Most fur animals are bred for it Animals bred specifically for their fur are not only deprived of their lives, but unlike their wild counterparts, they are also deprived of their freedom.
Fur farming is therefore an even greater abuse of animal rights than hunting and trapping.
An arctic fox ranges over anything from 2,100-15,000 acres and yet on fur farms these animals are kept in tiny wire mesh cages. Such is their frustration that they become psychotic. Many are driven to cannibalism and self-mutilation. Most fur animals are pests See 49 . Fur is a product of careful and necessary culling Culling is a term which usually describes the killing of animals that we consider to be in some way damaging to the environment.