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Old 12-24-2006, 10:14 AM
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Default Back in Style: The Fur Trade

Quote from the December 24, New York Times article:

"As humble beaver skins circle the world at steadily rising prices, so goes the fur market as a whole. Buoyed by the globalization of trade and the broader reach of the fashion industry, sales of fur garments, trim and accessories amounted to about $13 billion for the fiscal year ended August 2005, the most recent for which data is available — up 9 percent from the previous year and up 40 percent from five years earlier, according to the International Fur Trade Federation. The organization predicts that fiscal 2006 will show a further climb in sales."

This extensive article goes on to describe the current economics of the world-wide fur trade. Lots of interesting information. The next few years might be a good time to be a trapper...?
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Old 12-26-2006, 04:40 PM
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Cool article Don. Thanks for the link.

There is nothing that compares to real fur.
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Old 12-26-2006, 05:11 PM
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Just thinking...why is it that the word leather never comes up when the anti's talk about fur? Is it because who really cares about those cute cows?
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Old 02-15-2007, 10:46 PM
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Bringing up a dead subject but how many use shearling? Or wool? Do they know that those $300 handbags were once an animal's skin too?

Really, how many like leg of lamb?
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