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skin; the underfur acts as an insulating blanket that keeps the animal warm. The fur of mammals has many uses: protection, sensory purposes, waterproofing...

Fur farming is the practice of breeding or raising certain types of animals for their fur. Most of the world's farmed fur was produced by European farmers[citation...

The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur. Since the establishment of a world fur market in the early modern...

term 'fur' is often used to refer to a specific item of clothing such as a coat, wrap, or shawl made from the fur of animals. Humans wear fur garments...

describes Chinese methods used for trapping animals during the 4th century BCE. The Zhuangzi reads, "The sleek-furred fox and the elegantly spotted leopard ...

other animal species for food (including meat, eggs, and dairy products), for materials (such as leather, fur, and wool), as pets and as working animals for...

promotion of fake furs by animal rights and animal welfare organizations has contributed to its increasing popularity as an animal-friendly alternative...

organization opposes factory farming, fur farming, animal testing, and other activities it considers to be exploitation of animals. The organization's controversial...

Animal print is a clothing and fashion style in which the garment is made to resemble the pattern of the skin and fur, feathers or scales of animals such...

companion animal, is an animal kept primarily for a person's company or entertainment rather than as a working animal, livestock, or a laboratory animal. Popular...

Furred Animals of Australia is a general reference book, first published in 1931, that gives accounts of Australian mammals, the continent's often unique...

"universal rabbit" for its varied purposes as a pet, show, breeding, meat, and fur animal. Flemish giants are also popular as pets, especially in Europe and North...

the fur, and was judged by a client running his hand over the pelt. The coat must have a sheen, which reflects the health of the coat and the animal from...

retractile claws. The fur varies from yellowish to dark brown, depending on the species; it is valued by animal trappers for the fur trade. Martens are slender...

they require a temperature-controlled environment. The animals instinctively clean their fur by taking dust baths, in which they roll around in special...

steadily increasing numbers of trapped animals, despite a much lower pelt value. Fishers have been captured live for fur farming, zoo specimens, and scientific...

Fur farming is the process of breeding animals in captivity for the sake of harvesting their fur to be sold primarily for clothing purposes. Fur is no...

websites Fur Affinity, Inkbunny, SoFurry and Weasyl; and WikiFur, a collaborative furry wiki. There are several webcomics featuring animal characters...

mammal's fur. In the animal fancy, coat is an attribute that reflects the quality of a specimen's breeding as well as the level of the animal's care, conditioning...

July 1943) is an English former model and animal welfare activist who is well known as a campaigner against fur and for neutering of cats to control the...