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fur short, very fine and soft hair. Valuable as pelts for use in cold climate and high fashion garments. fur animal animals bred or trapped in the wild for their pelts. Includes mink, sable, otter, lapin, ermine, marten. fur ball accumulations of fur, swallowed during the natural grooming procedures of cats, can be a cause of vomiting, enteritis and uncommonly intestinal obstruction. Most troublesome in longhaired cats and those with skin disease that prompts more grooming. fur-bearing animal see fur animal (above). fur clipping chewing of fur by captive mink rendering the pelt useless. A vice apparently caused by cage boredom. fur mite see lynxacarusradovsky. fur seal alopecia caused in captive seals by overgrooming, a displacement activity. Alopecia occurs on the head and the posterior body, the easiest places for the seal to scratch. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Humans believe they have the right to take a fur-bearing animal, confine it to a tiny cage in a life devoid of anything, then have it be either electrocuted, strangled, gassed, have its head bashed in; then skinned, so they can parade around and luxuriate in its pelt. com/reports/c25929 ) has announced the addition of Fur-Bearing Animal and Rabbit Production in the US to their offering If people know the suffering these fur-bearing animals go through, they would never wear real fur. |
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