Fur

• B.C. announces plan to phase out mink farms due to COVID-19 concerns

  Agriculture Minister Lana Popham says the government will help the nine farms operating in B.C. to close by 2025.

  Health

  Nov 5, 2021
  
• Wolf shot, unlawfully removed from trap in Saskatchewan: ministry

  Conservation officers say a wolf was shot and taken from a licenced trapline in the Big River, Sask., area last month.

  Canada

  Mar 5, 2021
  
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• Iconic Manitoba museum exhibit ready for boarding

  The refurbished Nonsuch tells a new tale in history -- the treasured exhibit is once again open to the public.

  Jun 8, 2018
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• PETA demonstration held in downtown Winnipeg Tuesday

  Shoppers and passers-by might have done a double take Nov. 28 if they noticed a human-sized white and orange goose outside Portage Place. 

  Nov 29, 2017
• Vandals let 500 minks loose from Ontario farm but their babies may not survive

  Police are investigating after an alleged act of vandalism let loose about 500 minks in southwestern Ontario.

  Canada

  Apr 30, 2016
• Competition Bureau drops inquiry into false advertising claim against Canada Goose

  Competition Bureau has dropped an inquiry into a false advertising complaint against Canada Goose. An animal rights group had claimed the manufacturer was misleading customers about the humane killing of coyotes used for fur trim.

  Canada

  Mar 10, 2016
• Kitten Bowl III: Cuteness and claws collide to take on Super Bowl

  Hallmark Channel got some help from hosts Boomer Esiason,Beth Stern, and the North Shore Animal League America, which supplied nearly 100 rescue kittens to fill up Hallmark's bite-size football field.

  Entertainment

  Feb 1, 2016
• Police letter violates my rights, says Vancouver fur protester

  An anti-fur activist has complained to British Columbia's police watchdog claiming Vancouver Police violated his rights by indefinitely banning him from visiting, or even walking past, a store where he regularly protests.

  Jan 10, 2016
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• ‘Accidental fur’: Boston company turns roadkill into fashion

  Petite Mort Furs says they're offering the fur industry an alternative to wild fur trapping and fur farms by using the furs and skins from roadkill.

  Lifestyle

  Dec 14, 2015
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• Animal rights group files complaint against Canada Goose

  Animal Justice is challenging marketing claims by Canada Goose that the coyotes used in its fur trim have been treated "humanely."

  Canada

  Mar 13, 2015