured live for fur farming, zoo specimens, and scientific research. From 1920–1946, pelt prices...
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America. In recent centuries fur farming, notably of mink, has also become widespread and provides the majority of the fur brought to market. One species...
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Poultry farming is the form of animal husbandry which raises domesticated birds such as chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese to produce meat or eggs for...
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American mink (section Fur)
subspecies. The first specimens were imported to Europe in 1920 for fur-farming purposes. The American mink was introduced in Italy in the 1950s, and...
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Corporate farming is the practice of large-scale agriculture on farms owned or greatly influenced by large companies. This includes corporate ownership...
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traditional medicine; and materials like leather, fur and fiber. Some conservationists argue, wildlife farming can protect endangered species from extinction...
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resources. The historic process of fur trapping is still practiced. The Saskatchewan annual production from fisheries, fur farming and trapping rank below the...
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also dominant on the peninsula. Listerlandet is also the fur farming centre of Sweden. Fur farming is currently under heavy political debate in Sweden. Mjällby...
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factory farming of dairy cattle, which it says is neither economically beneficial for farmers nor healthy for cows. It has advocated a complete ban on fur farming...
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Federal Animal Welfare Act came into force in Austria and banned both fur farming and the use of wild animals in circuses. In 2008, the Lionsrock big cat...
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Intensive agriculture, also known as intensive farming (as opposed to extensive farming), conventional, or industrial agriculture, is a type of agriculture...
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Animal welfare and rights in China (section Fur)
elimination of bear farming. China has been reported as the biggest fur-producing nation, and the second largest producer next to Europe. Nordic fur industries...
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". Scientific American. Retrieved 2024-06-08. Reynolds, Matt. "Insect Farming Is Booming. But Is It Cruel?". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2024-06-06...
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2013-11-02. "Parliament will not ban fur farming". Yle. 2013-06-11. Retrieved 2013-11-02. "Finland says no to fur-farming ban". Alaska Dispatch. 2013-06-19...
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