God, these PETA types get borng after a while. No matter how many times the fur industry repeats to them that the fur trade is one of the most recycled industries to exist.
Most furriers, remodel and reuse pelts from older coats. Pelts, if taken care of properly, can last for decades if not a century or two. I've seen trader's and trapper's stamps on pelts that are 50-80 years old. Those pelts in turn being used in coats/hats made today. Very few new pelts are being trapped as the days of 300 mile traplines are over. The money is recovering pelts from disgarded coats/hats etc. There are huge trade fairs just to deal with used pelts. Furs, like jewels tend to retain their value and can be bought and sold for a pretty penny. It is far more lucrative to deal in used pelts than financing a trapline with a limited amount of yield.
Most new pelts especially bears, are from creatures that had to be killed because they became too familar with humans. Yes, that's right folks, those cute bears at the campsites and along the highways that you just had to stop and feed get a death sentence if they get too use to humans. They become a hazard to humans, livestock and property as they show no fear in hunting for berries in a backyard or campsite. The Parks people do give them a chance, they'll use an airhorn, spray and warning shots, if the bears doesn't scatter then it's deemed to have become too used to humans and is slated to be put down. Don't see PETA out at the campsites protesting the humans that are feeding the bears do we?
Hides from the annual deer, moose, elk and caribou hunts are traded in for a hat to the Provincial Ministries of Natural Resources (called the Hides for Hats Program) and sold off to pay for public education programs on wildlife protection and conservation.
The vandals who insist on throwing paint on people wearing furs fail to realize that the owners of such furs have the item insured, and if damaged, will in all likelihood just go out and replace it. So why not just leave them be, so that there is no need to use more pelts for another coat and the ones they just spoiled being prevented from being recycled? PETA can't do the math on that one.
