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Fur Industry PR Scam Exposed, Fur Sales Drop Despite Hype

In the fall and winter months of 1997 fur industry PR hacks managed to
generate over 700 media stories pronouncing that fur was back.  "Fur sales are
booming!" they declared.

This was all a part of carefully designed plan to convince the public that it
was once again acceptable to wear fur.  Though the actual fur sales figures
did not indicate that there was more consumer interest in furs, reporters
acted as if the word of the fur industry was the word of God.

So what really happened?  Despite all the hype, which surely should have
increased fur sales since it was nothing more than free publicity, fur sales
actually declined!  In the March 2, 1998 issue of industry trade journal Sandy
Parker Reports, it was guessed that 1997 fur sales dropped by at least 10%.
Actual sales estimates will probably be released in early April.

So why the hype?  The Fur Information Council of America (FICA) claims that
fur sales increased by 5% in 1996.  What they didn't mention to the media, is
that the average fur coat was selling for about 14% more that same year.  A
worldwide decline in mink production had pushed supply so low that the actual
retail prices had increased.  Yet with coats selling for 14% more than the
year previous, they could only generate a 5% increase in dollar volume.

Obviously the number of actual coats sold had declined.  But the industry
still touted their "sales increase" and "return to the fashion limelight."

The media fell for this hook, line and sinker.  The New York Times started a
media frenzy, which took the scam and ran with it.  Reporters just didn't want
to listen to the facts, even when anti fur groups were faxing them actual
industry documents that contradicted the industry press releases.

Even with all the pro fur media coverage, sales didn't go up.  In fact, Sandy
Parker Reports called the winter of 1997-98 "one of the most disappointing
retail fur seasons in memory."

For the first 11 months of 1997, fur imports were down by nearly 10%.  Imports
account for roughly 60% of US retail fur sales, so this is a good way to gauge
the fur market.  The figures for December fur imports were not available at
press time.

Furriers are not at all happy about this.  Many seem to be angry with the fur
trade associations for making such boastful claims, and getting their hopes
up.  Fur World referred to the "heavy does of rhetoric served up by trade
associations about the positive results due to come" in an angry article in
their February 23rd edition.

One thing the fur industry refuses to do is credit animal rights activists
with their declining sales.  Yet, why else wouldn't people buy fur?  As Fur
World magazine pointed out in that same Feb. 23rd edition, there was record
high employment, a 24 year low in unemployment, and a skyrocketing stock
market.  So why didn't people buy furs?

Perhaps the answer lies in the fact that anti fur groups have successfully
convinced a majority of women that it is wrong to kill animals for frivolous,
luxury products.  In fact, North America and Western Europe are not the major
fur markets anymore.  Fur farmers are being forced to dump their skins in
developing nations, which are just now seeing the birth of anti fur activism.

The drop in the Asian economies caused the prices of female mink skins to drop
by as much as 35%.  If American women were buying furs, wouldn't it be their
demand that propped up mink prices, not Korean demand?

Perhaps the most telling sign of instability in the fur industry was the
recent bankruptcy of Andriana Furs.  Andriana had reportedly sold $22 million
worth of furs in 1996, but that figure dropped to $10 million in 1997.

Andriana is a major fur retailer who had three stores in Chicago, and did
caravan sales in hotels and stadiums across the country.  Now they are
struggling to survive and have already closed 2 of their 3 stores.  It is
doubtful they will be able to get the consignment merchandise to continue
their caravan sales.  With Andriana's sales having reportedly dropped by more
than 50%, one must ask how anyone can claim anything other than the fact that
the fur industry is dying.

Austria has banned fur farming.  This happened because it was found that fur
animals could not be kept in intensive confinement and still be happy.  The
British Fur Trade Association, aware that the government there is close to
banning fur farming, tried to deflect criticism by claiming none of their
members gas mink.  CAFT got video footage of their president driving a tractor
between his mink sheds with a large gas canister attached.

This sort of exposure has destroyed European fur sales, and is destroying
American fur sales.  Don't believe the hype.  The media was burned by fur
industry lies.  Now we must set the record straight.

Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade
PO Box 822411
Dallas, TX 75382
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Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 15:22:39 -0500
From: Patrick Nolan <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Navy-humpback whales update
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 4, 1998

Contact: Ben White
[phone]

Protesters Halt Navy Tests--For Now

     Opponents of the U.S. NavyÆs plan to blast humpback whales with
deafening levels of low-frequency sound succeeded yesterday in stopping
the Navy from going forward.  As planned, activists were in the water
near a Navy research vessel so the incredibly high-decibel sound source
was not employed (the test cannot proceed while human swimmers are
nearby).
     Fifteen miles off the northern Kona Coast of the Big Island of
Hawaii, the Animal Welfare InstituteÆs Ben White and local activist
Miguel Hughes immersed themselves in the ocean near the Navy ship Cory
Chouest, from which the intense, lung-shearing beams of sound were to be
projected.  White held aloft a boathook with two flags attached: one, an
earth flag, and the other, the state flag of Hawaii.
     The planned test is to take place in the middle of the whales'
calving and breeding area, at the height of their calving and breeding
season.  Aside from the severe injury and distress the targeted whales
could suffer from the blasts of sound, the test could seriously impair
the whales' reproductive behavior, increasing the jeopardy this highly
endangered species is in.
     Today, the coalition of environmentalists, scientists, and animal
advocates who condemn the testing are bringing the fight back to the
courtroomùat 10 a.m., U.S. District Court Judge Helen Gilmor will again
consider whether to grant an injunction against the Navy.  Should the
court attempt fail, White said, "we'll have a boat out at all times, and
cycle volunteers so that thereÆs always someone in the water."  Another
possibility is to bring musicians out, to play music into the
waterùfrustrating the NavyÆs effort to detect the singing humpbacks.

-30-

NOTE: Film footage and still pictures--including uplinkable digital
images--are available on request.

Date: Wed, 04 Mar 98 14:12:36 PST
From: "bhgazette" <[e-mail]>
To: "AR News" <[e-mail]>
Subject: need AR web sites
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Does anyone know where I can find a current list of AR web sites?
Thanks,
JD
Bunny Huggers' Gazette

Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 15:54:18 EST
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Madison Monkeys (rhesus only, not stumptails) were packed into trucks today
and were sent onto Tulane Labs.  In order to make sure that the transfer went
without a hitch, security forces consisted of dozens of officers from as far
away as the Village of Waunakee as well as county sheriff officers, University
police and Madison police.  As the truck was leaving the facility, officers
formed a "gauntlet" around the entrance and arrested two individuals,
presumably for disorderly conduct.

A local Madison activist followed the Madison Monkeys' truck and several
police cars away from the Henry Vilas Zoo to the Madison Beltline.  Several
police cars drove down the highway to escort the truck.  Two cop cars drove
down the interstate side by side at 45 m.p.h. delaying all traffic on the
interstate to allow the trucks to gain ground ahead of the activists as the
truck headed out of the county.

Local activists vow to continue their fight against the zoo and the
experimenters.  A fundraising event for the zoo is conducted annually.  We
plan to fight any campaigns they have to bring so much as one more animal into
the Henry Vilas Zoo.  Additional vows were heard today to remind the public of
the lack of leadership on the County Board around election time.  Finally,
activists expressed grave disappointment in Kathleen Falk's lack of compassion
and commitment for the rhesus monkeys who served her, the people in the county
and the university and who are now going to their deaths as petty bureaucrats
point fingers at each other.

Local activists pray for monkeys and the human species as we continue to learn
respect and compassion for those who are different from us.  I would
personally like to thank the excellent activists at the Alliance for Animals,
whose hearts are breaking over this campaign, each and every one of you who
called or wrote Cruel Kathleen and the other board members, and all of you who
were involved with keeping local activists going through this battle.

D'Arcy Kemnitz
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 15:28:06 -0600
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Madison Monkeys (rhesus only, not stumptails) were packed into trucks today
and were sent onto Tulane Labs.  In order to make sure that the transfer went
without a hitch, security forces consisted of dozens of officers from as far
away as the Village of Waunakee as well as county sheriff officers, University
police and Madison police.  As the truck was leaving the facility, officers
formed a "gauntlet" around the entrance and arrested two individuals,
presumably for disorderly conduct.

A local Madison activist followed the Madison Monkeys' truck and several
police cars away from the Henry Vilas Zoo to the Madison Beltline.  Several
police cars drove down the highway to escort the truck.  Two cop cars drove
down the interstate side by side at 45 m.p.h. delaying all traffic on the
interstate to allow the trucks to gain ground ahead of the activists as the
truck headed out of the county.

Local activists vow to continue their fight against the zoo and the
experimenters.  A fundraising event for the zoo is conducted annually.  We
plan to fight any campaigns they have to bring so much as one more animal into
the Henry Vilas Zoo.  Additional vows were heard today to remind the public of
the lack of leadership on the County Board around election time.  Finally,
activists expressed grave disappointment in Kathleen Falk's lack of compassion
and commitment for the rhesus monkeys who served her, the people in the county
and the university and who are now going to their deaths as petty bureaucrats
point fingers at each other.

Local activists pray for monkeys and the human species as we continue to learn
respect and compassion for those who are different from us.  I would
personally like to thank the excellent activists at the Alliance for Animals,
whose hearts are breaking over this campaign, each and every one of you who
called or wrote Cruel Kathleen and the other board members, and all of you who
were involved with keeping local activists going through this battle.

D'Arcy Kemnitz
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 06:48:44 +0800
From: bunny <[e-mail]>
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>From The Southland Times (New Zealand)- March 02, 1998

 FARMING RCD pre-orders flood in

by Natasha Holland

CENTRAL Otago farmers are rapidly pre- ordering the new concentrate rabbit
calicivirus disease (RCD) to attack rabbits again.

The Pesticides Board on Thursday granted an experimental use permit to
Zenith Technology for the limited sale of 500 litres of the rabbit-killing
virus.

Since the grant was approved, Dunedin- based Zenith Technology has been
deluged with calls about the virus.

The company had 40 calls from farmers throughout New Zealand on Friday,
including Te Anau, Wanaka, Ranfurly, Balclutha, Gore, Balfour and Lumsden.

Zenith Technology director Dr Max Shepherd said the virus would be
available in 10 days.

The concentrate virus comes with strict instructions for farmers to follow.


One requirement is that the Department of Conservation is notified 10 days
before the RCD release so it can be monitored.

RCD was illegally introduced into New Zealand last year and the first
reported outbreak was found in the Cromwell area on August 26.

Sally and Donald Young, of Lowburn, received international attention after
RCD tested positive on their farm.

Since that first outbreak of RCD, the couple noted a dramatic kill rate
among adult rabbits.

"I have noticed new growth in some areas of the farm since the outbreak,
but we will be ordering the RCD product," Mrs Young said.

Federated Farmers South Island high country committee Otago lakes
representative Jack Davis said farmers were thrilled they would be able to
buy the virus.

"I think farmers need to be careful of how we use it. We need the disease
to really take off, and not for rabbits to become immune," Mr Davis said.

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Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 16:50:59 -0600
From: Steve Barney <[e-mail]>
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Subject: [US-WI] "101 monkeys set to go" (WSJ-040498)
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                 [Wisconsin State Journal -- Past Stories]
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                           101 monkeys set to go

           UW says county failed to make commitment to their care

Richard W. Jaeger
Wisconsin State Journal

     UW-Madison officials said late Tuesday they will ship 101 rhesus
     monkeys to Tulane University in New Orleans today after
     negotiations with Dane County broke down and a court attempt to
     halt the shipment fell short.

     Graduate School Dean Virginia Hinshaw said no final decision has
     been made regarding another 50 endangered stump-tailed macaques
     that have also been part of the Wisconsin Regional Primate Center
     exhibit housed at Vilas Zoo for the past 30 years.

     Hinshaw said the university is moving the rhesus monkeys because
     the county failed to assume any responsibility for the animals or
     make any firm commitments for their care.

     The university and county have been negotiating for weeks about
     the fate of the monkeys after the university lost funding from
     the National Institutes of Health to support the colonies. That
     followed revelations that the university had violated an
     agreement not to do invasive research on the zoo monkeys.

     Topf Wells, executive assistant to County Executive Kathleen
     Falk, said he heard about the university's rejection of the
     county's counter-offer just minutes before the 5 p.m. Tuesday
     deadline. He said he immediately responded to the university,
     offering more negotiations and expressing the county's concern
     ''for the safety of the monkeys.''

     ''The county executive has made herself available at any time
     tonight and tomorrow to resolve this matter,'' Wells said
     Tuesday.

     Hinshaw, however, said the county had backed down from setting
     any firm dates for taking ownership of either monkey colony and
     wanted to place the funding burden on the university.

     She said the university would be open to further discussions with
     the county about the stump-tailed macaques and would continue
     discussions with the government of Thailand over the possible
     transfer of the macaques to a sanctuary there. The cost of caring
     for the 50 macaques at the zoo has been estimated at $132,000
     annually.

     The rhesus monkeys, however, will go.

     ''We can't keep postponing this. We have been available to the
     county. There is not much point in putting this off,'' Hinshaw
     said.

     Hinshaw said the university had received a response from the
     county earlier Tuesday, the deadline given to resolve the
     placement of the 151 primates. That response, she said, backed
     away from previous discussions to have the county take full
     control of the macaques and to find sanctuary for the rhesus
     monkeys in a place where they would not be subjected to invasive
     research as they may at Tulane's primate center.

     Falk, at a press conference Tuesday, said she felt that
     negotiations were progressing and that while the county couldn't
     set any deadlines pertaining to the macaques, it was working
     toward raising funds that might allow the county to eventually
     take ownership of them.

     She said a fund drive had already raised more than $25,000 to
     send the rhesus monkeys to a sanctuary in San Antonio, where they
     would not be part of any research project. That drive was being
     conducted by various groups including the governor's wife, Sue
     Ann Thompson, and the Alliance for Animals.

     The Alliance took its efforts to court Tuesday afternoon in an
     effort to get an order halting shipment of the rhesus and the
     transfer of the stump-tailed monkeys to Thailand.

     Dane County Circuit Judge Robert DeChambeau, however, gave the
     animal rights organization little help. DeChambeau said he had
     serious doubts the Alliance could intervene in the transfer or
     sale because it is not part of the contract with the university
     over the housing and care of the monkeys.

     DeChambeau gave the Alliance and the university until April 15 to
     make written arguments in the case and would not grant an order
     halting any shipments.

     Tina Kaske, executive director of the Alliance, gave her support
     to the county's efforts at Falk's press conference. Kaske said
     she felt it was ''an outstanding effort on behalf of the monkeys
     and the people of this city and county.''

     ''I hope the university will sign it,'' she said, referring to a
     memorandum of understanding the county submitted to the
     university Tuesday.

     Falk said a main concern of the county was that attempts to raise
     money to save the monkeys not compete with other fund-raising
     projects at the zoo. She also said deadlines could not be set for
     taking ownership of the macaques until money had been raised to
     transfer the rhesus monkeys to a safe sanctuary.

     Wells said moving the rhesus monkeys to Tulane would be ''a
     horrible mistake.''

     ''I think the university will be unpleasantly surprised at the
     response the people in this community will give such a decision.
     It will be seen as the university discharging its responsibility
     entered into years ago to protect those animals,'' Wells said.

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Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 06:49:45 +0800
From: bunny <[e-mail]>
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Subject: (NZ)RCD may have killed pets
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Dominion (New Zealand) 4/3/97

RCD may have killed pets

Rabbit calicivirus disease is believed to have claimed
it first pet victims in the Hawke's Bay.
A pet rabbit owned by a Havelock North family died
last week, and another died on Sunday.
The Hawke's Bay Regional Council believes the rabbits
died from the virus, but is awaiting confirmation from the
Agriculture Ministry.
Council animal pest manager Owen Harris said the disease
was widespread among feral rabbits in Hawke's Bay.
The deaths were a timely reminder to pet owners to have
their rabbits vaccinated, he said.
NZPA

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Down the street.    \_/^\_/    (Rabbit Information Service website updated
                                frequently)

Jesus was most likely a vegetarian... why aren't you? Go to
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for more information.

It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
       - Voltaire

Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 20:41:05 +0000 (GMT)
From: Pat Fish <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
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Subject: TV alert: ST-Voyager Humans Hunted (N. America)
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  On the United Paramount Network (UPN) tonight (Mar. 4), they're having a
two-hour special in which the nomadic Herogen species again decide that
humans have to be thinned out and attempt to make trophies of the crew of
the USS Voyager.  I can't say for sure what the plot involves, but in the
last month both episodes introducing the Herogens were good allegories for
animal rights.  One of the episodes was titled "Prey".

 Check your listings for "Star Trek Voyager" from 8-10 PM US EST.

Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 20:11:48 -0500
From: Liz Grayson <[e-mail]>
To: ar-news <[e-mail]>
Subject: NYC Bar Association Symposium: The Animal Connection
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The NYC Bar Association's Committee
                                                               on
                                     Legal Issues Pertaining to Animals
                          is sponsoring a symposium open to the public

                                             The Violence Connection:
              The Link Between Animal Cruelty and Crimes Against People

                           Tuesday, March 24, 1998, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
                    The NYC Bar Association, 42 West 44th Street, NYC
                                   for more info. [phone]
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 09:59:01 +0800
From: bunny <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: RFI NZ company about to sell live deadly virus
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RFI Zenith Technology Corporation Ltd

If anyone nows anything about this company or the two directors mentioned here
please email me privately. This comany may soon be selling deadly hemorrhagic
RHD at $150 a bottle to anyone who wants it.

Company:ááDN/679487 ZENITH TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION LIMITED

Registered Office Address
156 Frederick Street
Dunedin

Directors (first two)

SHEPHERD , Maxwell Gilbert

HUNG , Cheung-Tak
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                   /`\   /`\    Rabbit Information Service,
Tom, Tom,         (/\ \-/ /\)   P.O.Box 30,
The piper's son,     )6 6(      Riverton,
Saved a pig        >{= Y =}<    Western Australia 6148
And away he run;    /'-^-'\
So none could eat  (_)   (_)    email: [e-mail]
The pig so sweet    |  .  |
Together they ran   |     |}    http://www.wantree.com.au/~rabbit/rabbit.htm
Down the street.    \_/^\_/    (Rabbit Information Service website updated
                                frequently)

Jesus was most likely a vegetarian... why aren't you? Go to
http://www.zworx.com/kin/esseneteachings.htm
for more information.

It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
       - Voltaire

Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 21:08:11 -0500
From: allen schubert <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: (US) Two `Veggie Libel' Suits Expected
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[Could the "veggie libel" laws be decided by non-veg cases?]