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New European Fur Labelling Scheme

People Against Cruelty to Animals - West Midlands | 06.09.2004 23:45 | Animal Liberation

Parts of the information below were taken from the scumbag International Fur Trade Federation website. The information on reading labels sewn into dead animal skin garments as means of identification may prove to be invaluable in stopping the vile fur trade once and for all. Keep your eyes open. Become a fur detective and report back.



European IFTF (International Fur Trade Federation) members are introducing a new fur labelling initiative to improve consumer information.

The new label clearly identifies the species of fur in the scientific Latin name and either the local language and/or the English translation. It also includes care instructions and the name of the retailer or manufacturer of the garment. The label must be securely and visibly attached to the item containing fur.

The scheme is being introduced by all 15 EU members of IFTF, plus Norway and Switzerland, for the new 2003-04 season.

The European labels are based on the model introduced by the Italian Fur Trade Federation in conjunction with the Icec (Quality Certification Institute for the Tanning Industry) in March 2003, and which has been approved by the UNI (Italian National Standards Institute) as Standard 11007. The labels in each country may vary slightly in size and language, but all will carry the scientific Latin name of the species, together with the local translation and / or English name.

Here are the latin names of the most popular fur bearing animals that the IFTF use within the EU.

N. American beaver - Castor canadensis
Bobcat Lynx - rufus/Felis rufa
Chinchilla - Chinchilla lanigera
Coyote - Canis latrans
Ermine - Mustela erminea
Finnraccoon - Nyctereutes procyonoides
Black fitch - Mustela putorius
White fitch - Mustela eversmanni
Arctic fox/White fox (wild) - Alopex lagopus
Blue fox (farmed) - Alopex lagopus
N. American grey fox - Urocyon cinereoargenteus
S. American grey fox - Pseudalopex griseus
Red fox (wild) - Vulpes vulpes
Silver fox (farmed) - Vulpes vulpes
Kolinski - Mustela sibirica
Karakul lamb - Ovis aries
Tibet and Kalgan lamb - Ovis aries
N. American lynx - Lynx canadensis
Lynxcat - Lynx rufus/Felis rufa
Baum marten - Martes martes
Canadian marten - Martes americana
Mink - Mustela vison
Musquash - Ondatra zibethica
Nutria - Myocastor coypus
American opossum - Didelphis virginia
Australian/New Zealand opossum - Trichosurus vulpecula
Rabbit - Oryctolagus cuniculus
Raccoon - Procyon lotor
Russian sable - Martes zibellina
Ringed seal - Phoca hispida
Chinese/Russian squirrel - Sciurus vulgaris
N. American squirrel - Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Tanuki - Nyctereutes procyonoides
Weasel - Mustela nivalis

If anyone knows of any outlets in the West Midlands that are selling real fur this year please do not hesitate to contact PACA with details. Thanks.

People Against Cruelty to Animals - West Midlands
Web:  http://www.vivisection.info/paca
Email:  pacawestmids@fastmail.fm

For more info on the disgusting, cruel animal fur trade and how to help to stop it please visit:  http://www.caft.org.uk

People Against Cruelty to Animals - West Midlands

Comments

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what about leather?

07.09.2004 07:04

what about leather? it's just as bad as fur. why not do it properly, and actually mark expensive leather as coming from unborn calves?

vegan andy

What about russian seals ???

07.09.2004 10:31



Also what about 9 day old Russian seals murdered on the White sea every year for their
particular type of fur-are they listed anywhere ??

GL

whingy veggy people

07.09.2004 11:00

What about leather? What about bunnies? What about mince?

Shut the fuck up!

meat beat manifesto

meatheadz

07.09.2004 15:23

i agree with meatbeater. indymedia is meant to be about prgoressive ideas and acitivism. siding with the oppressed and those being killed and tortured in the neverending quest for profit. not creatures who are being killed and tortured in....oh hold on...

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Get a life. Get a kebab

09.09.2004 12:19

Killed and tortured in the name of lunch and clothing more like.

Yep capitalism takes it all too far with factory farming and pointless cosmetic experiments and all. But capitalism reduces and commodifies anything and everything.

Veggies are so dizzy from malnutrition that they fail to see the wood for the trees and would deny our own natural omnivorous tendencies.

BTW: Vegetables are living things too. And some of them eat meat. In the restaurant of life, some beings are diners and some are dinner.

Its a little thing called the Food Chain - something that veggies continually and conveniently ignore.

Vegetable rights and peace

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09.09.2004 16:24

if u actually think vegetables have feelings then you should stop eating meat...in its short miserable life before being killed, a cow eats more than 10 times its bodyweight in plants. so cut out the middleman. as well as minimising suffering, there are strong environmental and health reasons.

i can't see how people justify funding animal slavery by buying meat/leather. do u think if u torture an non-human animal it suffers less than a human would in the same situation??

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responses to moronic comments

09.09.2004 21:22

Go to the site  http://www.whyveg.co.uk and all the answers to stupid questions like those above are mentioned.

Also, please don't feed the trolls

sick of trolls
- Homepage: http://www.whyveg.co.uk