The weasel on my office desk has a serpentine body that wraps into a tight coil. It’s perched on a piece of driftwood and has lush chocolate brown fur that melds into a porcelain white belly. It has a cheese wedge head, stubby legs, and a black-tipped tail the length of a butter knife. My […]
OTTAWA — A Newfoundland and Labrador First Nations chief says the decision of a prominent online retailer to ban fur products is discriminatory against Indigenous artisans and traditions. Etsy, which allows creators, artists and other sellers to create online marketplaces for their wares on its platform, says nearly all products containing animal fur will be […]
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Outdoorswoman Meadow Kouffeld has new stuff to do: taxidermy Star Tribunesource
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Googly-eyed ‘stuffed fox’ turns out to be rare Tasmanian tiger… worth £60k The Telegraphsource
‘The discovery of a lifetime’: taxidermy ‘fox head’ turns out to be extinct Tasmanian rarity Antiques Trade Gazettesource
A polar bear, a blue fox and a honey badger are all up for grabs in Dunedin this weekend at an auction of taxidermied animals.Stuffed animal collectors are an eclectic group – young and old, male and female – says third-generation auctioneer Ronnie Proctor. Over 40 years selling antiques, Proctor has seen a few interesting things come […]
CONSUMER’S WORLD; The Price of a Fur Goes Down When It Should Be Going Up (Published 1989) nytimes.comsource
Artistic expression shouldn’t involve suffering—and now this major online market is taking a stand. After facing relentless pressure from PETA and receiving more than 100,000 messages, many from international entity supporters, Etsy committed to banning the sale of fur!Etsy, an online global marketplace known for artistic and handmade items, will officially launch its new fur-free […]