Sentences with phrase «of animal furs»

had their livelihood eviscerated when greenshirt extremists made taboo the use of animal furs in stylish clothing and accessories.

The new paintings on view explore female sexuality through public and private moments and through the juxtaposition of animal fur against human skin.

Not exact matches

The animal - rights group said it plans on buying around $ 4,000 worth of shares so it can speak at the company's annual meetings and urge it to stop using coyote fur in its jackets.

It has also faced controversy, having been targeted by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals for its use of coyote fur in its jackets.

It's easy to see why the fur of these little animals is so popular: Prized for its softness and water absorption, badger hair seems purpose - built for shaving brushes owing to its great feel and ability to quickly work soaps and creams into a velvety lather without a lot of effort.

«pure badger bristle» means very little, denoting only the lowest grade of the animal's fur.

Not all badger hair is created equal, however: Like the term «genuine leather,» «pure badger bristle» means very little, denoting only the lowest grade of the animal's fur.

When animal welfare activism comes up in conversation, it's only natural to think of angry protesters waving gruesome photos on the street or a bucket of red paint splashed on someone's brand new fur coat.

Although faux fur is okay, St. Michael suggests staying away from anything that is made of real animal fur.

The «more primitive elements of animal consciousness — palpable hunger and thirst, fear and rage, pleasure and pain — are as clearly evolutionary adaptations to an ever more elaborate ecosystem as fur and feathers, toes and digits, eyes and ears.»

For example, we should stop «hunting for sport or furs; farming minks, foxes and other animals for their fur; capturing wild animals (often after shooting their mothers) and imprisoning them in small cages for humans to stare at; tormenting animals to make them learn tricks for circuses, and tormenting them to make them entertain the folks at rodeos; slaughtering whales with explosive harpoons; and generally ignoring the interests of wild animals as we extend our empire of concrete and pollution over the surface of the globe» (ALNE 23).

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Traps constitute a major investment, especially in light of lower fur prices in part due to animal protectionist's efforts to change the social acceptance of wearing fur.

[53] This radical understanding of suffering caused one fur - trapper to remark that animal protectionists would not be happy even if we trapped and killed the animals with «sweet dreams and tender kisses.»

«Consumptive trapping» involves the capturing of animals deemed desirable for their fur, meat, or products.

Lots of animals want to eat these penguins including sharks, Cape fur seals, killer whales, mongooses, cats, dogs, and kelp gulls, but somehow they manage to survive.

After the animals are cruelly slaughtered the fur is then treated with a number of toxic chemicals in order to preserve it including ammonia, formaldehyde, hydrogen peroxide and bleaching agents to name but a few!

Yes, we are certified vegan by Vegan Action and free of animal or animal by - products including flesh, bones, dairy, eggs, honey, fur, leather, wool, down feathers, and cosmetics or chemical products tested on animals.

As Animals Australia continues to represent our native animals in all available negotiations with the Government, you can also play a part by ensuring you never purchase fur products, of not only native wildlife, but any aAnimals Australia continues to represent our native animals in all available negotiations with the Government, you can also play a part by ensuring you never purchase fur products, of not only native wildlife, but any aanimals in all available negotiations with the Government, you can also play a part by ensuring you never purchase fur products, of not only native wildlife, but any animalsanimals.

Interactive book (s) A farm animal board book that made realistic animal sounds AND had patches of real - feel fur was my little guy's favorite gift this past birthday.

With a picture of an animal on one side of the page and a close - up of the animal's skin or fur on the other, this book's bold illustrations will delight your infant, who is just beginning to focus her eyes.

We love the fun look of the animal spot design mixed with a fur looking texture which also makes it a perfect choice for a gender neutral room!

The 1998 EU Council Directive 98/58 on the protection of animals kept for farming purposes set out minimum common standards of protection for animals of all species, including fish, reptiles, or amphibians, kept for the production of food, wool, skin, fur, or for other farming purposes.

The BFTA is a member of the International Fur Trade Federation (IFTF) which claims to «promote strict codes of practice that meet or exceed established and accepted animal welfare standards for wild and farmed fur.»

The fur trade is another cause of concern for animal welfare supporters.

«Farmer» shall mean any person, organization, entity, association, partnership or corporation engaged in the raising of crops, or the raising of livestock or livestock products as defined in subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law, or the business of agriculture, whether for profit or otherwise, including the cultivation of land, the raising of poultry, fish, or fur - bearing animals, the harvesting of timber or the practice of horticulture, aquaculture, apiculture or viticulture; «Generally accepted agricultural practices» shall mean those practices which are lawful, customary, reasonable, safe and necessary to the industry as they pertain to the practices listed in subdivision a of section 3 of this local law.

Asthma and hayfever are strongly linked to allergic sensitization, that is the prevalence of antibodies against allergens, for example, from pollen or furred animals.

Researchers see this as a possible explanation for hayfever, which is strongly associated with pollen sensitization, having increased from 22 percent to 31 percent in Sweden, between 1990 - 2008, while the incidence of asthma, that is strongly associated with furred animals and mite sensitization, remained unchanged for the same period.

Nevertheless, the occasional death of animals in various European caves over several tens of thousands of years eventually led to enormous accumulations of bones and teeth from these large fur - bearing animals.

Delicate hooks on the agrimony seed in this photomicrograph snare the fur of passing animals (or your socks) to move to greener pastures.

As for the skin version of the test, animals» fur is shaved and then several layers of skin are removed with sticky tape before technicians apply test substances and cover over the abraded area with plastic sheeting.

In the animal world, these qualities include things like thick, well - groomed fur, long feathers, big antlers, or, in the case of the stickleback fish, the size and hue of the red spot on his belly.

Using both traditional histology techniques and cosmetic rating scales, the researchers showed that these animals had 10 times the active follicle density of other mice, resulting in luxuriantly silky fur.

Jaenicke's 15 - year study found that more than a billion tons of bioaerosols — bits of proteins and cells, animal fur, dandruff, dead plants, and insects — are sloughed off into the atmosphere every year, an amount about 20 times greater than previously estimated.

Conservationists also needed to match the original 1930s colors of the animals» fur, which was not easy to do — especially because the photographs from the original exhibition preparation are black and white.

That might explain the white patches of fur, shorter snouts and curly tails of the tame animals.

Many low - growing plants have adopted a simple dispersal strategy: develop fruit with burs or spikes that snag the fur of passing animals.

(Otters have the densest fur of any animal.)

The mammals are the class of vertebrate animals characterized by the production of milk in females for the nourishment of young, from mammary glands present on most species and specialized skin glands in monotremes that seep or ooze milk; the presence of hair or fur; specialized teeth; three minute bones within the ear; the presence of a neocortex region in the brain; and endothermic or «warm - blooded» bodies.

According to IFTF data, the vast majority of the fur industry's pelts — upwards of 85 percent — now come from farm - raised animals.

Activists are also concerned, of course, about the conditions animals endure on fur farms.

IFTF argues that fur farming has environmental benefits, such as providing good use for 647,000 tons of animal by - products each year from Europe's fish and meat industries alone (they are fed to the captive animals), and generating a lot of manure, sold as organic fertilizer.

«The amount of energy needed to produce a real fur coat from ranch - raised animal skins is approximately 15 times that needed to produce a fake fur garment,» says PETA.

«Sleeping on animal fur in infancy found to reduce risk of asthma.»

Background If you were an animal with a thick layer of fat under your skin and a heavy coat of fur, such as a polar bear, would you live in a tropical forest?

Some of these differences give the animals adaptive advantages — brown fur is better than white for camouflage, for instance — but many monkeys sport very complicated, multicolored patterns.

With their bark - patterned fur and nocturnal habits, spotting these animals, which are about the size of large squirrels, is tough.

Each week, the researchers tracked down all the animals they could find and noted how well their coat color matched the local background by determining the percentage of white fur and of snow cover.

It's a concentration of skunk, offal and hair that trappers use to attract fur - bearing animals.

Maubrey's other works include an «audio steelworker», an «audio cyclist», and an «audio herd» in which people wearing synthetic animal furs and skins play the calls of monkeys, frogs and birds while strolling through a park.