American Fur Trade

In every laboratory, any new product or ingredient is usually tested on animals like rats, guinea pigs, dogs, or rabbits. The questionable substance according to some scientists may apply to a small area of the animal’s skin to determine primary irritation. However, we should also know that this is already too much for the animals. We may need them for food and research but we should also care for their welfare. Animals should be treated humanely, even though most people are unlikely to give up eating meat or wearing goods made from leather and wool. We, humans are given the capability to think superior than any other living creatures, that’s why we have the power to think another way to stop these exploitations. For example in fashion, designers should stop using fur and use fibers instead to make fake fur. The best part is, it can look almost identical to real

The Canadian fur trade played a key role in the development of Canada as a country in many ways, largely because of the growing need for furs by women overseas. The fur trade acted as the early foundation of the Canadian economy. The trade increased international trade and consequence acted as a driver of extending the exploration of the vast Canadian wilderness - much further than would otherwise have occurred. Concurrently, one of the more important outcomes of the fur trade was that it acted as the catalyst increasing the relationship between the European and First Nations People.

A poll conducted by the ASPCA revealed that 94% of Americans believe that production animals, specifically those raised for food, deserve to live a comfortable life free of cruelty and neglect. Despite this belief, many factory farm animals are abused and neglected in such ways that, if witnessed by consumers, would not be accepted. Over 99% of the United State’s farm animals live on factory farms that use them for means of profit, many of them violating the Animal Welfare Act and other laws put in place to protect the humane treatment of animals (ASPCA). This abuse is not limited to any specific type of farm animal. Although different animals are used for different purposes, they all share a common suffering and a need for humane care.

The fur trade was one of the earliest and most important industries during the 16th,17th, and 18th centuries. The fur trade began in the 1500’s as an exchange between Indians and Europeans. The Indians traded furs for such goods as tools and weapons. Beaver fur, which was used in Europe to make felt hats, became the most valuable of these furs. The fur trade prospered until the mid-1800’s, when fur-bearing animals became scarce and silk hats became more popular than felt hats made with beaver.

The fur-trade era in the United States was from 1640 to 1820. The Ojibwe people became heavily involved with the fur-trade and traded furs that they had for what they needed, instead of harvesting and making goods for themselves. Types of goods that they traded furs for include traps, metal tools, cloth, guns, beads, paint, and more. These new technologies changed their culture forever. A barter trade system had already been implemented by the Ojibwe in their culture before their tribe came into contact with any Europeans. Trade happened between the Ojibwe and the French and British settlers from the east coast. In order to keep up with the demands of their traders, and to satisfy their tribal needs, the Ojibwe people harvested beavers onto

Animals are much more complex and innovative that should be given more credit than it should be. Now learned about the animal feelings exist, human could be too cruel in using their survivor coat, fur, for expensive souvenirs or fashion runway. The Born Free USA organization expounds in 50 million violently killed animals for fashion every year. Fur is believed to get from meat production, but ¨fur comes from animals who are factory-farmed or trapped purely for fashion.¨ Animal furs are obtained through gassing, electrocution, or neck breaking in traps. Imagined a full house of fully coated species trap in a cramp factory house, the animal of intelligence are thought to be under humane treatment, but the fashion factories say differently. Rifkin support of animal is simply a moral principle that every human should have instead of thinking as a superior intelligent

However, as a result of a prolonged trapping and killing of the animals, they became nearly extinct. The decline in the population of the fur-bearing animals and the high demand for fur lead some of the Cree to relocate to new areas to trap and hunt. The fur trade became such an important aspect of the Cree’s lives that they became dependant on it. The native people relied upon the trading posts for firearms and ammunition to hunt for their own food and would also buy European food with the income they made. Because they were devoting most of their time hunting for the fur trade, they stopped hunting for their own food as they did in the past. Hunters were forced to forego parts of their yearly cycle traditions. Aside from the extinction

Bowsfeild, (2003) explains that Robert Semple who was born February 6th, 1777, and was the Hudson Bay Company’s, territorial Governor. He also states that historians claim Semple to be an extremely hostile, vain, and failed to appreciate the lengths to which the Northwest Company would go in order to destroy the Red River Settlement. At first Semple respected Robertson’s superior knowledge of the country, but he eventually decided to assert his own leadership. Robertson hoped to blockade the rivers and prevent the Métis from supplying pemmican to the Northwest Company bridges travelling west. Semple was more concerned with provisions for the settlement than with the blockade.

Research Lab Lets Livestock Suffer in Quest for Profit” writer Michael Moss clearly states that the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (MARC), which is financed by our own American taxpayers, has one major goal—namely, to gain profit for meat producing companies in a time of dietary alteration (Moss). He further explains that even though this company is providing great benefits for our market, the animals are paying a greater cost. Many professionals are involved in these inhumane experiments, whether they agree or disagree, such as James Keen, a scientist and veterinarian who worked for the center for 24 years; “They pay tons of attention to increasing animal production, and just a pebble-sized concern to animal welfare” (Moss). Dr. Keen their employee of many years clearly admits to the mistreatment of animals (Moss). He continues: “And it probably looks fine to them because they’re not thinking about it, and they’re not being held accountable” (Moss). Although Dr. James Keen may seem trivial, he’s objection is in fact crucial in terms of today’s concern over the laws under the Animal Welfare Act being applied and shared equally for the humane treatment of

The fur trading business in British Columbia was a struggle for power between the fur traders and the first nations. Each side wanted to have bargaining power over the other in the tense situation. However, it is clear that the fur traders held the upper hand in British Columbia in several different matters. First of all, the fur traders held power of the first nations material culture, the natives began to rely on the good fur traders were giving them. Secondly, the fur traders have a massive advantage militarily over the first nations, allowing the fur traders to subjugate the first nations. Lastly, the fur traders had control over Native tribes allowing them greater access to information. It is quite clear that the first nations desired European goods, as they would consistently make concessions to European fur traders.

The Fur trade flourished in the beginning of the 1600’s and prospered until the mid-1800. Some of the most valuable items in the fur trade consisted of hats and pelts made from beaver. But what caused the fall of the fur trade and why are furs and pelts no longer viewed as valuable as they were hundreds of years ago. The act of trapping and skinning the fur from wild game is a lost art form which still thrives in remote areas but not in most places like it did over 200 years ago. If the fur trade was never introduced to North America and the people who inhabited it, then the U.S. and Canada would not be the countries they are today, and would not have developed the trading posts that existed along the entire Mississippi river, which allowed for new arriving Europeans to colonize.

Paul McCartney once said, “if slaughterhouses had glass walls, we would all be vegetarian.” There are many different forms of animal cruelty, ranging from labs, to farms, to even circuses. People have been using animals for a long time, they have controlled them for even longer. But despite that, there have still been some positive outcomes from this otherwise dark subject. Some people support the things that are happening to these animals. But others make it their mission to stand up for the animals that are mistreated everyday. Animal cruelty can mean many things to many different people, it can be a controversial topic, with many different sides and stories to it, it has a long history, much of it being good, much of it bad.

Prior to the final result of a product made out of animal fur there is a cruel process that is involved in order to create the product. Animals frequently suffer harsh cruelty and many result in death as a result of fur farms. Over eighty-five percent of animals used to make fur products come from fur factory farms in Europe, North America, Argentina, China, and Russia (“Inside the Fur Industry: Factory Farms” 1). Animals such as minks and foxes who are among the most popular to use for fur are often put into small cages that are not substantial for them to live in as well as have to face disease, stress, fear and other hardships (“Inside the Fur Industry: Factory Farms” 1). Animals are left to deal with such harsh and inhumane conditions because of unfair conditions that they are left to live their

Thesis: The selling of real fur must be banned due to the cruelty and torture animals face simply for designer coats or bags. BODY Main Point/Reason 1: The use of real fur is extremely barbaric, the public may not realize the effects animal’s lives face. Fall is one of

Spoken Link: Emotion/Story: No federal humane slaughter law protects animals in fur factory farms, and killing methods are gruesome. Because fur farmers care only about preserving the quality of the fur, they