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Do you want to help educate Ottawa about fur and fur trim?  Come out to one of Canada's anti-fur events - held every year on or about February 14!

Sunday, February 14, 2010:

21st Annual National Anti-Fur Day

1:00 to 3:00 PM
Winterlude Festival, Ottawa

Canal entrance by the Westin Hotel (which is at 11 Colonel By Drive)

(parking available very close by at the Rideau Centre, underground)

Haven't you seen enough fur trim around Ottawa this past Winter?  It seems to be everywhere, and many people do not even realize they have purchased a garment that supports such horrific animal cruelty.  Fur trim does not significantly increase the cost of a garment, therefore most people believe they are buying fake fur simply based on the price of the garment.

According to Statistics Canada, more than two million animals are killed each year by the Canadian fur industry. This figure does not take into account the estimated 9 million "trash" animals, including dogs, cats, birds and even endangered species, that are caught in the traps each year and then discarded because they have no economic value.

Approximately 1 million of these animals, including minks, foxes and ferrets, are factory farmed under horrific conditions. They are kept in tiny, filthy cages, and are denied the most basic of care. These animals are killed by anal electrocution, gassing, neck-breaking and lethal injection.

The other 1 million are caught in cruel traps, including the leghold traps, conibear traps, snares and the drowning trap. These animals are left, often for hours or days, with no food, water or shelter, in extreme temperatures. One in four animals will chew off their own limbs to escape, and will go on to die of gangrene or other secondary infections. When the trapper finally comes to collect the animals, they stomp or beat them to death to avoid damaging the pelt.

The fur industry would like us to believe that fur is once again fashionable. But the reality is that the only way they can convince people to wear their product is by disguising its bloody origins. And no matter how much they shave it, dye it, or weave it, fur is still the product of a tortured and slaughtered animal.

To sell this cruel product, the heavily subsidized Fur Council of Canada uses taxpayers dollars to present misleading arguments.  Click here for several factsheets.

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